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ment was very defective, and while perhaps some minor changes may- 

 be made in the sequence the scheme is, on the whole a good one. 

 Another change is the dropping of capital letters from specific names; 

 and still another the omission of the comma between the species 

 and the authority. 



As the authors remark this is the first attempt to catalogue the 

 plants of all orders occurring in the State. Consequently that devoted 

 to the lower orders can not be considered in any sense complete. In 

 examining the various lists we have found some omissions which we 

 supply below. 



Ranunculus abortivus micranthus Gray. Common at Love- 

 land. 



Ranunculus repens L. The most common species in the vicin- 

 ity of Cincinnati. 



Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Probably extinct about Cincin- 

 nati. This fact was noted in Clark's catalogue, 1852, and in that of 

 James, 1879. 



Oxbaphus nyctagineus Sweet. Escaped from cultivation near 

 Cincinnati. 



FUNGI. 



Marasmius ramealis (Bull.) Fr. Loveland, D. L. James. Herb. 

 U. S. Dept. Agric. 



Polystictus perennis (L) Fr. Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric. D. 

 L. James, Loveland. 



Poria tulipifer.e Schw. Loveland, D. L. James. Herb. U. 

 S. Dept. Agric. 



Hydnum pallidum C. & E. Lancaster, W. A. Kellerman. 

 Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric. 



Irpex paradoxus (Schrad.) Fr. Loveland, D. L. James. Herb. 

 U. S. Dept. Agric. 



Thelephora caryophyllea (SchaefT.) Pers. Loveland, D. L. 

 James. Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric. 



Hymenoch.ete imbricata (Schw.) Lev. Cincinnati, A. P. 

 Morgan. Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric. 



Corticium l.eye (Pers.) Fr. Lancaster, W. A. Kellerman. 

 Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric. 



