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from the island ; Dr. Alcock, writing from the “ Investigator, remarks on the 
presence of so much moss and fungus at Minikoi as compared with the other 
islands, where there are hardly any fungi and there is apparently no moss. On 
this point he adds :—“ But the island is near the equatorial belt of condensation.” 
LICHENES. 
(N. 0. Lichenacei.) 
197. Physcia leucomela Michx, Flor. Bor. Am., ii, 356 ; Nyland., 
Synops. Lich., i, 414. 
M inik oi; on coco-nut trees, Alcock ! 
Cosmopohtan in tropical and temperate regions on tree trunks. 
198. Physcia obscura Fries, Lich. Em*., 84 ; Nyland., Synops. 
Lich., i, 427. 
Minikoi; on coco-nut trees, Alcock ! 
Cosmopohtan on trees and rocks. 
FUNGI. 
(N. 0. Hymenomtcetes.) 
199. Pleurotus cuneatus G. Massfe, sp. nov. pileo camosulo, 
tcnui, exacte laterah, fiabelhformi postice in stipitem brcvissimum producto, 
glabro, albolamellis decmrentibus, divergentibus, subconfcrtis, angustis, albis, 
siccitate palhde ochraceis ; sporis elhpsoideis. 
Minikoi; on coco-nut trees, Alcock ! 
Nearest to Pl&iirotus scahrellus. Berk. 
200. Pleurotus tenuissimus Jungh., Eniun. Fung. Jav. 
Minik oi ; on dead screw-pines, Alcock / 
Java. 
201. Schizophyllum commune Fries, Syst. Mycol, i, 330. 
Kiltan ; on rotten branches of Ricmus communis, Fleming ! 
Cosmopohtan. 
202. Polyporus sanguineus Fries, Epicris. 404. 
Kadamum ; on decayed coco-nut stumps, Fleming! Minik oi ; on dead 
branches of screw-pme, Alcock / 
Cosmopohtan in tropical and subtropical countries. 
203. Polyporus igniarius Fries, Hymen. Em-., 559. 
k Tinik oi ; Alcock ! 
Cosmopohtan, or nearly so. 
204. Trametes IMEuelleri Berk., Jour. Linn. Soc., x, 320. 
Minikoi; Alcock ! 
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