graph (Fig. 184) recently received from Professor M. E ^H^df CWlUc^he $ 



In the above summary I have made no mention of the color 

 They are all pink flesh color to orange red, and are not distinguished 



hr S <* ^^ * *"*> * Said * 



ATKINSON'S BREAK.-Mr. Long states that Atkinson's "nei 

 genus Dictybole is based on Simblum Texense, and Mr LongouThI 

 to know for it was he who sent Professor Atkinson the maSon 

 which the genus was based. It seems that when Long was a student 

 ^? rn /V nder Professor Atkinson he left with him some eggs of a 

 phalloid that developed into something that looked strange to Atkln* 



son He drew a picture of it (that has no possible resemblance to the 

 .plant, see fig 64 page 130) and on this figure the new species and 



; genus -Dictybole Texense, Atkinson and Long" was based tone's 

 name seems to have been added in the nature of a "jolly" for'he wrifes 

 me it was done without his knowledge or consent It is an illus ra 

 ition however, of the usual value of these advertising formuS as 

 applied to "science." After the "new genus" had beln published 

 | Mr. Long sent me some dried specimens and while I did not claim to 

 {know much about phalloids, I recognized that it was an old gSms 

 ithat was well known and well illustrated before Atkinson was born 



and I thought it was probably an old species (Simblum gracile of Cev- 

 i h hi *? ' l^^ 01 * stor y is illustrative of the troubles that are 

 liable to overtake those who start out on their search for new species 

 before they learn the old genera. 



THAT "STRANGE PHALLOID EGG. "-On page 83 (some 

 years ago) I noted a strange phalloid egg that reached me from a cor- 

 respondent and which was considerable of a 

 mystery as it had the form of an acorn. I 

 have since received similar eggs several times 

 and have long since come to the conclusion 

 (as Mr. Long recently suggested) that the 

 strange egg was due to unequal contraction 

 in the drying of the egg of some common 

 species. The strangest part now is why phal- 

 loid eggs should dry in this manner. We 

 present (Fig. 185) a specimen recently re- 

 ceived from W. T. Lakin, Maryland. 



^T ^ 6 ^' Wh on 'S inall y sent the specimen, was quite 

 that the fresh egg was this same acorn shape, but I think 

 ow she must have been mistaken. 



recentl y> in Kellerman's Journal, other species have been illustrated 

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