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  TWENTY-NINTH 
  KEPOET 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  Solenia 
  Pk. 
  

  

  One 
  author 
  has 
  referred 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  Peziza 
  Eupatorii 
  Schw. 
  In 
  

   establishing 
  the 
  species 
  I 
  depended 
  upon 
  the 
  accuracy 
  of 
  Schweinitz's 
  

   description, 
  and 
  in 
  justification 
  of 
  my 
  present 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  validity 
  

   of 
  it 
  I 
  quote 
  the 
  full 
  description 
  of 
  P. 
  Eupatorii, 
  italicizing 
  those 
  

   parts 
  not 
  applicable 
  to 
  P. 
  Solenia. 
  

  

  " 
  P. 
  Eupatorii 
  l. 
  v. 
  s., 
  versus 
  radices 
  in 
  maximis 
  caulibus 
  emor- 
  

   tuis 
  Eupatorii 
  purpurei 
  et 
  maoulati, 
  JBethl. 
  

  

  P. 
  gr 
  eg 
  aria,, 
  cupulis 
  bi-vel 
  iri-linearibus, 
  madefactis 
  explanatis, 
  

  

  disco 
  subconvexo, 
  margine 
  fere 
  obliterate. 
  Siccitate 
  connivens, 
  sed 
  

  

  non 
  clausa, 
  est 
  hssc 
  pezizula 
  rufo-carnea, 
  extus 
  pilis 
  nigrofuscis 
  apice 
  

  

  albesQentibus 
  fascicidatim 
  obsita." 
  

  

  P. 
  Solenia 
  is 
  not 
  collected 
  near 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  sterns, 
  but 
  occurs 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  abundantly 
  all 
  along 
  them 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  part. 
  I 
  

   have 
  seen 
  it 
  on 
  stems 
  of 
  Eupatorium 
  ageratoides 
  only, 
  never 
  on 
  E. 
  

   purpureum 
  or 
  its 
  variety 
  maculatum. 
  The 
  cups, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  lines, 
  are 
  less 
  than 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  one 
  line 
  broad. 
  The 
  

   largest 
  cups 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  do 
  not 
  exceed 
  this 
  measurement 
  even 
  

   when 
  moist. 
  In 
  the 
  moist 
  state 
  the 
  cups 
  become 
  somewhat 
  swollen 
  

   but 
  they 
  assume 
  no 
  shape 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  called 
  " 
  explanate 
  " 
  or 
  flat- 
  

   tened. 
  Even 
  after 
  long 
  soaking 
  the 
  mouth 
  still 
  remains 
  small 
  and 
  

   contracted, 
  the 
  disk, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  "subconvex," 
  is 
  still 
  deeply 
  

   concave, 
  and 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  margin 
  was 
  " 
  almost 
  obliterated 
  " 
  would 
  

   be 
  very 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  truth. 
  The 
  flesh 
  and 
  hymenium 
  are 
  whitish 
  and 
  

   the 
  hairs 
  are 
  not 
  fasciculate. 
  Thus 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  our 
  plant 
  differs 
  

   in 
  almost 
  every 
  respect 
  from 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  P. 
  Eupojtorii 
  ; 
  in 
  

   habit, 
  habitat, 
  size, 
  shape, 
  color 
  of 
  flesh, 
  etc., 
  agreeing 
  only 
  in 
  being 
  

   connivent 
  in 
  dryness 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  an 
  external 
  covering 
  of 
  similarly 
  

   colored 
  hairs. 
  Unfortunately, 
  Schweinitz 
  did 
  not 
  describe 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   of 
  his 
  species 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  comparison 
  can 
  be 
  carried 
  no 
  farther. 
  But 
  

   it 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  necessary. 
  No 
  ordinary 
  degree 
  of 
  variability 
  in 
  the 
  

   species 
  and 
  no 
  reasonable 
  allowance 
  for 
  mistakes 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  

   would 
  harmonize 
  so 
  many 
  and 
  so 
  great 
  discrepancies. 
  

  

  Helotium 
  thujinum 
  Pk. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  thought 
  by 
  some 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Peziza 
  cupressina, 
  

   and 
  doubtless 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  close 
  resemblance 
  between 
  them. 
  Had 
  the 
  

   latter 
  plant 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Helotium 
  instead 
  of 
  Peziza, 
  I 
  

   should 
  have 
  regarded 
  them 
  as 
  one 
  species 
  myself. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  Verbascicola 
  Schw. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  this 
  plant 
  bearing 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  a 
  Sphseria, 
  but 
  

   have 
  seen 
  the 
  perithecia 
  filled 
  with 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  small 
  elliptical 
  

   hyaline 
  spores 
  .00016' 
  — 
  .00018' 
  long. 
  The 
  species 
  should 
  therefore 
  

   be 
  considered 
  a 
  Phoma 
  until 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  a 
  Sphgeria. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  Sarracenia 
  Schw. 
  

  

  Fertile 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  indicate 
  that 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Sphserella. 
  

  

  