ADDITIONAL SPECIES. 



Lycoperdon acuminatum, a little species that grows in moss on bark of 

 j tress, and Lycoperdon oblongispornm, also a little species with oval or oblong 

 spores have been reported from Hungary. We have seen no specimens from 

 'Europe. 



A number of plants have reached us that depart in some respects from the 

 species as we know them, and which we are unable to refer satisfactorily to any 

 known species. We might describe these as "new species'' and give them a name 

 but we fe,el that they are more probably aberrant forms, and that to "describe" 

 and "name" them would only add to the difficulties and not to the elucidation of 

 the subject. One robin does not make a summer, and one collection does not 

 [make a species. 



From L. Romell, Sweden, we have a plant with large, rough spores of 

 atropurpureum type but with a white cortex of thickened spines, cruciate, and on 

 the order of gemmatum but not "soldered." 



From Wm. Krueger, Germany, a plant apparently pratense but bright yellow, 



From Annie L. Smith, England, a plant apparently a form of nigrescens, as 

 to cortex and spores,, but shape of Desmazieres and notably yellow in color. 



From Wm. Krueger, a plant we would call umbrinum if it were not yellow. 



From C. Crossland, England, a plant similar to spadiceum in general ap- 

 pearance but spores rough. Perhaps a form of umbrinum but spores very small 

 for that species. 



Should enough of any of these forms reach us to justify the opir.ion that 

 they are in any degree constant, we shall "describe" and "name" them, but for the 

 present \ve think they had better be passed by. 



CAULOGLOSSUM TRANSVERSARIUM. 



(Plates 12 and 40.) 



When we issued our plate 12 of Cauloglossum transversarium 

 (we did not have a very abundant supply of specimens and the figures 

 were taken mostly from a collection we had seen in Ellis' herbarium. 

 On our return from Europe last year, we found awaiting us a fine col- 

 lection, both dried and in alcohol, that had been sent by Mr. A. S. 

 jBertolet, from Fairhope, Alabama. These specimens give us quite a 

 different idea of the shape the plant assumes from what we previously 

 conceived and we consequently issue another plate (40) to illustrate 

 jthis fine collection. 



We think the plant is not as rare in the Southern States as is 

 generally supposed. Mr. Bertolet certainly collected it abundantly. 

 We found it well represented in the museums in Europe all from the 

 jcollections of Curtis and Ravenel. Berkeley at first intended to call 

 ]the genus "Arthymenium" but that is another story. 



QUELETIA MIRABILIS. 



Dr. Wm. Herbst, Trexlertown, Pa., kindly favors me with a 

 correction of a statement in a previous issue regarding Queletia mira- 

 :bilis. He says: "The part stating the time is incorrect as occurring 

 lonly once. I collected specimens for three years in succession, 1891, 

 |1892 and 1893, most abundantly in 1892, none having appeared after 

 1893. The tan bark on which they grew became very much decayed 

 land no fresh additions were made after the tannery was abandoned." 



We thank Dr. Herbst for kindly correcting us in this matter, 

 ; as the impression we had from him was that he had only collected 

 it one season. 



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