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Lysurus sinensis Lloyd. Soochow. 



Marasmius sp. Mokanshan. 



Morchella esculenta Linn. Soochow. 



Phallus rugulosus Cibot. Soochow. 



Polyporus adustus Willd. Soochow. 



Polyporus lucidus Beys. Soochow. 



Polyporus puttemansii. Soochow. 



Polystictus n. sp. Soochow. 



Polystictus velutinus Fr. Soochow. 



Polystictus versatilis Berk. Soochow. 



Polystictus veriscolor L. Soochow. 



Polystictus sanguineus L. Soochow. 



Polystictus sp. Soochow. 



Schizophyllum commune Fr. Soochow. 



Stemonitis ferruginea Ehrens. Soochow. 



Stemonitis splendens Lath. Soochow. 



Trametes? Soochow. 



Xerotus n. sp. Mokanshan.. 



Xylaria sp. Soochow. 



Also an unidentified Hyphomycete from Mokanshan. 



Higher Plants. 



The higher plants we have already listed in a little 

 pamphlet, '"'A Preliminary List of the Plants of Kiangsu 

 Province." This lists the ferns and seed plants that have 

 been reported up to the time that we published it. Just now 

 this list is being revised enlarged and will soon be again 

 ready for publication doubling the former lists. In addition 

 to this there is great need for a comprehensive list of the 

 common cultivated plants used for food and in the industries. 

 We are getting together a good deal of data on the food 

 plants, confining our efforts to our section of the country. 

 This could well be done in many sections and the combina- 

 tion of these lists would prove of great value. 



The mosses and liverworts have been neglected and we 

 see many of them which we cannot name at all. Marchantia, 

 Asterella, Eiccia and other forms are to be occasionally found 

 even in Soochow, doubtless the streams and shaded nooks 

 on the hills will furnish many attractive forms. 



Some Soochow Animals. 



The simplest forms of animal life find conditions under 

 which they thrive and almost any little mass of material 

 brought in will yield its full share of the lower forms of life. 



We will simply name a few of the genera of Protozoans 

 which are readily found. Several species of Amoeba can be 



