PHALLUS ROSEUS. A form with a pink veil, which is at Paris, from 

 French Guiana. It is also reported from Java. 



PHALLUS MOELLERI (Fig. 13). A form with a narrow pileus and 

 rigid, spreading veil, as illustrated by Alfred Moeller, from Brazil. Professor 

 Moeller states that in Brazil it runs into the type form so intimately that it 

 is not practicable to keep it distinct. 



In the recent article by T. Fetch, it is stated that this rigid veil is not a 

 form even, but the normal condition of the veil of Phallus indusiatus when 

 first expanded and before the sun strikes it. That which I have taken for the 

 type form is a condition after the veil has been wilted by the sun. I have 

 never observed this (in Samoa) nor should I have suspected it, as they seem 

 so different, but Professor Petch undoubtedly knows. In the interest of truth 

 then "Phallus Moelleri" must be deleted, even as a form. 



PHALLUS ROCHESTERENSIS (Fig. 18). A form with an elongated 

 thimble-shaped pileus and narrow, cylindrical veil is found at Kew, from 

 Australia. It has been illustrated under the erroneous name, Phallus merulinus. 



Color Forms. 



There are two very showy tropical phalloids that in shape and other char- 

 acters appear to be the same as Phallus indusiatus, but have bright colors. At 

 the present time we can characterize them by their colors, but when the 

 phalloids come to be well known, I think so many intermediate colors will be 

 found that color characters alone will not be held to constitute species. T. Petch 

 finds these color forms abundant in Ceylon, and states that they grade into 

 the white form so intimately that it is not possible to keep them distinct even 

 as forms. I am satisfied, however, that they have a geographical significance. 

 They do not occur in Samoa, and Mr. C. B. Ussher, who has observed the 

 species in tropical Africa, informs me that they are absent there. 



PHALLUS MULTICOLOR (Fig. 14). This was originally from Aus- 

 tralia, but has been recently found and photographed from Java. Pileus orange 

 red, veil bright lemon yellow, stipe lemon yellow, volva pink, mycelium purple. 

 The characters, if they are real characters, of the species are the colors as- 

 stated above. 



PHALLUS CALLICHROUS. This appears to be different from multi- 

 color only in the coloration. The pileus is orange, the veil and stipe white. 

 It has never been illustrated, but probably could not be distinguished by a 

 photograph alone from either multicolor or indusiatus. It was originally named 

 from Brazil, but similarly colored plants have been observed in Java, Africa, 

 and Australia. 



PHALLUS DAEMONUM (Fig. 15). This, which was the original foreign 

 phalloid, illustrated from the island of Amboy, was published one hundred and 

 sixty years ago. 3 All that is known of it to this day is the original, crude 

 figure that we present. It seems quite distinct from the usual form in its 

 punctate rather than reticulate pileus, if that proves to be a character of the 

 plant and not of the figure only. 



PHALLUS DUPLICATUS (Fig. 16). Pileus with a strongly 

 developed apical collar and strong reticulations. Veil long, white, of 



Sit has therefore strong claims to be taken as the specific name for the species as proposed by 

 Professor McGinty. There are two objections to it, however. First, it may be the "type" in the per- 

 verted sense that the word "type" is usually used, but it does not seem to be the typical form as the 



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