PART 111. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

2589

Perispdrium maculare Fr., t/redo allochroa Lk., U. cylindrica Strauss(also on the birch), and U. tegerina 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. Pot. 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. balsamlfera. 1673., add to “ Engravings : ” “ andour Jig. 2530. from Pall. Ross.”

B etula'ce*.

k'lnus. 1686., add to the paragraph headed “ Ac-cidents, Insects, and Diseases ••” “The followsing list of fungi on the common alder, and on plants of this genus,has been sent to us by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley:—Agaricus salicinus/3 beryllus Pers., A. alnicola Fr., Merulius confluens Schwein., M. niveusSomm., M. crispatus Mull., Daedalea mdllis Somm,. Polyporus NeesaFr.; 7/ydnum pudorinumiV.,on ATnus incana; H.virideFV., H. stipatumFr., Radulum pendulum Fr., Thelephora dlnea Fr., Claviria contortaHolmsk., Peziza urceolus A. et S., P. phiala Schum. ; P. complanata Fr.,on yflnus cordata; Tympanis dlnea Fr., Tremella fimbriata Pers., Scle-rotium olivaceum Fr., Nidularia denudata Fr.; Sphae'ria lutea A. et S.,also on the willow ; S. verrucella Fr., S. suffusa Fr., S. diatrypa Fr. ; S.frit Fr.; also on Ncgundo /raxinifolium; S. thelebola Fr., S. mucosa Fr.,S. ditopa Fr. ; S. dlnea Fr., on leaves; Cytispora atro-virens Fr.,Dothidea dlnea Fr. and D. rhytismoides Fr., on leaves; Phacidiumdlneum Fr., Perisporium dlneum Fr., A'nthina dichdtoma Fr.”

App. i. Other Species of k'lnus. 1690., add :—

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

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 1J in. to 3 in. broad.