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superficial resemblance to this. I refer to the southern slope of 
the ridges which run right down into the sea. All during the 
summer months the southeast trade winds. blow, with almost 
hurricane violence at times, creating a sea which dashes far up 
on the rock-bound shore, leaving large boulders in endless con¬ 
fusion a^s evidence of its fury. This wind has a decided effect 
on the vegetation, as is evidenced by the depression of all growth. 
No difference is noted in the composition of the flora, for the 
same shrubs occur here as elsewhere; their growth is however 
lateral, and they often cover a hundred square feet or more. 
Seldom do they rise above a foot in height, and this depression 
gives to these regions along the south coast a most dreary and 
inhospitable aspect, even in bright sunny weather—in stormy 
weather it must be depressing in the extreme. 
(Note. Figures 16 and 18-21 inclusive are reproduced by the courtesy 
of the New York Botanical Garden.) 
(To be continued.) 
ON THE NOMENCLATURE OF FUNGI HAVING 
MANY FRUIT-FORMS.* 
By J. C. Arthur, 
Professor of Botany , Purdue University. 
In the commemorative volume of essays presented to Professor 
Dr. Ascherson of the University of Berlin, upon the seventieth 
anniversary of his birthday by his pupils and admirers Dr. P. 
Magnusf has made a strong and notable plea for conservative 
methods in selecting the name to be used for species of fungi 
which, possessing dissimilar forms of fruit, have in conse¬ 
quence been fractionally assigned to two or more genera. The 
problem to which attention is directed may be very clearly set 
* Read before the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, Ind., 
Nov. 25, 1904. 
t Magnus, P. Einige Fra gen betreffend die Nomenclature der Pilze mit 
mehreren Fruchtformen. Festschrift zu P. Ascherson’s 70 Geburtstage: 
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