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Pers., also on alder; Pezìza fissa Fr., P. bolàris Batsch; P. vulgàris Fr., also on bramble; Phállus caninus Huds., Sphæ'ria unita Fr., S. versátilis Fr., S. leùcopis Fr., S. téssera Fr., S. conjuncta Nees, S. umbilicata Pers.; S. conglobàta Fr., also on birch; S. subústa Fr., S. Córyli Batsch, and S. cilicífera Fr., on the leaves; A'nthina fúlvi Fr."

C. rostrata. Page 2030., add, after "Boston:" "The nuts are so hard, that they are said to have been used by the inhabitants as shot."

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lowing additional list of fungi has

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Berkeley - Thelephora Chaillètü Fr., T. areolàta Fr., T. sangìunea Fr., T. odorata Fr., Sphæ`ria díspar Fr., Phacídium Táxi Fr.” Phyllocladis trichomanoides. 2102., after the name, dele “R. Br., and." CONIFERE, Sect. ABIE'TINE.

2106., add, before Sect. I.:

"Professor Link, in a very able article On the Genus Pinus, and its European Species, proposes to separate the genera Dámmara, Cunninghàmia, and Áraucaria from the Abiétinæ, not only on account of the breadth and expansion of their leaves, but from their containing spiral vessels sufficiently large to be easily perceptible in the leaves produced on the old wood, (whereas, in the genera Pinus and Abies, the spiral vessels are very small, and, indeed, only perceptible in the young shoots,) and from the inverted position of the female blossoms. This new family he proposes to call Dammaràceæ." Pinus. 2152., add to "Description: ""Professor Link agrees with Mir

bel and Schubert (part xv. Annales du Mus., and part iii. Bull. de la Soc. Phil.) in considering the genus Pinus to belong to Mono'cia Monándria, instead of Mona'cia Monadelphia, where it was placed by Linnæus ; and he instances Pinus Ta'da as affording a convincing proof of the correctness of this classification."

P. sylvestris. 2170. 1. 11., for "James," read "John."

1. 1. from the bottom, for "builder," read "timber merchant." 2183. 1. 14. from the bottom, for "wood," read "road."

