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Correspondence of Charles Peck and G. W. Clinton March 7, 2011 |
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The
Correspondence of Charles
Peck (1833-1917) and George
William Clinton (1807 1885) 1875 Vol. 10 (210) [A 25/26] My Dear Sir, Some specimens laid aside under the pressure of preparing my Report
have at last been taken up and examined. Nov. 27th x2 Leptostroma vulgare Fr. x3
Sclerotium durum Pers. x5
Sphaeria subconica C. & P. x12 Helotium citrinum Fr. x18
Dothidea Linderae x19 Hypoxylon fuscum Fr. x20
Diatrype virescens Schw. x26
Leptostroma litigiosum Desm. x36
& x37 look like Sphaeria tubaeformis Tode but the specimens are without
fruit. Dec. 5th x7,
x9 & x11 Pestalozzia Guepini Desm. 10 Has a little of the same fungus. 8 is a Macrosporium species uncertain Dec. 12 1 a moss Polytrichum juniperinum The others I am unable to determine. Some are not in determinable
condition. Of the mosses returned, the two foreign ones are unknown to me. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [no note] Vol. 10 (216) [A 14, 15, 16, 17] My Dear Sir, Your numbers for Nov. 16 18 20 & 22 in some way got in a
separate place from the others and were thus overlooked. I will now report on
them thus: Nov. 16 x3 & x4 Cladosporium herbarum Lk. (at least in part) x5
Sphaeria subconica C. & P. x6
Cladosporium herbarum Lk. x8
This is Uredo Agrimoniae Schw. who considered it distinct from U.
Potentillarum. Dr. Curtis regarded them as the same. I am unable myself to
separate them, but will compare again when I get fresh specimens. x9,
x12 & x13 Microsphaera abbreviata Pk. x10
& x11 Helminthosporium - I think a fine new species. I wish you would
call it "uncinatum" or name characteristic of the peculiar flocci
which are hooked or curved something like this [drawing]. Nov. 18 x1
& x3 Sphaeria Fraxicola Schw. according to Dr. Curtis's specimens but
there is no fruit. x2
Apparently Sphaerella sparsa Awd. but no fruit x10 Stereum frustulosum Fr. x11
Eutypa spinosa Tul. x13
Oidium fulvum Lk. x16
Aegerita candida Pers. This is new to me and an interesting addition to our
species. Can you send more. x17
Corticium incarnatum? x22 Hysterium clavaesporum C. & P. (Cooke writes the specific
name "clavisporum", but the other way seems to me the best as the
allusion is evidently to the clavate shape of the spore and the derivation
from clava rather than clavis.) 19 & 20 seem to be a Perisporium but both are without fruit. Nov. 20 x4 Appears to be Tremella foliacea x7
& x8 Vermicularia Liliacearum Schw. x13
Torula stilbospora Cd. x14 Stereum frustulosum Fr. x15 Hysterium commune Fr. x19 Hypoxylon atropurpureum Fr. x20
Vlsa aculeans Schw. This seems to me the same as his Valsa rufescens. x25 Dothidea graminis Fr. x28 Microsphaera densissima (Schw.) x31 Helotium citrinum Fr. x37
Cladospodium Typhae Schw. x48
Diatrype Duriaei x54
Phyllactinia guttata Lev. Many in this packet and some in the others are not in determinable
condition. x4 Probably old Tubercularia vulgaris x5 Cryptosporium Scirpi Pk. but sterile Feb. 6 x1 Some scale insect x2 Torula - but species uncertain x3 Imperfect In overhauling some duplicates I have found Ag. myriadophyllus
Pk. (15 Oct. 12) which you once wished returned, and inclose it. A "No. 4, July 21 I would not have you refrain from sending specimens to Cooke on my
account. I hope I may never be selfish in any matter pertaining to science.
Doubtless in some repects Cooke is better qualified to decide upon species
than I am and in some doubtful cases I myself refer to him for aid. [On left margin] I have declined his proposal to me which I showed
you when here, partly through fear that I should not have time to do all he
seemed to expect of me and partly because I considered anything less than a
joint authorship too small an inducement. Very truly yours, Chas. H. Peck. Received Feb. 17 [clava,-ae (s.f.I) is a club or cudgel, whereas clavis,-is (s.f.III)
is a key.] Vol. 10 (217) [A 13 - a My Dear Sir, Thanks for Aegrita. "A Feb. 18" is Microsphaera abbreviata
Pk. Your "grabbings" as you call them are always welcome. Only give
me time to examine them and I shall not complain. Without them many good
things would now be unknown. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Feb. 22 Vol. 10 (218) [A 12 - a My Dear Sir, The moss is Mnium Menziesii Hook. Thanks for the specimens, but the
fruit is rather young yet. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Feb. 26 Vol. 11 (2) [J 282 - a My Dear Sir, The fungus you send is new to me and I am unable to give its name.
