BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. » ie, 
from the island ; Dr. Alcock, writing from the “ Investigator,” remarks .on the 
presence of so much moss and fungus at Minikoi as compared with the other 
islands, where there are hardly any fungi and there is apparently no moss, On 
this point he adds :—“ But the island is near the equatorial belt of condensation.” 
LICHENES. 
(N. O. LicHENACEI.) 
197. Physcia leucomela Michx, Flor. Bor. Am., ii, 356 ; Nyland., 
Synops. Lich., i, 414. 
Minikoi ; on coco-nut trees, Alcock ! 
Cosmopolitan in tropical and temperate regions on tree trunks. 
198. Physcia obscura Fries, Lich. Hur., 84;  Nyland., Synops. 
Lich., i, 427. Coe 
Minikoi ; on coco-nut trees, Alcock ! 
Cosmopolitan on trees and rocks, 
FUNGI. 
(N. O. HyMENOMYCETES.) 
199. Pleurotus cuneatus G. Massée, sp. mov. pileo carnosulo, 
tenui, exacte laterali, flabelliformi postice in stipitem brevissimum producto, 
glabro, albo ; lamellis decurrentibus, divergentibus, subconfertis, angustis, albis, 
siccitate pallide ochraceis ; sporis ellipsoideis. 
Minikoi ; on coco-nut trees, Alcock / 
Nearest to Plewrotus scabrellus, Berk. 
200. Pleurotus tenuissimus Jungh., Enum. Fung. Jay. 
Minikoi ; on dead screw-pines, Alcock ! 
Java. 
201. Schizophyllum commune Fries, Syst. Mycol., i, 330. 
Kiltan ; on rotten branches of Ricinus communis, Fleming ! - 
Cosmopolitan, 
202. Polyporus sanguineus Fries, Epicris. 404, 
Kadamum ; on decayed coco-nut stumps, Fleming! Minikoi; on dead 
branches of screw-pine, Alcock / 
Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical countries. 
208. Polyporus igniarius Fries, Hymen. Eur., 559, 
Minikoi ; Alcock / 
Cosmopolitan, or nearly so. 
204, Trametes Muelleri Berk., Jour. Linn, Soc., x, 320. 
Minikoi ; Alcock / 
Australia, Brazil. 
