﻿1890. 
  J 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE, 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  Renauldi 
  ; 
  a, 
  entire 
  plant 
  ; 
  6, 
  the 
  same 
  enlarged 
  ; 
  c, 
  lower 
  leaf 
  ; 
  d, 
  d, 
  d, 
  up- 
  

   per 
  leaves; 
  c, 
  basal 
  areolation; 
  /, 
  areolation 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  part; 
  g, 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  section 
  of 
  a 
  leaf, 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  ; 
  h, 
  young 
  capsule 
  ; 
  /, 
  capsule, 
  old 
  

   andempty 
  ; 
  i, 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  peristome; 
  k, 
  calyptra.— 
  C. 
  Funaria 
  calcarea 
  

   var. 
  occidentalis, 
  a, 
  entire 
  plant; 
  6, 
  leaf. 
  

  

  Plate 
  vir.— 
  A. 
  Orthdrichum 
  HendersonL 
  a, 
  entire 
  plant; 
  6, 
  leaf; 
  c, 
  

   capsule; 
  dl, 
  the 
  same, 
  old 
  and 
  empty; 
  e, 
  stoma; 
  /portion 
  of 
  the 
  peri- 
  

   stome,— 
  B. 
  Orthotriehum 
  ulot^foTTne, 
  a, 
  entire 
  plant; 
  b,b, 
  leaves; 
  c, 
  basal 
  

   areolation; 
  <?, 
  areolation 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part; 
  e, 
  capsule 
  ; 
  /, 
  the 
  same, 
  old 
  

   and 
  empty; 
  gr, 
  stoma; 
  ft, 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  peristome 
  ; 
  i, 
  calyptra.— 
  0. 
  Bryum 
  

   HendersonL 
  a, 
  entire 
  plant; 
  6, 
  leaves 
  ; 
  c, 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  leaf 
  ; 
  d, 
  areolation 
  

   of 
  the 
  apex; 
  e, 
  capsule. 
  

  

  Errata 
  in 
  preceding 
  notice 
  : 
  

  

  branches 
  

  

  Page 
  96, 
  line 
  6 
  below, 
  instead 
  of 
  nate, 
  read 
  lonff. 
  

  

  Page 
  100, 
  line 
  2, 
  instead 
  of 
  is, 
  read 
  closely. 
  

  

  Plate 
  XIII, 
  C, 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  figure 
  most 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  : 
  d. 
  ^f 
  ^. 
  

  

  BRIEFER 
  ARTICLES. 
  

  

  Poisonoas 
  action 
  of 
  Clathrus 
  columnatus.— 
  The 
  odor 
  of 
  fully 
  grown 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  the 
  order 
  Phalloidese 
  is 
  so 
  repulsive 
  that 
  the 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  

   their 
  poisonous 
  character 
  when 
  eaten 
  by 
  men 
  has 
  not 
  often 
  been 
  the 
  

   subject 
  of 
  experimenL 
  Most 
  writers 
  previous 
  to 
  Krombholz 
  took 
  it 
  for 
  

   granted 
  that 
  the 
  common 
  stink-horn, 
  Phallus 
  impudicus, 
  was 
  poisonous. 
  

   The 
  experiments 
  of 
  Krombholz 
  on 
  the 
  canary 
  bird, 
  the 
  tortoise, 
  the 
  

   dog, 
  and 
  on 
  man, 
  showed, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  fungus 
  was 
  not 
  poisonous 
  

   in 
  those^cases. 
  Harzer 
  apparently 
  followed 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  Krombholze, 
  

   and 
  more 
  recently 
  Goeppert 
  says 
  of 
  Phallus 
  impudicus 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   eaten 
  without 
  harm, 
  although 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  state 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  his 
  belief. 
  

   The 
  lattice-fungus, 
  Clathrus 
  cancellatus, 
  which 
  has 
  an 
  odor 
  as 
  disagree- 
  

   able 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  order, 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  proved 
  poisonous 
  in 
  

   at 
  least 
  one 
  case 
  ; 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  girl 
  who 
  ate 
  a 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  fungus, 
  

   and 
  was 
  seized 
  with 
  violent 
  convulsions 
  followed 
  by 
  loss 
  of 
  speech 
  and 
  a 
  

   deep 
  sleep 
  lasting 
  52 
  hou 
  :s. 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  31, 
  1889, 
  1 
  received 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Prof. 
  Gerald 
  McCarthy 
  

   of 
  Ealeigh, 
  N. 
  C, 
  saying 
  that 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  hogs 
  in 
  that 
  State 
  had 
  been 
  

   killed 
  by 
  eating 
  a 
  fungus 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  wrote 
  as 
  follows: 
  '* 
  It 
  grows 
  in 
  

   patches 
  in 
  oak 
  woods 
  and 
  openings 
  and 
  is 
  greedily 
  sought 
  after 
  and 
  

   eaten 
  by 
  hogs 
  who 
  are 
  generally 
  killed 
  by 
  it 
  within 
  12 
  or 
  15 
  hours." 
  On 
  

   the 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  specimen 
  it 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Phalloidese, 
  but 
  the 
  

   species 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  determined 
  from 
  the 
  material 
  sent 
  and 
  application 
  

  

  