an excuse to add his own name to it. Had he been sincere he would 
have hunted up these specimens and substituted Czerniaiev’s name. 
The beauty of the modern method of juggling names is well illustrated 
by the history of this plant. A Hungarian mycologist called the plant 
Bovista debreceniensis. Hollos in 1899 published it under that name, 
not recognizing from his own work the claim the plant has to generic 
rank. Then he received some specimens from Morgan of Catastoma 
subterranea, and as he saw it was the same plant he proceeded at once to 
juggle it and publish it as “Catastoma debreceniensis, Hollos ” (19<>0). 
The second year after, having learned Morgan’s genus, he recognized 
the vague record of Czerniaiev, and proceeded at once to juggle a 
new name, “Disciseda debreceniensis, Hollos ” (1902). Information 
has just been published that the plant is the same as Fycoperdon 
defossum. He can now juggle it to “Disciseda defossa, Hollos and 
if he will cross the Atlantic and examine Schweinitz’s herbarium he 
will find evidence sufficient to again juggle it to “Disciseda Candida, 
Hollos .” 
Bovista tunicata (type). This species is in my opinion simply 
an immature plumbea which has retained the olive color of the gleba. 
As I have already given my view 7 s (Myc. Notes, p. 115) on the value 
of color characters of the gleba of Bovista plumbea, it is not necessary 
to here repeat them. 
Geaster Bryantii, type from Berkeley, as you will find it illus¬ 
trated on p. 16, Geastrae. 
Geaster calyculatus, type from Fuckel. The specimen is pecti- 
natus notwithstanding the illustration Fuckel gives is that of Bryantii. 
Fuckel probably did not distinguish the two species which are very 
similar. 
Geaster eapensis type from Cape Bouse Spei. I think it is 
saccatus. 
“Geaster Curtisii, Rav.” from Curtis. This is radicans, or 
rather as I have previously stated the fornicate condition of velutinus. 
It is very probable that Curtis sent this specimen to Berkeley so labeled, 
as it is the second I have seen that he so distributed, but Berkeley did 
not propose to advertise two Americans by calling it “Geaster Curtisii, 
Rav.”, .so he changed it to “Geaster radicans, Berkeley” and he did 
right. 
Geaster saccatus, Brazil, Fund. The type specimen is there but 
it is so small and twisted up and the endoperidium does not show so 
that I think no one could say wdiether or not it is the same plant now 
so called in the United States. As previously stated if the name 
Geaster saccatus has a meaning, it was given to it by Berkeley. 
“Geaster stellaris, Fries MSS”. These specimens are historically 
of interest, as they probably explain Fries’ views of the name “Geaster 
stellatum” in his “Systema”. The plants are Geaster floriformis. In 
this connection I wish to pay my respects to the recently juggled 
name “stellatum” for hygrometricus. If there is a name particularly 
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