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within, clothed with a whitish bark, colored like the peridium with 

 which it is continuous, 2.5 to 3 in. long, 4 to 5 lines thick; capillitium 

 sparse; spores globose, ochraceo-ferruginous, .00025 to .0003 in. in 

 diameter. 



Mohave desert, California. S. B. and W. F. Parish. Communicated 

 by G. G. Pringle. 



Two specimens were collected in May, 1882. These were sent me in 

 the dried state, but did not show the mode of dehiscence; but all the 

 characters seen indicate that the plant is a Phellorina, differing from 

 the published species in its obconic peridium and in the color of the 

 spores. In P. inquinans these are described as golden yellow; in P. 

 erythrospora and P. squamosa as brick-red. The peridium in all these is 

 described as depressed-globose; but in our specimens it is more 

 nearly the shape of a rather broad wine-glass. There are fragments 

 of a whitish bark remaining on the stem, and appearances of a thin- 

 ner one on the peridium. Where the bark has fallen the dry stem is 

 sulcate-striate and rusty-ochraceous. Subglobose colorless cells, con- 

 siderably larger than the spores, are intermingled with them. They 

 are probably free basidia. 



(D.) 

 REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Ranunculus repens, L. 



A form of this species was found many years ago growing on the 

 banks of the Erie canal between Rome and Oriskany. It was 

 described in Beck's Botany under the name Ranunculus Clintonii. It 

 is yet found in this locality, and also occurs by the roadside just at 

 the southeastern limits of Eome. 



A double-flowered form is sometimes seen in flower gardens and 

 occasionally escapes from cultivation. It has been found in the 

 streets of Bergen, Genesee county, and by the side of the railroad at 

 Union Church, Albany county. In the latter case its origin can be 

 traced to a neighboring flower garden. 



Cardamine hirsuta, L. 

 A tall, leafy and very glabrous form. Menands. July. 



Rhus Toxicodendron, L. 

 The entire-leaved variety occurs at Yaphank, Long Island. It has 

 been reported to me as comparatively harmless so far as poisonous 

 quality is concerned, and my experience in handling it was entirely 

 without harm. 



