[Vol. 5, 1918] 

 370 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Explanation of Plate 



PLATE 16 



The figures of this plate have been reproduced natural size from 

 dried herbarium specimens. 



Fig. 1. Hymenochaete damaecomis. Figure on right, from speci- 

 men collected in Jamaica by L. M. Underwood, 1399; two on left, 

 from collection in Cuba by J. A. Shafer, 3326. 



Fig. 2. H. formosa stage. From collection in British Honduras 

 by M. E. Peck. 



Fig. 3. H. aspera. Upper figure, upper surface of reflexed por- 

 tion of specimen collected in Cuba by F. S. Earle, 340; lower figure, 

 hymenium of resupinate specimen collected in Cuba by Underwood 

 and Earle, 1513. 



Fig. 4. H. hadio-ferruginea. Collected at East Galway, New 

 York, by E. A. Burt. 



Fig. 5. H. Berkeleyana. Upper figure, a rosette-like cluster 

 viewed from above, collected in Jamaica by W. A. and E. L. Murrill, 

 371; lower figure, hymenium of a single pileus. 



Fig. 6. H. horealis. Upper figure, a cluster of imbricated fruc- 

 tifications from the type collected at Abby Pond, Ripton, Vermont, 

 by E. A. Burt; lower figure, hymenium of a single pileus. 



Fig. 7. H. corticolor. Reflexed specimens collected at Gaines- 

 ville, Florida, by N. L. T. Nelson. 



