18 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
of nature and his important contributions to botanical knowledge 
will be recognized. 
The Synopsis Fungorum in America Boreali enumerates more 
than three thousand species, divided among the classes as follows: 
Ebymenomyctiee = ts, 9946 
Yreuoimnycolee Ve a 
Ganteromycetet sc Be a oy 287 
Hyphomyostes. 32 Ge 81 
Gymnompertes ss ok oe 98g 
BOM oS ewes ie ce, BOOS 
Of these 1216 are new species, natives of America, while the 
remaining 1883 are identical with European forms; that is, 40 
per cent. are native species, and 60 per cent. common to both 
countries. The great genus Spheria alone contains 680 species, sl 
of which 387 are new. Peziza stands with 213 species, 58 of 
them new. Polyporus contains 153 species, 41 new. But it 
seems rather singular that he should not have been able to add 
more than 14 new species to the great genus Agaricus. The 
labor on these plants seems to have been reserved for our own 
time. Prof. Charles H. Peck, in his reports up to date, enumer- 
ates 525 species'of Agaricini, of which 272 are new. 
After his return from Europe how de Schweinitz must have 
reveled in the novelties of the New World! With what delight 
he must have beheld the magnificent Agaricus illudens, and with 
what wonder the singular Mitromyces lutescens !, With what pleas- 
ure he must have gathered the first specimens of the fairy Pe- 
ziza floccosa ! 
genera. It seems singular that the Fungi that can be. perfectly 
preserved, that are the most easily studied, should be in <uch a 
chaotic state of classification. ; 
It is to be regretted that de Schweinitz has not given us more 
of his views on the life-histories of the Fungi, which are so in- 
teresting at this time; his maturity of observation would un- 
doubtedly have enlightened many dusk points. It isa signifi- 
