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and Boletaceae prepared for Mycotoctia includes twenty-four 
known species of polypores and eight species new to science. 
The Boletaceae collected by him comprise four known species 
and four new ones. These were all exhibited and some of their 
principal characters noted. A number of specimens of Lactaria 
and Russula, worked over by Miss Burlingham, were exhibited 
and the percentage of undescribed forms was found to be very 
that of the eastern United States. A rather detailed general 
account of this expedition was published in the January number 
of the JOURNAL. 
Mr. Fred J. Seaver called attention to a number of cup-fungi 
and Pyrenomycetes collected by Dr. Murrill on the Pacific coast. 
Three species of the order Hypocreales were shown, all of which 
represent extensions of our known range of distribution. One 
cup-fungus belonging to the genus Aleuria was collected which 
has been seldom collected in this country, a specimen from 
Alabama being the only other representative of the species in our 
collections from North America. Also one cup-fungus belonging 
to the genus Lachnea was collected which may prove to be un- 
described. A number of common species were also shown. 
A. B. Stour. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Dr. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, Vermont, has 
recently spent several days at the Garden in continuation of his 
studies on the violets of North America. 
eber Howe, teacher of natural science in Middlesex 
Snook Concord, Massachusetts, and formerly a research student 
at the Garden, recently received his doctorate from the University 
of Paris. 
Dr. N. L. Britton opened a public lecture course at the College 
of the City of New York at 4 o’clock on the afternoon of Thurs- 
day, February 8th, the subject being ‘Scenic and Floral Features 
of Cuba 
