FUNGI. 
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are confined to the United States. We were surprised to see the 
following note under Polyporus sulphureus, Fr. : “ If taken when 
fresh and young, before the pores have formed, and carefully 
cooked, this fungus makes a very palatable dish.” This may be 
quite true, but I do not think it will induce anyone in Britain to 
try the experiment on what we call Polyporus sulphureus , Fries. 
The genus llavenelia. P. Dietel, Hedwigia, 1894. 
An ideal monograph. The thoroughness in every part disarms 
criticism, and whatever is afterwards added to our knowledge of 
the genus will only be supplementary to the present work. 
Twenty- eight species are known and distributed as follows : — 
India and Ceylon, six species. 
Abyssinia and East Africa, two species. 
Cape of Good Hope, six species. 
South America, seven species. 
Central America, one species. 
North America, six species. 
The work is divided into two sections ; in the first part a detailed 
account of the morphology and life-history, so far as is known, is 
given. The second part contains a description of each species. 
The five well-executed plates, drawn by the author, very clearly 
illustrate the structure peculiar to this interesting genus. 
The Flowering Plants of Western India . Rev. A. Kyd Nairne.* 
Although not dealing with Cryptogams, we are always glad to 
welcome any attempt to popularize the study of botany, and 
undoubtedly the present work will prove of great service to 
Europeans and others desirous of becoming acquainted with the 
Flora of Western India. The book is written more especially for 
those having little or no previous knowledge of botany, the few 
technical terms used being fully explained in an introductory 
chapter. Interesting notes relating to structure, habit, and dis- 
tribution, culled from different sources, are appended to most of 
the species. 
NOTES. 
A small but interesting collection of fungi from Usambara, 
E. Africa, has been received at Kew from the Berlin Museum. 
The following corrections require to be made in the nomen- 
clature : — 
Nos. 2327 and 3235, Lenzites repanda , Mont. = Lenzites 
applanata , Fr. 
No. 2543, Thelephora caperata , Berk. & Mont. = Stereum 
caperatum , Mass., Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), Yol. xxvn., p. 161 
(1891). 
* Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., Waterloo Place, London (7s. 6d.). 
