Charles  Darwin. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(  November,  1909. 
Fungi. 
Asterina  Darwinii,  Berk. — Patagon. 
Cortinarius  Darwinii,  Speg. — Patagon. 
Cyttaria  Darwinii,  Berk. — Reg.  Magell. 
Hypocopra  Darwinii,  Speg. — Patagon. 
Lalboulbenia  Darwinii,  Thaxt. — Bras. 
Torula  Darwinii,  Speg. — Reg.  Magell. 
II.   THE  COMMEMORATION   AT  CAMBRIDGE. 
The  ceremonies  referred  to  in  the  introduction  to  this  essay 
were  initiated  on  the  evening  of  June  22  by  a  Reception  of  the 
delegates  and  other  invited  guests  by  the  Chancellor  of  the  Univer- 
sity, Lord  Rayleigh,  O.M.,  F.R.S.,  in  the  Fitzwilliam  Museum, 
Cambridge.  As  most  of  those  present  on  this  occasion  wore  their 
academic  robes,  with  decorations  and  orders,  there  was  a  variety  of 
costume  and  a  brilliancy  of  color  which  rendered  the  scene  one  of 
almost  regal  splendor.  This  function  has,  indeed,  been  described 
as  representing  the  most  distinguished  company  of  scientists  that 
has  ever  gathered  under  the  shadow  of  the  ancient  university.  It 
could,  no  doubt,  quite  correctly  and  more  adequately  be  stated  that 
an  assembly  of  this  character  had  never  before  been  witnessed  in 
any  part  of  the^  world.  Not  only  were  the  universities  and  learned 
societies  of  the  British  Isles  fully  represented,  but  also  many 
similar  institutions  in  foreign  lands,  including  even  the  most  distant 
parts  of  the  earth,  for  delegates  had  been  sent  from  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  South  America,  Africa,  Australia  and  New 
Zealand,  Austria-Hungary,  Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Greece, 
Holland,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden,  and  Denmark,  Portugal,  Spain, 
Russia,  Switzerland,  Egypt,  India  and  Ceylon,  Java,  and  the  Straits 
Settlements. 
The  various  countries  above  mentioned  were,  moreover,  not 
represented  by  single  delegates,  but  in  many  cases  by  a  considerable 
number,  for  there  were  28  from  the  United  States,  30  from  Germany, 
and  15  from  France,  while  those  from  the  smaller  nations  or  more 
distant  parts,  together  with  the  invited  guests,  formed  collectively 
a  large  group.  This  great  company,  consisting  both  of  old  men 
whose  eyes  had  grown  dim  over  the  microscope  and  of  those 
younger  in  years  who  are  still  endeavoring  to  fathom  the  mysteries 
of  organic  life,  had  come,  like  pilgrims  to  the  shrine  of  a  prophet, 
to  do  homage  to  the  memory  of  Darwin.  It  was  of  interest  to 
reflect  what  the  feelings  of  the  great  naturalist  would  have  been  if  he 