Neither do I know of any such plant as "Scoliocarpum populum" nor
do I find the name in any of the books or Catalogues. Are you sure it is a
fungus? Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received March 11 Vol. 11 (3) [J 280] My Dear Sir, No. 1 Nov. 13 is a beautiful specimen of Lentinus Lecomtei Fr. 2 Is not a good Excipula. That genus as defined in Handbook should
have the perithecia hispid - in your specimen it is glabrous. I am disposed to think your plant is some imperfect Phacidium. It is
remarkable for its minute yellow spores and for the singular exserted
filaments that appear in some of the plants. I confess myself unable to
locate it. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck P. S. I have received fertile specimens from Mr. Warne, like the
inclosed and now have no doubt of yours. I do not remember the year so return
the specimen. C.H.P. Received March 16 Vol. 11 (12) [J 271] My Dear Sir, 1 Mar. 14 is without fruit and so remains incog. Mar. 29 on wall
paper appears to be Macrosporium chartarum Pk. (25th Report p. 93). The
flocci, however, are not so well developed in your specimens as in the type.
Cooke in last No. of Grevillea makes Nodularia Balsamicola Pk. to be
Aleurodiscus amorphus Rabh. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [on back; no
received note] Vol. 11 (15) [J 265] My Dear Sir, of Apr. 8th: The sendings x1
Pestalozzia Guepini Desm. x2
Cladosporium epiphyllum? 3 No spores x4
Seems an imperfect state. 5 No spores. 6 No spores perhaps some Hypoxylon. x7
Lophiostoma triseptata Pk. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Ap. 10 Vol. 11 (18) [J 263 -a My Dear Sir, Of Apr. 8 A & B I can make nothing as there is no fruit. Apr. 10 The mosses are Fissidens grandifrons - two forms, and Hypnum molle. Of the fungi 2 is Trichia clavata x4
is a Valsa - but I am uncertain as to the species. The others are not good. xA.
Apr. 11 has the appearance of Sphaerella maculaeformis Pers. but is without
fruit and so uncertain. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [no note] Vol. 11 (19) [J 264 - a My Dear Sir, Of Apr. 18 I can only make out the following: x3
Sphaeria leucoplaca B. & R. (Probably would now be placed in Sporormia. 7 Puccinia Caricis DC. x8 Apparently Leptostroma vulgare Fr. The others are not good or in poor condition. x9
I do not recognise the Sclerotium. From Sclerotia grow some Agarics,
Typhulae, Pezizae, Polyactis etc. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [No note] Vol. 11 (21) [J 258] My Dear Sir, Of Apr. 27th x1
Discosia alnea Lib. These are the larger dots. The smaller ones are something
I do not know. x4 Cytispora hyalosperma Fr. x5
Ceratodon purpureus Brid. x6
Sphaerella probably, but no fruits. x9 Leptostroma vulgare Fr. x11
Tubercularia vulgaris Tode. x12
Clavaria mucida Pers. 20 Probably a Discosia but sterile x21
Sphaerella but no spores. x23
Ceratodon purpureus Brid. x2 Leptostroma filicnum Fr. (On stem) x16 This has the fruit of a Myxormia, but the perithecia are
carbonaceous, sphaeroid and smooth, so that it cannot well be placed in that
genus, nor do I know of any to receive
it. It probably represents a new genus and species, which it is your
privilege to name. The other specimens are not determinable, being without fruit or
only in an imperfect condition. So also of Apr. 28th I find only two things good. x5
Cytispora Micheneri B. & C. so far as can be determined without any
description for x6
Is a peculiar thing, perhaps a Nectria. I would like more specimens of this
before deciding. Do you remember the fungus on Poenix leaves which Dr. Curtis
doubtfully referred to Excipula laevigata. I have
about concluded that it is Graphiola Phoenicis Poit., though I never should
have recognised it from the figure in the Handbook in which the hairs very
much overshadow the peridia, but it may be the hairs are more fully develped
sometimes than they were in any of your specimens. Can you send more of this? Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton [first
this has been used in a while] [Received no
note] Vol. 11 (22) [J 257] My Dear Sir, The specimens now sent on I conclude that the other (6 Apr. 28) is Cenangium aucupariae Fr. although
there is no whitish meal on the perithecia. It however agrees in this
respect, as well as others, with specimens authenticated by Cooke. "A May 7" has no spores and is not determinable. Cooke writes me that such compound names as
