It has a curious history in the United States and Europe and is sup- 

 posed to be an introduced plant. It grows in gardens, sod, and other 

 cultivated places. It occurs mostly in our Eastern States. In Europe 

 it has been found in three localities, all in recent years. First by 

 Dr. Hennings in Germany, then by Mr. Carleton Rea in England, 

 and then by Mr. Harold Murray, of Manchester, England. Mr. Mur- 

 ray's plant has a white stem and red arms. Professor Long also 

 advised me of a red Lysurus in Texas. We present two photographs, 

 one a stocky plant from England, the other a slender specimen from 

 the United States. We are told, however, that these same "stocky" 

 forms occur in the United States. 



LYSURUS CLARAZIANUS (Fig. 42). This was a small plant, de- 

 scribed from Argentina. It is red and small, but otherwise seems about the 

 same as the preceding. 



LYSURUS SANCTAE-CATHERINAE (Fig. 43). This was based on 

 a picture from Brazil. It seems to have the gleba in a globose mass on the 

 center of the apex of the stipe rather than surrounding the arms. The color 

 is red. It may be an Anthurus. 



LYSURUS CRUCIATUS (Fig. 44.) A very small species with four 

 arms, the gleba forming a ball on the top of the stem. It is only known from 

 the original collection, which was from French Guiana, and is preserved at 

 Paris. We present the original drawing in our illustration. 



LYSURUS WOODII (Fig. 45). This is a small, red species, imperfectly 

 known from South Africa. Our photograph is made from the cotype at Kew. 

 The arms are three or four and are "magnificent scarlet," the stem "waxy 

 yellow." The specimens are from Mr. Wood and are the same as those named 

 and figured by Kalchbrenner as Anthurus Woodii. While it is unsafe to draw 

 conclusions from dried specimens, we believe the species is a Lysurus entirely 

 distinct from the genus Anthurus and that Kalchbrenner misconceived and mis- 

 drew the illustration. We, therefore, present a photograph of the dried speci- 

 men, which though a very poor illustration is better than an inaccurate drawing. 



UNNAMED SPECIES (Fig. 453). We have received from F. M. Reader 

 what is surely an unnamed species from Australia. It is a very small species, 

 as will be seen by reference to our photograph, which is an enlargement four 

 diameters. The limb is four-angled, enlarged above, and bears an arm at each 

 angle. The color is red. The specimen sent us (in formalin.) had evidently 

 been cut in two pieces and these arms all broken off, so that we could not 

 make much of a picture of it. We think it will be recognized, if found agaia 

 by our Australian friends, and we do not name it. We hope some one in 

 Australia will give a good photograph of it from the fresh plant and give it 

 a name. We should be glad to have a perfect specimen in alcohol. 



THE GENUS ANTHURUS. 



Though largely confused with Lysurus, the genus Anthurus as 

 originally proposed is very distinct. The stem is a flaring tube, the 

 limb divided into segments, and it bears the gleba on the inner side 

 of these segments. But one species is satisfactorily known, and that 

 one is due to the work of Prof. D. McAlpine of Australia. 



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