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ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Oregon: Corvallis, C. E, Owens, 2137, 2148 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb., 44696, 9187). 



California: Palo Alto, W, A. Murrill L, S. Abrams, 1161 (in 

 N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 



Mexico: Guernavaca, W. A, S Edna L. Murrill, 406 (in N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb., and in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 54533), 



Porto Eico: El Duque, J. A, Stevenson S J. R. Johnston, 1487 

 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 6597) ; Rio Piedras, J, A. Steven- 

 son & R. C. Rose, comm. by J. A. Stevenson, 6514 (in Mo. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb., 55088). 



14. H. reflexa Burt, n. sp. 



Type : in Burt Herb, and N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb. 

 Fructifications effused, broadly reflexed, thin, rigid, fibril- 

 lose, Prout's brown, finally glabrous, sballowly concentrically 



sulcate and zonate, with obscure 

 blackish zones in the furrows; 

 hymenium even, not cracked, 

 Sudan-brown; in structure 500- 

 600 n thick, composed of a zonate 

 setigerous layer 300-400 /i thick 

 and of an intermediate layer bor- 

 dered on the upper side by a dense, 

 but not dark, zone which connects 

 with the more loosely arranged 

 hyphae of the upper surface of the 

 pileus ; setigerous layer very com- 

 pact, composed of crowded, erect 

 hyphae, between which are scat- 

 tered, slender setae, slightly curved, sharp-pointed, 35-40 X 

 4|-5 /z, emerging up to 30 /*, present in all parts of the layer ; 

 hyphae of intermediate layer densely, longitudinally ar- 

 ranged, colored, 2| ^ in diameter ; no spores found. 



Fructification with reflexed portion 2 cm. long, about 8 cm. 



broad; resupinate strip 3 mm. across at base of reflexed 



portion is all of resupinate portion which was collected. 



Under side of decaying wood. Jamaica. January. Rare. 



H, reflexa bears some resemblance to H. rubiginosa in its 



rigid and dark-colored pileus; a similar resemblance to H. 



Fig. 12 



H. reflexa. 



Section X 68. From type. 

 See pi. 11 y f. 13. 



