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CEYLON IN AUSTRALIA. 
Irpex flavus , Kl., and Irpex zonatus , B., are not original 
Cinghalese species, but they are also Australasian, as well as some- 
what common in Ceylon. 
Kneiffia Muelleri , B., first found in Australia, was afterwards 
detected in Ceylon, and we have no record of it elsewhere. 
Hymenochcete strigosa , B. & Br., was first described from Ceylon, 
and afterwards recognized in Australia. Hymenochcete rhabarbarina , 
B. & Br., also a Ceylon species, has been found in New Zealand. 
Corticium simulans , B. & Br., in addition to Ceylon and the 
United States, has been collected in Australia. 
Stereum pusillum , B., has only been recorded from Ceylon and 
Tasmania. Also Stereum sparsum, B., only for Ceylon and 
Australia. 
Coniophora murina, Massee, was described from Ceylon, and 
since detected in Australia. 
Aseroe zeylanica, B., is recorded for Ceylon and New Zealand. 
Lycoperdon lilacinum , M. & B., although occurring in other 
localities, is also common to Ceylon and Australia. 
Epichloe cinerea, B. & Br., first received from Ceylon, has 
recently been collected in Australia. 
Xylaria Schweinitzii , B. & C., at first from Surinam, and after- 
wards from Ceylon, has been more than once detected in Australia. 
Far from attempting an exhaustive list of these coincidences 
we have only alluded to a few of the most striking which occurred 
to us, to serve as an illustration of our contention that there is a 
strange relationship between the fungi of Ceylon and Australia. 
Probably in the preparation of our projected “ Handbook of the 
Fungi of Australia ” we may be able to present a more complete 
account of these coincidences. Whatever the explanation may 
be, it must be remembered that the majority of the above are 
large, conspicuous species, and not minute parasitic fungi, which 
may be transported here, there, and everywhere. 
CRYPTOGAMIC LITERATURE. 
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Marquand, E. D. Cryptogamic Flora of Kelvedon, etc., from 
notes by E. G. Yarenne, in “ Essex Naturalist,” January, 1891. 
Arnell, H. W. Jungermannia medelpadica, in “ Botaniska 
Notiser,” No. iii., 1891. 
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Philibert, M. Sur rOrthotrichum Schimperi, in “ Revue 
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