418 The Botanical Gazette. [December, 
this was in no way the fault of Gottsche, it detracts from the value of 
his notes not to have with them, in each case, samples of the same 
plant on which the notes were made. 
While we have not space here to mention all of Gofttsche’s work‘, 
we must call attention to two of his papers that are of special in- 
terest to Americans. The first is on the Hepatice of the U. S. of Col- 
umbia* and the second is on Hepaticz of Mexico* and more especi- 
ally bears on our own flora. Both are elaborate works, both are 
elegantly illustrated by Gottsche’s own hand, in both the flora is very 
fully represented and the monographs constitute a broad and substan- 
tial beginning to any further study of the Hepaticz of these lands. Un- 
like so many pioneer works, no time will have to be squandered over 
two or three line descriptions in order to ascertain what was most like- 
ly intended by the describer, for the descriptions are as carefully writ- 
ten as the drawings are elegantly engraved. 
Dr. Gottsche leaves an extensive herbarium made all the more valu- 
able by his elaborate sketches of the species which he invariably 
made in his study of any form. Better than all else he leaves a mem- 
ory which extends over half a century of friendly help he has freely 
given to students of the Hepatic in all lands.—L. M. U. 
An edible lichen not heretofore noted as such.—Zxdocarpon minta- 
tum Schaer. has been collected by me in many states, and is abundant 
in Tennessee. It has also been sent to me from Japan and Cuba, two 
widely diverse localities. It inhabits calcareous rocks and may easily 
be mistaken for Uméilicaria, two species of which it resembles. I 
doubt if any writer has noticed or commended this lichen as anarticle 
of diet. But Mr. Minakata, who is a distinguished scholar and natur- 
alist, and who has lately spent two years in the United States in study 
and travel, informs me that large quantities are collected in the moun- 
tains of Japan for culinary purposes, and largely exported to China as 
an article of luxury. Hc expresses surprise that no attention is paid 
to it here. The name by which it is known in Japan is ‘wafaka, mean- 
ing “stone-mushroom.” Properly treated it resembles tripe—W. W- 
CaLKins, Chicago, ///. ‘ 
A new Tabebuia from Mexico and Central America: Tabebuia Doe 
nell-Smithii n. sp., PLare xxvi.—A tree 50 to 75 feet high, often 4 feet 
in diameter: leaves palmately-compound on long peduncles 5 to 1° 
eat aoa sanebamal iad decanter 
_ ‘As we are so soon to publish a full bibliography of the Hepatice, a complete 
list of Dr. Gottsche’s writings will there be given. 
*Hepatice in Triana et Planchon: Prodromus Flore Novo-Granatensis- 
Ann. des Sc. Nat., 5th ser., 1. 95—198, t. xvit-xx (1864). er a 
SDe Mexikanske Leverm . efter Prof. Fr. Liebmann's Samling. ee 
Vid. Salsk. Skrift. v1, 97-380, t. 1-xx (1867). ge 
