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4. If there are three species their names and synonyms would 

 be as follows : 



C. iiirsutum Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. no. 3. 1768 (also of 

 Britton's Manual); C. pubescehs Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 143. 1805; 

 Hortus Berolinensis, I : pi. 13 ; Barton's Flora, 3 : pi. Jj.. 



C. flavescens Redoute, Lil. 1 : pi. 20. 1802; C. parvifloriim 

 Sims, Bot. Mag. 23: 911. 1806 (also of Britton's Manual); 

 C. pubescens Sweet, Engl. Flower Garden, 1 : pi. 71. 1823 (also 

 of Gray's Manual). 



C. parviflorum Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 1 : 77. pi. 2. f. 2. 

 1791 (probably also of Gray's Manual). 



As I have never seen the small yellow lady's-slipper of the 

 east in the living state and do not know the form of its lip I ask 

 the readers of Torreya kindly to communicate to me any facts 

 they may have and to watch our cypripediums during the com- 

 ing seasons that the difficulty may be cleared. I would also be 

 very thankful if I could get fresh material (especially flowers) of 

 either of the species. 



N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



THE BRACKET FUNGI 



By L. M. Underwood 



At every season of the year numerous tough, woody, or 

 leathery fungi will be found shelving out from stumps, fallen 

 logs, tree trunks, or railroad ties. Most of these are plants 

 belonging to the Agaricales and may represent any one of four 

 families according as they bear on their under side lamellae, 

 pores, spines, or merely smooth surfaces. Essentially they are 

 formed alike, with the spore-bearing surfaces looking downward 

 and with a roof or pileus formed of interlacing mycelium more 

 or less compacted and sometimes hardened into a thick crust. 

 One of the commonest in late spring or early summer is Favolus, 

 with pores angular like honeycomb, a small round or reniform 

 plant more commonly growing from hickory limbs though often 

 on other species of wood. This is the only species of its genus 



