Mr. Chas. O'Connor has been observing the phalloids of Mauritius He 

 finds the only common one to be Phallus gracilis. More rarely he has observed 

 Phallus indusiatus and Phallus Mauritianus, a related plant. He has only re- 

 cently rediscovered Simblum periphragmoides which was originally from 

 Mauritius, but is very rare there. 



Ceylon. 



For many years we have had a very imperfect knowledge of the phalloids 

 of Ceylon, but a very recent paper by T. Fetch has set the matter right. The 

 following species occur in Ceylon : Jansia rugosa (rare, and considered by 

 Fetch to be Mutinus proximus), Mutinus proximus (known only from dried 

 specimens and sketch), Phallus tenuis (only previously known from Ceylon 

 from dried specimen at Kew, but recently again reported from Ceylon), 

 Phallus indusiatus, the most common phalloid and takes many color forms, 

 viz: callichrous and multicolor), Clautriavia merulina (common in the Botanic 

 Gardens at Peradeniya), Simblum gracile, common, Lysurus Gardner! (rare 

 in Ceylon, but most abundantly represented in the museums at Kew, there 

 being 25 specimens), Aseroe Zeylandica, rare in the elevated regions, Aseroe 

 arachnoidea, very rare. In addition the unique little Clathrus delicatus is only 

 known from Ceylon. 



India. 



Seventy years ago Perrottet sent Montague a few phalloid sketches and 

 dried specimens on which were based Phallus rubicundus (published as 

 aurantiacus), Anthurus Calathiscus (supposed to have been very inaccurately 

 published). In addition a few specimens of Phallus indusiatus have reached 

 Europe from India, and these are all, I think, that are known from India. 

 At the British Museum there are ten times as many specimens of extinct 

 elephant remains from India as there are of the live phalloids that every 

 naturalist in India must observe. 



Mr. Hutchins writes me from North Bengal that Phallus indusiatus is 

 common, but is the only phalloid he finds. Mr. G. H. Krumbiegel sent me 

 from North Bengal a dried phalloid which, while I would not attempt to 

 reconstruct it, I recognize as a genus unknown. 



Java. 



From no country in the world have we had a better account of the 

 phalloids than from Java, which was published by Penzig. The following were 

 well illustrated and described by him : Mutinus bambusinus, Mutinus Fleischeri, 

 Jansia elegans, Jansia rugosa, Phallus tenuis, Phallus costatus (form?), 

 Phallus favosus (form?), Phallus indusiatus, Clautriavia merulina, Phallus 

 multicolor, Simblum gracile (form), Pseudocolus Javanicus, Aseroe arachnoidea. 



Dr. Chas. Bernard has given us a good photograph and account of Clathrus 

 Treubei, and has sent me a collection of the Javanese species in alcohol, from 

 which some good photographs have been made. 



Aseroe Zeylandica (under the name Junghuhnii) was published from Java 

 many years ago, but is very rare and only rediscovered by Dr. Bernard recently. 

 Pseudocolus rugulosus is based on an old drawing from Java, and no specimen 

 is known. From the neighboring islands, Mutinus borneensis is vaguely de- 

 scribed from Borneo and Phallus celebicus from the Celebes. 



Dr. Chas. Bernard gives the following synopsis of the relative frequency 

 of the phalloids he has observed in Java: Mutinus bambusinus, Clautriavia 

 merulina, Phallus indusiatus, and Simblum gracile are common throughout 

 the season, though more abundant, of course, during the rainy season. Aser 

 arachnoidea, Jansia elegans, Jansia rugosa, Phallus multicolor, and Clathr 

 Treubei are rarer species and will probably only be found during the rainy 

 season. Aseroe Zeylandica is a very rare phalloid and only recently rediscoverc 



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