Page 2184. Before “ Statistics,” insert :—

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Fungi. We have received the following list from the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, who remarks that the species given here as belonging to Pinus, and also those stated to belong to A'bies (see p. 2601.) and to Picea (see p. 2602.) are not exclusively confined to these genera. It is probable that a great number occur indifferently on all pines and firs.-Agáricus trichæ'us Pers., A. decòrus Fr., A. marginéllus Pers., A. lácteus Pers., A. chrysophyllus Fr., A. sapíneus Fr., A. pícreus, Pers., A. flámmans Batsch, A. astragálinus Fr. ; A. àtro-tomentosus Batsch, also on willow; A. proboscideus Fr., Merùlius fùgax Fr., M. vastàtor Tode, M. mollúscus Fr., M. himantiöìdes Fr., M. porinoìdes Fr., M. squálidus Fr., Dædàlea Pini Fr., D. heteromórpha Fr., Polyporus gallicus Fr., P. pes càpræ Fr., P. destructor Fr., P. stýpticus Fr,, P. móllis Fr., P. tephroleucus Fr.; P. alutàceus Fr., also on beech; P. pinícola Fr., P. bombýcinus Fr. ; P. saniòsus Fr., also on fir; P. mùcidus Fr., P. reticulatus Nees, Hýdnum mácrodon Pers., H. Pinástri Fr., H. alutàceum Fr., H. fasciculàre A. et S., I'rpex paleàceus Fr., I. fusco-violàceus Fr., Thelephora crispa Pers., T. bicolor Schrad., T. Pìni Schleich., T. reticulata Fr., T. olivácea Fr., T. violáscens Fr., T. papillòsa Fr., T. cálcea Pers., T. móllis Fr., T. ochracea Fr., T. granulosa Pers., T. seriàlis Fr., T. lívida Fr., Clavària pyxidata Pers., Č. virgata Fr., Helvélla ínfula Schaff.; Peziza tuberòsa Bull. b., on cones; P. rubricòsa Fr., amongst leaves; P. byssiseda Fr., P. pinícola Rebent., P. tenérrima Fr., P. chiònea Fr., P. abácina Fr., P. chrysócoma Bull., P. aúrea Fr., Patellària púlla Fr., Ascóbolus lignátilis A. et S., A. denudatus Fr., Stictis hemisphærica Fr. ; Solènia fasciculàta Pers., also on birch; Exídia píthya Fr., Dacrýmyces fragifórmis Fr., D. tórtus Fr., Páchyma Cocos Fr., Pyrènium lignátile Fr., Scleròtium strobilìnum Schum., S. immérsum Fr.; S. floccipéndulum Fr., on leaves; S. emérgens Fr., Thelébolus sùdans Fr., Sphæ`ria lobàta Wormsk., S. lineàta A. et S.; S. collículus Wormsk., on P. pygmæ'a; S. Pìni A. et S., S. clópima Fr., S. decumbens Schm., S. pithyóphila Schm., S. chiònea Fr., S. vermiculàris Nees, S. picástra Fr., S. stílbum Schm., S. pulverulénta Fr., S. operculàta A. et S., S. socia Nees, Lophium mytilinéllum Fr., L. aggregàtum Fr., Sphæronèma rùfum Fr.; S. aciculare Fr., also oak; S. truncatum Fr., also on fir; Cytíspora Pinástri Fr., on leaves; Dothídea Pinástri Fr., Phacídium píthyum Fr., P. pulveruléntum Schm., P. lácerum Fr., Hystèrium gráphicum Fr., Lycógala plúmbeum Fr., Reticulària versícolor Fr.; Didérma valvàtum Fr., also on alder; Didymium rufipes Fr., also on fir; Phýsarum Pìni Fr., P. Lícea Fr., P. nìgrum Fr., Stemonitis ferruginea Ehrenb., S. oblónga Fr., S. papillàta Pers., Dictydium spléndens Schrad., D. micropus Fr., Perichæ'na contórta Fr., Licea flexuosa Pers., L. mínima Fr., Coniósporum olivaceum, on boards of Pìnus marítima; C. nigrum, Isària moniliöides A. et S., Ceràtium aureum Lk., Stílbum byssisèdum Pers.; S. pùbidum Tode, on leaves; S. pilifórme Pers., Myxótrichum ràrum Fr., M. pátulum Fr., Sporótrichum turbinàtum Fr., S. viréscens Lk., S. vitellìnum Lk., Tórula rùdis Fr."

2185. l. 36., for "Stretton Parsonage," read "Stutton Rectory."

1. 43., add to paragraph : “ At Thirkleby, it is 11 ft. 6 in. in circumference, at 3 ft. from the ground."

P. pumilio. 2186., to the list of Synonymes, add: “P. hùmilis Link in
Berl. Abhand., 1827, p. 172."

P. p. Mùghus. 2187., add to " Synonymes:'
̧” “P. pumílio Link, 1. c.”
2188. 1. 23., for " P. s. uncinata," read " P. uncinata."

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2189., add to "Other Varieties:" 'Professor Link mentions P. rotundata, which, from the description he gives of it, appears to be the same as the P. uncinata of Captain Cook. (See p. 2188.; and Cook's Sketches in Spain, ii. p. 230.)"

P. Laricio. 2200., add to " Identification:" " Link in Berl. Abhand., p. 174." P. austriaca. 2205., add to "Synonymes:" "P. nìgra Link Berl. Abhand., p. 173." Under the wood-cut, for "2005," read "2085.”

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P. Pináster 2213., add to " Identification:' "Link in Berl. Abhand., 1827, p. 175."

P. P. Lemoniàna. Page 2215. line 12., for "2101.," read "2103. in p. 2216." P. halepensis. 2231. Professor Link, speaking of this species, says that Lambert has given a good figure of it; but that he is wrong in stating that the cones are single, as they are never less than two or three together on wild trees. (Berl. Abhand., p. 177.)

P. h. maritima. This pine, which Link calls P. marítima, has, he states, the cones on long footstalks, bent downwards, and in clusters of at least two or three together. (Ibid., p. 177.)

P. brutia. Page 2234. Professor Link describes this species as forming a tree as
lofty as P. Larício. The cones, he adds, are
not sessile, but on very short footstalks, a little
bent downwards. The wing of the seed is
from 6 to 8 lines long, sword-shaped, narrow
at the base, but widening gradually towards
the summit. It is a very handsome tree,
and is easily distinguished by its very long
slender leaves, and nearly smooth cones; the
points of the scales being very much pressed
in. (Ibid., p. 176.)

