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appearance reminding me of ZL. pallescens; the ever-varying 
L. cervina Nyl.; subspecies Z. privigna—var., is abundant, and of 
large size, with remarkable spores ; on sandstone ; I omit several other 
species. 
Cladonia; of the numerous species I will only cite C. cespiticia 
Flotow, and C. £urgzZa Hoffm., which grow on bare rocks and earth at 
some elevation. 
Passing by Beomyces I find in Biatora a multitude of species, and 
mostly on rocks ; as B. rudelia Rabh., in several subspecies ; B. coarc- 
tata Th. Fr., and var.; on trees are B. russula Mont., and B. 
parvifolia Pers. 
Lecidea enteroleuca Fr., L. platycarpa Ach., Z. albocerulescens Fr., 
occur on sandstones and chert in puzzling forms ; Buellia affords in- 
teresting species, largely saxicolous ; among the latter are 2. co//udens 
yl., B. petrea, and yar. albinea, B. spuria Arn. ; while the parasitic 
B. inquilina and B. parmeliarum occur on the thallus of other species. 
Lecanactis premnea ; on bark. 
Platygrapha periclea Tuckerm. ; found only on hemlock in mountain 
gorges, but associated with it are Pyrenula thelena, and a very interest- 
ing Biatora near effusa. ' 
Sagedia cestrensis and S. oxyspora on Ostrya and Betula. 
Verrucaria pyrenophora is abundant on limestone. 
These are only a few species identified from a practically unexplored 
mass of material. My thanks are due to my friend, S. Higginson, 
Esq., for assistance, while my Rabenhorst and Lojka specimens have 
enabled me to make good comparisons, especially in rock forms.— 
W. W. CALKINS, Chicago. 
Botany in the British Museum.—The recent report of the 
Curator of Botany in the British Museum contains a number of inter- 
esting matters. It appears that during the year 51, 652 specimens were 
2 rer named, and inserted in their places in the herbarium.” 
These ac essions came from many a of the world pni y China, 
in so chiy endowed an institution, we need not consider ourselves 
unduly delinquent i in this country, where - local floras are so poorly 
herbaria. 
