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NEW EXOTIC FUNGI. 
Stereum latum, Cooke Sf Mass. 
Very broadly effused, resupinate, thin, and following the irregu- 
larities of the substratum ; margin broadly free all round, but 
scarcely or not at all reflexed, lobed and repand ; pileus velvety- 
strigose, with numerous narrow concentric ridges, uniform yellowish- 
cinnamon ; hymenium minutely whitish-pruinose, cinnamon with a 
decided tinge of pink, nodulose in the resupinate portion, due to 
inequalities of the matrix, smooth in the marginal, free portion ; 
spores colourless, globose, apiculate, 10 ^ diam. 
On dead bark. Perak. 
Patches exceeding a foot in length, 6 in. across ; free margin, 
1-2 in. broad. 
AUSTRALIAN CHARACEM* 
Now that particular attention is being directed to the Crypto- 
gamic plants of Australia, it is satisfactory to find that the services 
of Professor Nordstedt have been secured for the illustration of the 
Characeae. It is a small group, but if this venture is encouraged 
it might, in time, lead to the subsidizing of the same excellent 
Algolbgist to undertake the Fresh Water Algae of Australia. The 
present work is of a large imperial quarto size, and the plates are 
admirably executed, each plate, with its corresponding text, being 
capable of being bound, when complete, in any sequence desirable. 
Of course the letterpress is in English, which will be of considerable 
advantage in an English-speaking colony, and even in the mother 
country such a work should be acceptable. We, therefore, strongly 
commend it to our readers. 
GREVILLEA.— NOTICE. 
For twenty years have we continued, periodically, to issue the 
numbers of this Journal, as a labour of love; with the next part 
the twentieth volume will come to a close, and with it the present 
series. It is not without feelings of regret that this resolution 
has been taken, but fickle health, increasing years, and diminished 
vigour have been the excuses which have presented themselves, 
and we would willingly transfer the work to other hands. Whether 
some more enterprising proprietor can be found is as yet uncer- 
tain ; our only concern now is to make known our determination to 
stand open to any proposal whereby our pecuniary interest shall 
cease, so that we may rest from the periodical anxieties of the past 
two decades. Whether we have earned this repose is not for us to 
determine, but we are never blind to our own failings, any more 
than to those of others, and can only wish that what we have done 
had been better done, even although we have endeavoured to do 
our best. 
* “ Australian Characeae,” figured and described by Otto Nordstedt. 4to., 
Part I., 10 plates (seven shillings). Lund and Berlin, 1891. 
