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3. Manina Caput-ursi (Fries) 



Hydnum Caput-ursi Fries, Monog. Hym. Suec. 2 : 278. 1863. 



No specimen whatever under the above name was found in the 

 herbarium of Fries at Upsala, nor does the species appear to be 

 well represented in any of the European herbaria. So far as can 

 be judged from such poor fragmentary material as the herbaria 

 furnish no well-defined distinction exists between Hydnum 

 Caput-ursi Fr. and H. Caput-medusae (Bull.) Pers. 



4. Manina cordiformis Scop. Diss. Sci. Nat. 97. pi. 10. 1772. 



Hydnum Erinaceus Bull. Hist, de Champ, de la France, 304. pL 

 34' 1791. 



Hericium grandis Raf. Free, des Decouv. Somiol. 50. 1814. 

 Steccherinum quercinum S, F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. PI. i: 651. 

 1821. 



Medusina patula Chev. Fl. Gen. des Env. de Paris, i : 279. 1826. 



Type specimens of none of the forms described under the above 

 names are known to exist. The species, however, is a striking 

 and well-known form that often attracts attention, and there 

 seems to be no reason to question the correctness of the syn- 

 onymy. The species has generally been known under the name of 

 BuUiard. Scopoli's figure loc. cit. shows most clearly that his M, 

 cordiformis is the typical form that is everywhere referred to 

 H. Erinaceus Bull. The law of priority, therefore, demands that 

 his names should prevail and we have restored it to the species. 



5. Manina Schiedermayeri (Heufl.) 



Hydnum Schiedermayeri Heufler, Osterr, Bot. Zeitschrift 20 : 33. 

 1870. 



The type specimen of this species has not been seen and our 

 conception of the characters is based upon American plants which 

 we have referred here from comparison with the published de- 

 scriptions and figures. To judge from these American forms, the 

 species departs widely from the generic type and would appear to 

 belong to the resupinate-effused type of structure. Fries, how- 

 ever, regarded the species as of this alliance and the conspicuous 



