44 



H. The Species of Cycloporus 

 Plant very rare, terrestrial, with central stipe and concentrically furrowed liyme- 

 nium. C. Greeiiei (Herk.) Murrill 



I. The Species of Romeli.ia 

 Plant abundant, large, spongy, hispid, very destructive to conifers. 



Ji. sistolrcvioides (Alb. & Schw.) Murrill 



J. The Species of Coltricia 



1. Pileus concentrically zonate ; context thin. 2 

 Pileus azonate ; context rather thick and spongy. 4 



2. Pileus shining cinnamon, strigose, striate, thin, flexible, slightly depressed, the 



margin often fimbriate or pseudo-ciliate. C. cmnavtomea (Jacq.) Murrill 



Pileus dull rusty cinnamon to hoary, velvety to glabrous, deeply depressed, the 



margin thicker and less fimbriate. 3 



3. Tubes small, 0.5 mm. or less in diameter. C. perennis (L. ) Murrill 

 Tubes large, i mm. in diameter. C. parvula (Kl.) Murrill 



4. Context homogeneous ; hymenium free from spines. 5 

 Context duplex, soft above and woody below ; hymenium beset with spines. 



C. iomaitosa (Fr. ) Murrill 



5. Pileus ferruginous to fulvous, 5 cm. in diameter, surface finely tomentose ; stipe 



swollen and soft at the base. C. obesa (Ell. & Ever.) Murrill 



Pileus darker, fulvous to chocolate-colored, 10 cm. in diameter, surface rough and 



shaggy ; stipe scutate and firm at the base. C. Mdtuinngeri Murrill 



K. The Species of Coltkiciella 



Plant minute, pendant, very rare, on decayed pine wood. 



C. depevdeus (B. & C. ) Murrill 

 New York Botanical Garden. 



SHORTER NOTES 



Jacquinia Curtissii sp. nov. — A low shrub. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, 2—3 cm. long, 3—4 mm. wide, attenuate into a mucro 

 2-3 mm. long, glabrous, the rigid margins revolute ; twigs 

 puberulent ; inflorescence involucrcd by minute scales, 3- or 4- 

 flowered ; peduncle 3-4 mm. long, less than half as long as the 

 slender spreading or recurved pedicels ; calyx campanulate, about 

 3 mm. long ; sepals rounded, entire, eciliate. 



Isle of Pines, Cuba, April 24, 1904, A. H. Oirtiss. Related to 

 J. stcnopJiylla Urban, and to J. brcvifolia Urban, differing from 

 both by its larger flowers with longer pedicels. 



N. L. Britton. 



New Binomials in an Index. — It may have escaped the 

 notice of botanists that all new varietal or subspecific names 



