THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. © We, 
names of 235; but, Berkeley had enumerated already in 1845 for 
Western Australia 120 species, and the great Hlias Fries in 1846 
recorded from the same region 42. Failing strength obliged the 
Rey. Mr. Berkeley, to withdraw at a venerable age from the field of 
mycology, on which he had shed so much light for half a century; 
thus all my later collections went to the distinguished Dr. M. C. 
Cooke, except some particular kinds, which the last mentioned 
great mycologist submitted to the Rey. C. Kalchbrenner. I was 
able to insert also in the list elaborated for the fragmenta many more 
species, obtained partly by Mr. F. M. Bailey in Queensland (examined 
by Berkeley and Broomé conjointly,) partly brought together by 
myself from various contributors, whose names I have recorded then. 
This brought the list for the fragmenta in 1881 up to 1179 species. 
It was my intention, to publish the additions made since then by 
my friends and myself (from determinations, kindly undertaken by 
Dr. Cooke) in the 12th volume of the fragmenta; but as latterly 
many extra-engagements arose in the department for the exhibitions 
in Amsterdam, Calcutta and London, for the completion of the 
Hucolyptography, for the geographic and literary census of Australian 
vascular plants (8738 up to 1864,) for the illustrated monography 
of Myoporine, for two new editions and two translations of the 
volume on “ Select Plants for Industrial Culture and Naturalisation” 
and now also for the key to the system of Victorian plants (needing 
about 7500 entries and 200 wood-cuts,) I found it impossible to 
continue meanwhrle the fragmenta, although the descriptions of 
about 150 new./yvaseplar ‘species and numerous other notes 
- accumulated for if already. But Dr. Cooke has issued in the 10th 
-and 11th volume of the Grevillea an enumeration of all fungs from 
Australia known*to) hii ip, to 1888, by which means the total was 
advanced to the numberof 1241." Reasons have arisen, to withhold 
no longer from publication the list of those fungs, at least which 
came as new for Victoria from myself to Dr. Cooke since 1881 ; 
and I now avail myself of the kind offer of the Editor, to have it 
printed for the October number of the “‘ Victorian Naturalist ;” and I 
hope to follow this up in the next number, by an enumeration of all 
species of fungaceous plants rendered known through Dr. Cooke 
from my Department as new for Australia during the last four years, 
the number being very considerable. Mere new geographic annota- 
tions must be reserved for later publication. To those not initiated 
in mycologic studies I would like to point out the desirability of 
sending Australian fungs to specialists through any great phytologic 
institutions $0 as to avoid clashing of various professional observers’ 
studying-4g'similar material. That now-a-days each great class of 
evascular; plants needs special investigators will be comprehended, 
when I say,..that Dr. Streinz enumerated in 1862 already 11014 
fungaceous plants specifically, irrespective of an extensive supplement 
