species with a soil, veiutmate, Drown sorraee, sott. spongy, white flesh, and rather amall 

 pores that are white when fresh but turn black with age. The spores which were merely 

 described as "minute" are elongated, 5x12 mic., hyaline, smooth. The species is 

 evidently badly figured in the Handbook, as the pileus is not red as shown but is brown. 

 The species nearest to Polyporus Hartmanni is Polyporus radicatus of the United States. 



NOTE 19. Is Fomes graveolens odoriferous ? It has that reputation, in fact was 

 so named, and elaborate accounts of it have been written under the name of "sweet knot." 

 It has no odor when dry. I am told by Mr. L. O. Overholts that he has collected it fresh 

 and growing and could not detect any odor. Let us have the truth about this. I hope 

 the next one to find this rare species will note particularly if it has an odor. While we 

 do not question Mr. Overholts' observations, the plant may be odoriferous under certain 

 conditions and not under others. Also what is the color of its spores? Mr. Murrill 

 records them as brown and bases a "new genus" on them. 1 have never found them 

 but think they will be found to be white. At least most species with similar context 

 have white spores, and the fact that I find no spores in the dried specimens is a sus- 

 picious one. Most plants with brown spores have them abundantly in the dried specimens. 



NOTE 20. Polystictus fimbriatus. This is an abundant plant in Brazil and tropical 

 America, and has reached Europe a number of times. (ilaziou sent it in quantities. The 

 hyinenium is rarely if ever perfect, usually only part of the pore walls are developed, 

 giving it an appearance something like a Radulum, or in a faint degree like a Hydnum. 

 It has been variously classed as Polyporous, Polystictus, Hydnum, Thelephora, Bec- 

 cariella and as a matter of strict accuracy it is neither. It has of course a profusion 

 of specific names to correspond. I confidently expect that Mr. Banker will rise to the 

 occasion and discover it to be a "new genus." Professor McGinty has already made 

 the discovery, but in deference to his distinguished co-worker he writes me he will not 

 announce it "at present. 



32434. 



A recent count of The Lloyd Library shows there are 32434 volumes on 

 the shelves. This is the actual number of the covers or volumes. The pam- 

 phlets are collected, twenty-five to fifty in a cover, and each cover counts as 

 one volume. 



Tin- Lloyd Library is devoted almost exclusively to Botany and Phar- 

 macy, and one would hardly suppose there had been issued so many books 

 pertaining to these two subjects. And yet we presume that we have up to 

 the present time not been able to get more than one-half that have been 

 published on these subjects. 



