illustrated by Penzig. The genus Jansia is very similar to the genus 

 Mutinus, but the gleba-bearing portion differs markedly from the 

 stipe, being more of the nature of a pileus at the apex of the stipe. 

 In this species as will be seen from our enlargement (Fig. 217) it is 

 strongly rugulose and the plant is well named. 1 There are two 

 species of Jansia in Java, as fully brought out in Penzig's paper. 

 Both are very small plants and the other species Jansia elegans is less 

 frequent. (See Figures on page 385). 



HISTORY. There is no question, as Fischer has learned from examination 

 of the types at Berlin, but that this is the same plant as called Floccomutinus 

 Nymanianus and poorly illustrated. As both the name and the work were poor 

 we prefer to adopt the better work done by Penzig. Whether or not the genus 

 Jansia is the same as the genus Floccomutinus, it is difficult to decide from the 

 original figure and description of the latter genus. From Fischer's work they 

 seem to me distinct. There is another alleged species by Cesati from Borneo, 

 Mutinus borneensis, which I suspect will eventually prove to be the same as 

 Jansia rugosa. 



TORRENDIA PULCHELLA. 



We are pleased to give figures, illustrating this unique genus, 

 which are made from alcoholic material received from Rev. C. Tor- 

 rend, Portugal. The genus Torrendia is something out of the ordi- 

 nary and is widely removed from ail previously known Gastromycetes. 

 It is a fleshy plant most nearly related I think to the Hymenogasters, 

 but with the general appearance (see Fig. 224) of a little Amanita. 

 It is enclosed in a volva when young that in the mature plant remains 

 as a cup at the base. The stem lengthens as the plant develops from 

 the egg and is entirely distinct from the pileus. The pileus is a con- 

 vex hemispherical cap of a soft, fleshy nature, homogeneous to the 

 eye, but under the microscope is seen to consist of chambers filled 

 with hyaline spores. The spores (Fig. 225) are narrowly elliptical, 

 hyaline, smooth, with granular contents and measure about 6 x 16 

 mic. The entire plant is pure white and the size is shown in our 

 Fig. 224. 



HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION. There is but one species, Torrendia 

 pulchella, known and it was described in 1901. It grows in the sand and has 

 only been collected by its discoverer, Rev. C. Torrend, in Portugal. It has no 

 very close relations to any other known plant, differing from most Gastromy- 

 cetes in not having pulverulent spores; from all phalloids in the permanent 

 chambers of the pileus; and from the Hymenogasters entirely in its pileate 

 nature. Being restricted as far as known to the Iberian peninsula it is very 

 appropriately named after Rev. C. Torrend who has done so much to make 

 known the mycology of this region. 



WANTED EGGS. Should any of uiy friends find the undeveloped eggs of 

 Lysurus borealis (or Anthurus borealis as often called) I hope they will do me 

 the favor to send me a few in formalin or alcohol. I should like to "study the 

 structure". 



1 That is specifically. Generically it was named after a local botanist of Java. Dr. Pen- 

 zig missed an opportunity when he did not name the genus after the phaenoganvc genus Piper 

 >t the tropics, for the gleha-bearing portion has the same general appearance as the fruit of the 

 genus Piper, and it would have been a most excellent name for it. 



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