This plant seems to be fairly common in South America, and there are 

 many collections in the museums (under various misnames) mostly from 

 Chile and Brazil. In addition there is one collection at Kew, from Spain, and 

 one at Berlin, from Martinique. I have received it from Rev. Rick, Brazil. 

 It was sent abundantly to Montague from South America, and referred to 

 "Geaster itmbilicatus, Fr." What Geaster umbilicatus is, no one knows, and 

 the type is not at Upsala or at Lund. 3 Many guesses as to the identity of 

 Geaster umbilicatus have been made, and almost every one who has published 

 it has decided it was a different plant. The "description" does fairly well cover 

 the South American species, but can not be it, as this is a native of warm 

 countries, and certainly never grew in Sweden. Although I am quite familiar 

 with the plant, and have called it in my collection Geaster Hariotii, ever since 

 I first saw it in the museum of Paris some three years ago, 1 did not recognize 

 it when I first received specimens from Rev. Rick, Brazil, for his specimens had 

 the exoperidium recurved and a different appearance from the usual specimens 

 in the museums. On comparison now I think they are surely the same, not- 

 withstanding the apparent difference in the photographs (see Plate 99). 1 

 published a reference to it (Letter No. 2) as unnamed, and Rev. Rick has >i un- 

 published the name, "Geaster Lloydianus" (Broteria, 1905, p. 27), based on this 

 letter. He mistakes the plant, however, and gives a figure (T. 2, f. 10) 

 which is not the species. I therefore feel that the name Geaster Lloydianus 

 is not tenable, and I call the plant by the name it has borne in my collection 

 for the past three years. 1 named it for Monsieur P. Hariot, the curator of 

 the herbarium, where a fine collection of typical specimens can be found. As 

 it is a common plant in South America, it has been probably "named" by 

 Spegazzini, but no one in Europe has any way of knowing what Spegazzhu 

 "names." 



GEASTER ELEGAXS (Plate 99). Our ideas of the name Ge- 

 aster elegans are taken from Vittadini's figure. We have never seen 

 his plants, for while most of Vittadini's specimens are found at Paris 

 and at Kew, this one is not. It belongs to the reddish series and 

 resembles the little Geaster saccatus excepting the mouth. Geaster 

 elegans is only a small form of Geaster Archeri. They are practically 

 the same plant excepting size. Dr. Hollos has recently discovered 

 that this is Geaster umbilicatus of Fries, but as it is about the fifth or 

 sixth time the identity of Geaster umbilicatus has been discovered and 

 each one has found it to be a different plant. I am not disposed to 

 place much stress on it. Geaster elegans is a rather rare form in 

 Europe. Most all the museums have specimens of the plant, as it has 

 been distributed (always misnamed) in several exsiccatae, but it 

 reaches me very rarely, and I think I have but one collection, from Kev. 

 H. Bourdot, France. I do not recall this little plant in the Tinted 

 States. 



GEASTER STRIATUU'S (Plate 98). -This is one of the few 



names ot Geasters we have adopted, of whose correctness we do not 



*1 certain. We first received it so named from Dr. Hollos and while 



we have no reason to doubt the determination, we have never been 



riura of et7 where Fries saw "J 1 """^ l fi w .^is ' type" a. 1 was informed that the herha- 

 resides at I umi 1 ami klf7i, , C pl ? nt m "? ht . be !'<> I was told by Walclemar Hiilmv who 

 n WS the loca i 



7 were es saw . 



resides at I umi 1 ami klf7i, , C pl ? nt m "? ht . be !'<> I was told by Walclemar Hiilmv who 

 Lund. n WS the local ideological matters, that the herbarium ot Retz is not at 



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