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trillium is a good illustration of the old and well known theory 

 that floral organs are simply modifications of leaves, for in this 

 single example we find all the floral organs replaced by oblong 

 leaves, some of which retain the usual green color of leaves wholly, 

 some partly and some exhibit wholly the white color so often 

 shown by petals. 



Uromyces caricis Pk. 



In my examination of the specimens on which this species was 

 founded only single "celled spores were found. Later examination 

 by others revealed a few Puccinia spores. This led to the transfer 

 of the species to the genus Puccinia and it now bears the name 

 Puccinia caricis-strictae Diet. A second station in 

 which this somewhat rare species has been found is Round Lake, 

 Saratoga county. 



Uromyces peckianus Farl. 



Leaves of marsh spike grass, Distichlis spicata (L.) 

 Greene. Port Jefferson. August. This parasitic fungus was 

 formerly referred to Uromyces graminum Cke. , but it 

 has been separated and now bears the name here given. 



Xyris montana Ries 

 Abundant in peat bogs along the outlet of White lake, where it 

 forms continuous patches. Xyris caroliniana also occurs 

 in the same locality. July. J. V. Haberer. 



EDIBLE FUNGI 



Tricholoma unifactum n. sp. 



UNITED TRICHOLOMA 

 PLATE 94, FIG. 1-5 



Pileus fleshy but thin, convex, often irregular, sometimes eccen- 

 tric from its crowded mode of growth, whitish, flesh whitish, taste 

 mild; lamellae thin, narrow, close, rounded behind, slightly adnexed, 

 sometimes forked near the base, white ; stem equal or thicker at the 

 base, solid, fibrous, white, united at the base in a large flesh} 1 mass; 

 spores white, subglobose, .0001 6-. 0002 of an inch broad. 



The united tricholoma belongs to the- section Guttata and is 

 closely related to the northern tricholoma, Tricholoma 

 b o r e a 1 e and to the whitish tricholoma, Tricholoma 

 a 1 b e 1 1 u m . From the former it is separated by its different 

 color, mode of growth and lack of odor, and from the latter by its 

 color, the absence of spots on the cap and by its smaller subglobose 