P. variábilis. 2243.1. 45. After "The buds in Mr.
Lambert's figure appear to be resinous," add:
"and are nearly smooth (see fig. 2540.);
"but," &c.

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P. Llaveàna. 2267., for " Otto," read "Schiede et
Deppe," as the authority for the name. In

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the list of Engravings, for "our figs. 2180. and 2181.," read " figs. 2177. to 2179. ;" and add, after full stop: "The cone, seed, and scale are from specimens kindly sent to us by M. Otto of Berlin." A'bies. 2293. Professor Link, in 1827, divided the species which compose this genus, from Pìnus under the name of Picea, the Latin for the spruce fir, as Abies is for the silver fir; the mistake of the older botanists, which was followed by Linnæus, in reversing these names, having led to great confusion.

"This genus," Professor Link observes, “ approaches the nearest to that of Pìnus, and, upon close inspection, still more so than at the first glance. For instance, if the leaves that stand singly are examined minutely, it will be seen that several of them have their surfaces (oberflächen) grown together; and, consequently, they are in tufts, like the leaves of the pine. As a proof that this is the case, it will be found that there is no upper surface on the leaves of the fir; but that the leaves present only the under surface on both sides, as will be seen on comparing them with the leaves of the pine. The seam (fuge) where the leaves are joined may be distinctly seen: it forms a line in relief on both sides of the leaves of the common spruce; which is never the case when such a line is formed by the midrib, because it is then either on the upper or under side. Some firs have two leaves grown together, others four. The sheaths at the base of the leaves are not observable, but they appear to have grown together in the short footstalk."

A. excélsa. 2293., add to "Synonymes:" " Picea vulgàris Link in Berl. Abhand., p. 180." 2295., add to the paragraph headed "Other Varieties:" "Pìnus viminàlis Alstroem., the Hängetanne of Sweden, with long, slender, pendulous, leafless twigs, is a kind frequently found in spruce fir woods; but Link considers it only a variety of the common spruce. (Berl. Abhand., p. 182.) The Earl of Aberdeen mentions a spruce at Harewood House, Yorkshire, resembling very much the A. e. tenuifòlia, or A. e. élegans, in leaves and shoots. The tree,' His Lordship observes, 'is of a peculiar habit and character. It is about 40 ft. high; the branches are all slender, and point upwards, giving the tree a

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compact and conical appearance. The branches grow each from a sort of protuberance on the main trunk of the tree; especially the larger and lower branches. I have never observed cones. Nothing is known of the history of the tree; but, from its position, it is probable that it was planted at the same time as those in its neighbourhood, several of which are common spruce and silver fir, and are of much greater size: perhaps 70 ft. or 80 ft. high.'

"The specimens sent to us by His Lordship were considered by Mr. Frost and Mr. Gordon, who have attended in a particular manner to the Abiétinæ, to belong to A. álba, or A. nigra, rather than to the common spruce. We have subsequently received specimens from Harewood House, which we have distributed among the nurserymen, under the name of A. e. stricta. The gardener at Harewood has never observed any cones on the tree; which induces us to consider it as a kind of monstrosity, like the last variety mentioned, and A. e. Clanbrasiliana; the species being prone to produce extraordinary varieties of this kind."

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Diseases, Fungi, &c. In the Magazine of Natural History is a commu

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nication from the Rev. W. B. Clarke, A.M., from which it appears that the barnacles (Lepas anatífera) are found on the wood of the spruce fir, as well as on that of the oak. In February, 1834, part of the branch of a spruce fir, with the bark on, was picked up in Poole Harbour, completely covered with barnacles. In fig. 2541., A shows a portion of this wood, much perforated with the Terèdo; B, the Lèpas, with young individuals growing upon the older. c shows the animal exposed by the removal of the

upper lower valve; a, the under lower valve; b, the body of lobes, that of each supporting a pair of ciliated tentacula or feet; c, the double interior tubes. D shows a single pair of ciliated feet, magnified; a, one of the two strong joints below the bifurcation. The fir branch is supposed to have been two or three

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