PART HI. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



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Perisp6rium maculare Fr., (/redo allochroa Lk., U. cylfndrica Strauss 



(also on the birch), and U- aegerina Schlecht., on leaves. 

 P. alba. Page 1639., add to " Sjiec. Char. ;" " The leaves of P. alba, and all 



its varieties, are not folded in the bud, and the buds are vi'ithoiit gum " 

 P. tremida. Geography. 1647. 1. 9., add, after full stop : " It is found on 



Mount Etna, at the height of 3500 ft. {Com. Bot. Mag., i. p. 91.)" 

 V.fastigidta. 1661. I. 10., dele " said to be;" and 



1. 11., after " Himalayas," add, "where it was 



found by Dr. Royle;" and for "to have 



been," read" was." 1. 16. after full stop, add: 



" Near Pavia was till lately a very large poplar, 



into which Francis I. struck his sword, after y 



losing the battle of Pavia." 

 1669. 1. 13., add : " The wood is little used in Britain; 



but in Hampshire, Vancouver tells us, thin 



strips or shavings of it are employed for 



making chip hats. {Survey, &c., p. 300.)" 

 P. balsamifera. 1673., add to " Engravings : " " and 



our^g. 2330. from Pall. Ross." 



A'lnus. 1686., add to the paragraph headed " Ac' 

 cidents. Insects, and Diseases :" " The follow- 

 ing list of fungi on the common alder, and on plants of this genus, 

 has been sent to us by the Rev. M.J.Berkeley: — ^garicus salicinus 

 j8 beryllus Pers., A. «lnicola Fr., Merulius confluens Schwein., M.niveus 

 Somm., M. crispatus AIulL, Daedalea mollis 5owm,. Polyporus_Nees« 

 Fr.;i/ydnum pudorinumi^/-.,on yi'lnus incana; H.viride.F/-., H. stipatum 

 Fr., Radulum pendulum Fr., Thelephora «lnea Fr., Clavaria contorta 

 Holmsk., Peziza urceolus A. et S., P. phiala Schum. ; P. complanata Fr., 

 on ^'huis cordiita; Tjmpanis alnea Fr., Tremella fimbriata Pers., Scle- 

 rotium olivaceum Fr., Nidularia denudata Fr.; SphaeYia lutea A. et S., 

 also on the willow ; S. verrucella Fr., S. sufFusa Fr., S. diatrypa Fr. ; S. 

 frit Fr. ; also on AVg««(/o/raxinifdlium; S. thelebola Fr., S. mucosa Fr., 

 S. ditopa Fr. ; S. alnea Fr., on leaves ; Cytispora atro-virens Fr., 

 Dothidea alnea Fr. and D. rhytismoides Fr., on leaves ; Phacidiura 

 fllneum Fr., Perisporium alneum Fr., A'nthina dichotoma Fr." 



App. i. Other Species of A'lnus. 1690., add : — 

 " A. acuminata Hum. et Bonpl., Mem. Mus., vol. xiv. p. 464. t. 22., and our 



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fig. 2331., has the leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, acuminate, roundish at the 

 base, doubly serrated, glabrous above ; the veins downy beneath. Panicle 

 naked. Female catkins terminal. (Mirb.) A tree, a native of Peru, where 

 it was found by Dombey, and also by Humboldt and Bonpland. Leaves 

 from 3in. to 6 in . long, and from lA in. to Sin. broad. 



