ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 673 
peated TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
. P., Junction City, Kansas. pe ommon Columbine with full, double, Me 
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C. G. A., Au antn Maine.— Your OE ty" 1, Corinia Conradiis 2, Geranium dissec- 
ret 3, Myontis lustris; bg Empetrum rum; 5, Vi afi Idea. 
., Cincinnati. — Ther as yet n = A that comes ge media ou want, but w 
ied now, in aes a work by ‘Dr. ouss that is intended to seppy just pase wants 4 
ition will a a 8y- 
nopsis ot pii known birds of North erica, and an artificial key, by means of whic 
any species of North American br nie an be eee ee A apa = out po revious I es 
dred ent of seranalo ogy be pha geno ape “The book ill be illustrated with several h 
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rina; 6 Cenangtant wo tum ; XA , Leeanactis sp; ; x Lecida formia; 5, “and Lecidea cerina 
fe ie the erede or eae t, 1870, mg ‘the article upon ‘ Flowerless Plants,’ th 
peng speaks of a species of eras, Can yo e me any more of a descri ptio n of 
o s J 
ous odor appraises us of its existence. Then we “ itu on poo it; and, following 
some one’s advice, I know not whose, salt the hole from wh e dug it. The writer 
of the — mag Po = o, says it is ʻa pona, i Speak of see "Jeliy-iike mass of raw flesh, 
just baaaik T sely-l soil? The toc abov : 
about two Beal  perore this jelly-like m ag Jase tell me something about 
it, if you can, and if there is anything vom: pes o e pr Aasa nine recurrence. Perha 
some other reader of the tanner: would like to know about it, and you would 
r to answer through its pages.” — E. M. 
me have referred the matter to a well- known botanist, who sends the following 
reply: 
“If the fungus to which you refer be a Clathrus, it begins its growth as a rounded 
fleshy cell, which at maturity bursts and disc — a epii of nig red matter, having a 
net-like form, with a nauseous odor. is fleshy mass emits an inconceivable quantity 
o 0 : 
then disappear for years. These spores are so minute that me Á float in the air uke 
dust, are borne on the percolating water beneath the soil, and a read abroad by so 
many natural conveyances that their deutrechion is Hap aaae eei ey do not amara 
reappear. Years may pass without their recurrence, and then rrii Son toa 
mgounerte influences, these spores, lying p sde in the "earth, will arantly. 
There are figures of species of Clathrus in many mycological w chery ny toe of them 
must be ver ert og Sho = ot hy plant reappear, I wins suggest t that you 
should carefully take os ane op eserve it in alcohol. By sending it to the NATURAL- 
IST = ea oan i esta 
I should ose of shia acid, which is not expensive, and could be freely 
ieee ey over the pepo oo the fungus ino ee be Dilute sulphuric acid would prevent 
the ol a spores which it —C. J.S. 
=i an pankera of the nes radii e om Cooke’s “ Plain and Easy 
yaan of append a Fungi.” The second family of eset is termed peapa ytan 
(gastes Gr., a stomach; mukes, a m graen A helr have the pone or cy ee spk 
ing surface, enclosed within a covering inei aemm ar wrap 
round) so that the spores are pay Se of pri or 
po 
tes.—Every one knows the uff ball i s pherical ‘pouch, “containing, when ripe, 
Ey A nike Bo ff, and whic miachievous 
e funume okt hy faces. The pouc his HAPE iain or stom: 
ach, and the brown ee pe nuimerable ripen 
lobo os 
Becomes siap meet One of the most ore. ee in appearance, dis- 
impale in a sai and noxious in properties o all fungi, is the Latticed Stinkhorn (Cla- 
thrus e ncellatus) which is, however, so rare as scarcely to merit a notice here except to 
eall attention to ts most comm a feature, that of the beauty and singularity of 
its form. Si receptacle Conis a spherical ‘net work or lattice work of coral, but 
po of so putre scent a nature, Ma its eraa tates detracts T its beauty; M. Roq- 
relates of its pro) rouse emer 
cheat convulsions, lost erg a ri Ter Sint a and icis fell int into a stu ba which 
as ig dase S ht hours: i agea attention egg given to her, but it appears to e been 
fore she was perfectly cur 
