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we had no data on which to assume the probable demand, and 
hence a smaller number were printed than desirable, so that there 
is every probability that the parts will soon be out of print. W e 
have no inclination to reprint the letter press, or reproduce the 
plates, so that anyone desiring to secure a copy should not delay, 
or they may be disappointed. 
M. C. Cooke. 
FUNGI OF SOCOTRA. 
Stexeum xetixugum, Cooke. 
Coriaceo-membranaceum, murinum ; pileo effuso, e cupulari ex- 
planato, marginato; ambitu pallide fimbriato; hymenio sub- 
velutino, reticulato-venoso, murinaceo. 
Ad ramos. Socotra ( Balfour ). 
Trametes Socotxana, Qooke. 
Pileo sessili, semi-orbiculari, tenui, coriaceo, zonato-sulcato, 
velutino, albo ; contextu concolore ; poris magnis, dentatis, 
demum confluentibus, umbrinis. 
Ad truncos. Socotra {Balfour). 
Proceedings Boyal Society , Edinburgh, vol. xi. 1882. 
THREE NEW INDIAN FUNGI. 
By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, F.R.S. 
Hygxophoxus Hobsoni, B. 
Pileo conico eximie umbonato glabro pallido ; velo conspicuo 
appendiculato ; stipite sursum incrassato ; lamellis angustis pallidis 
ascendentibus. 
Pileus about 1 inch in diameter, J f high ; stem 2\ inches high, 
2 lines thick above. 
Communicated by General Hobson, who gathered the specimen 
in Central India. 
Dictyophoxa nana, B. 
Gregaria glandiformis, capite conico expanso ; reticulo ad basin 
stipitis brevis extenso ; volva fusca. 
Andaman Isles, Lieut.-Col. E. S. Berkeley. Differing from all 
published species in its dwarf gregarious habit. 
Tilmadoche cavipes, B. 
Mycelio reticulato candido ; peridiis junioribus carneis, senioribus 
lateritio- effractis pulveraceis globosis, stipitibus candidis basi in- 
crassatis gossypinis cavis ; sporis atropurpureis globosis levibus ; 
capillitio parco flavo. 
On leaves of different species of Phakenopsis. Andaman Isles, 
Lieut.-Col. E. S. Berkley, 1882. 
The filmy reticulate mycelium at length disappears, and the 
peridia are scattered, looking at first sight from their white stems 
