PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

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Perisporium maculare Fr., i/redo allochroa Lk., U. cylindrica Strauss(also on the birch), and U. aegerina Schlecht., on leaves»

P. alba. Page 1639., add to “ Spec. Char.:” “ The leaves of P. alba, and allits varieties, are not folded in the bud, and the buds are without gum ”P. tremula. Geography. 1647. 1. 9., add, after full stop : “ It is found onMount Etna, at the height of 5500 ft. (Com. Bot. Mag., i. p. 91.)”

P .fastigiata. 1661. 1. 10., dele “said to be;” and1. 11., after “ Himalayas,” add, “where it wasfound by Dr. Royle;” and for “to havebeen,” read “was.” 1. 16. after full stop, add:

“ Near Pavia was till lately a very large poplar,into which Francis I. struck his sword, afterlosing the battle of Pavia.”

1669.1. 13., add: “ The wood is little used in Britain;but in Hampshire, Vancouver tells us, thinstrips or shavings of it are employed formaking chip hats. ( Survey , &c., p. 300.)”

P . balsamifera. 1673., add to “ Fngravings : ” “andour Jig. 2530. from Pall. Ross.”

Retula'ceje.

Minus. 1686., add to the paragraph headed “Ac-cidents, Insects, and Diseases:” “ The follow-ing list of fungi on the common alder, and on plants of this genus,has been sent to us by the Ilev. M.J.Berkeley: — dgaricus salicinus/3 beryllus Pers., A. clnlcola Fr., Me’ ulius confluens Schwein., M. niveusSomm., M. crispatus Mull., Dtedalea mdllis Somm,. Polyporus NeesiiFr.;77ydnum pudorinun)/'>.,on ^Tnus incana; H.viride’/'V., IT. stipatumFr., Radulum pendulum Fr., Thel^phora dlnea Fr., Clavaria contortaHolmsk., Pe ziza urceolus A. et S., P. phiala Schum. ; P. complanata Fr.,on .d'lnus cordata; 'tympanis alnea Fr., Tremella fimbriata Pers., Scle-rotium olivaceum Fr., Nidularia denudata Fr.-, Sphae'ria lutea A. et S.,also on the willow ; S. veirucella Fr., S. suffusa Fr., S. diatrypa Fr.; 8.frit Fr. ; also on Negando/raxinifolium; S. tbelebola Fr., S. mucosa Fr.,S. ditopa Fr. ; S. dlnea Fr., on leaves; Cytispova atro-virens Fr.,Dothidea dlnea Fr. and D. rhytismoides Fr., on leaves; Phacidiumdlneum Fr., Perisporium dlneum Fr., A'nthina dichotoma Fr.”

App. i. Other Species of Minus. 1690., add :—

“ A. acuminata Hum. et Bonpl., Mem. Mus., vol. xiv. p. 464. t. 22., and our

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fig. 2531., has the leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, acuminate, roundish at thebase, doubly serrated, glabrous above; the veins downy beneath. Paniclenaked. Female catkins terminal. (Mirb.) A tree, a native of Peru, whereit was found by Dombey, and also by Humboldt and Bonpland. Leavesfrom 3in. to 6 in. long, and from 1 j in. to 3 in. broad.

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