are common throughout the season, though more abundant, of course, 

 during the rainy season. Aseroe arachnoidea, Jansia elegans, Jansia 

 rugosa. Phallus multicolor, and Clathrus Treubii are rarer species, 

 and will probably be found only during the rainy season. In addition 

 to these nine, Professor Ernst has described to Dr. Bernard a very 

 large phalloid which he observed at Gedeh near Tjibodas. From Pro- 

 fessor Ernst's description Dr. Bernard thinks it is probably the rare 

 Aseroe Junghuhnii which was figured from Java by Schlechtendal some 

 forty years ago and has never been recorded (with certainty) since. 

 The kind of information that Dr. Bernard gives is a definite, practical 

 addition to the knowledge of the phalloids, and we ask others in foreign 

 countries who have a definite knowledge of their local phalloids to write 

 us and favor us with similar information. The relative frequency or 

 rarity of species is valuable information, and should be recorded. In 

 most foreign countries (excepting Java and Brazil, owing to the fine 

 work of Penzig and Moller) we question if the published works are 

 such that a local student can arrive at an exact determination of 

 the phalloids he finds. In all such instances we shall be glad to lend 

 our aid and advice on receipt of photographs, dried specimens, and 

 color notes. 



DEAD MAX'S FINGERS. Mr. C. E. Pleas. Chipley, Fla., 

 has sent me under the above name a fine photograph of Laternea 

 columnata, which we reproduce herewith (Fig. 

 162). An account of the plant is given. Myco- 

 logical Notes, page 298 and Plate 92. It is a 

 frequent plant in Florida and the southern United 

 States in general. Mr. Pleas also sends a fine 

 photograph of Phallus duplicatus (under the 

 name Phallus impudicus). Phallus duplicatus 

 has a large veil, while Phallus impudicus has 

 no evident veil. The splendid photographs that 

 Mr. Pleas makes lead us to hope that he may 

 find and photograph some of the rare and little 

 known phalloids that occur in Florida. 



Speaking of Laternea columnata. we are re- 

 minded that it has just been discovered to be a 

 "new species" "Clathrus trilobatus," by N. A. 

 Cobb, Hawaii. If Mr. Cobb were familiar with 

 the forms that Laternea columnata takes, we 

 might have been spared this synonym. Laternea 

 columnata is a frequent plant in warmer por- 

 tions of the American continent, both North 

 and South America and the West Indies. Its 



record in Hawaii adds to our knowledge of its distribution, though it 

 naturally could be expected to occur there. 



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Fig. 162. 



