THAT RED LYSURUS. 



Mr. Harold Murray of the Botanical Institute of Manchester, 

 England, has kindly forwarded me a photograph made from alco- 

 holic material of the Lysurus, with red arms, that was found at Man- 

 chester. Mr. Murray advises me that the plant has a white stem, 

 and in my opinion it is simply a form of Lysurus Gardnerii, which 

 I believe is of world-wide distribution. There is one feature in his 

 photograph that I have not known in connection with Lysurus 



Fig. 243. Lysurus Gardnerii. 



Gardnerii, viz., the large, tubular structure as shown in cross section. 

 As far as the records go, the stem of Lysurus Gardnerii should have 

 a uniform, cellular structure. However, so little is known about our 

 phalloids that when questions of this kind come up we can not say 

 whether it is a difference that exists or whether it is a character 

 which has not been known as to the usual plant. I shall be glad if 

 any of my friends who may find species of Lysurus will pay partic- 

 ular attention and make photographs of sections of the stems. 



Since this article has been in type, we have had a letter from 

 Professor Fetch, stating that the arms of " Lysurus Gardnerii" are 

 joined at the top and never separate. In that event, our concep- 

 tion of the genus is entirely in error, and the whole account would 

 have to be corrected. There is nothing about the type specimens 

 at Kew to indicate that the arms were ever joined. 



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