Lycoperdon muricatum=Lycoperdou cruciatum (old, decorticated). 

 Lycoperdon ericteum seems to me to be a dark form of Lycoperdon 



When we wrote an article on the Lycoperdons of Europe (Myc. Notes, 

 p 205), there were three species (viz., cupricum, fuscum, and serotinum) that we 

 could not trace to our satisfaction. So we referred them to Bonorden's species, 

 as interpreted by Dr. Holl6s, so stating in each instance. If these specimens at 

 Geneva are authentic, it appears now that our definitions of these three names 

 in our article are none of them exactly right. 



In Fuckel's collection is a specimen of Lycoperdon tessellatum, the first we 

 have seen from Europe (Cfr. Myc. Notes, p. 230). There is also a specimen 

 labeled " Lycoperdon aestivale, Bon.," but in Fuckel's writing. However, we 

 think it is correct, as it does not disagree with the " description." It is a Bovista, 

 the brown form of Bovista plumbea which Berkeley called Bovista brunnea. 



NOTELETS. 



GEASTER SMITHII. We noted on page 287 an account of the re-dis- 

 covery of this rare plant in Australia. We have just received a third collection 

 from A. Tietz, of Adelaide, South Australia. 



ARCHAEOLOGY. We recently visited Rome about the same time as our 

 fellow-countryman, Mr. Murrill, of New York. There was a rumor among the 

 guides that the object of his visit to Rome was a search for old botanical names 

 in the catacombs. 



TYLOSTOMA LEVEILLEANUM. We have already given our reasons for 

 believing that this plant was named by Le"veill, and not by Gaudichaud, as 

 would appear from the advertisements. At Geneva there is further evidence on 

 the point. Gaudichaud sold a set of specimens to Delessert, and among others 

 this plant. It bore no name whatever, and it is passing strange that a botanist 

 should distribute unnamed specimens of a plant which he himself had named. 



A NEW RULE. We understand there is a movement on foot to author- 

 ize at the next Botanical Congress the use of Chaldean, Sanscrit, and Coptic 

 languages in the formation of plant names. It seems that since Fries's day the 

 demand for new names to replace the sections of Fries's genera has about ex- 

 hausted the possibilities of the Latin and Greek languages, and there is press- 

 ing need for a wider field of choice. As every writer feels it incumbent upon 

 himself to propose an entirely new set of names for each section of Fries's 

 genera, the late comers are becoming embarrassed to find enough new names. 



CALVATIA RUBRO-FLAVA. As we have previously stated (p. 149), this 

 plant seems restricted to cultivated ground. Mr. H. B. Dorner, Lafayette, lnl., 

 who is the only one of my correspondents who finds the plant abundantly, 

 writes me: "I find Calvatia rubro-flava plentifully in our cultivated fields. A| 

 yet I have never found it in woods, pastures, or such places." I have recently 

 received the plant from Rev Rick, Brazil, which is the first time I have ever 

 gotten it save from the United States, and it rarely reaches me at all. 



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