"Mariae-Wilsoni" will not stand. He writes thus "Puccinia
Mariae-Wilsoni is a published name - but as it does not follow the laws of
the binomial system is liable to be changed to morrow- which it could not be
if it were Puccinia Mariae - or Puccinia Wilsoni - nor is any one in changing
the name obliged to use either of these names - which being applied wrongly
may be wholly superseded". He wishes me to substitute Puccinia Claytoniae Cooke for Puccinia
Mariae-Wilsoni Clinton on the ground that the latter name is not proper and
that the former was given ten years ago though never published by description nor specimens. He admits that the strict law of priority would not
require the change by says "out of courtesy any European mycologist
would withdraw a new name in such a case" Of course I was wholly unaware
that Cooke had given the name P. Claytoniae to the species when I told you it
was new. As the name is yours I submit the matter for your consideration, and
will do just what you say in the matter, though it strikes me that Cooke is a
little John Bullish in asking the substitution of an unpublished name for a
published one even though the latter may not be quite in form - especially as
it is complimentary to a lady. I wonder that he thinks courtesy is all due in
one direction and none in the other. In the mean time the species dedicated to Miss Wilson in the 27th
& 28th Reports can readily be reached if you think Cooke stands on good
ground in regard to compound specific names, for those reports are not yet
published. My correspondence with Cooke is yet friendly and I mean to keep it
so if possible, but he has indicated a somewhat bullying disposition since I
declined to help him in his projected American Mycology, telling me that if I
wish to maintain a prominent place among American Mycologists I had better
reconsider my determination, that publication of a species in a report is not
sufficient to secure it, and other insinuations of this kind which I fear
will not have the desired effect on me. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 10 Vol. 11 (28) [J 252] My Dear Sir, Of May 8th 1 I fear I shall be obliged to give this up. I have often examined
it but never find it in fruiting state. x2
Sterile. x3
Septoria I find no Septoria
described on Solidago. x4
I suspect a Pilidium but am not sure. x5
This is a sterile state of Aleurodiscus amorphus (Pers.) apparently. The disk
is much paler than in the fertile plant. x6
It seems to be on Pyrus Americana and I think is an undescribed Melogramma. x7
Imperfect. x8Sphaeria leucoplaca B. & R. x9
Sterile. Of May 10th x1
& x3 Sphaeria moriformis Tode. 2 Sporidesmium concinnum Berk. 4 Sphaeria exilis A. & S. 5 Poor condition. Sphaeria exilis is described as "astomous" but in your
specimens the ostiola are clearly present when moist, though obscure when
dry. In every other respect the agreement is so good that I have no doubt of
the correctness of the determination. I wish you might have specimens to
spare of 4 & 2 May 10 also of 6 May 8. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received [no note] Vol. 11 (29) [J 251] My Dear Sir, Of May 14 x1 Cytispora leucosperma Fr. x2, x3, &x4 Sterile or imperfect Of May 15 x2 Hypoxylon fuscum Fr. x3
Myxosporium nitidum B. & C. x6 Polyporus versicolor Fr. (small) x7 Tubercularia vulgaris Tode x9
Sphaeropsis or Diplodia - I find both kinds of spores. x12 Seems to be Cenangium Prunastri Fr. Others sterile or imperfect. May 16 3 Sphaeria spermoides Hoffm. New to us. Others not good. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received May 20 Vol. 11 (30) [J 250] My Dear Sir, Yours concerning
compound names and publication in Reports is quite satisfactory. I hope you may not be
permitted to withdraw the name in question for no reasonable person would ask
such a thing. If any one is brazen enough to meddle with it let him have what
credit he can gain thereby. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received May 21 Vol. 11 (32) [J 248] My Dear Sir, The two specimens of May 18 are not good. Of May 19th x1
Valsa Platani Schw. but it seems to be imperfect. I find no asci but the
spores are abundant. x2
Poor condition but seems to be Phoma Petersii B. & C. x3
Fusarium lateritium Nees. The remaining numbers are in such condition that I can make nothing
of them. I have put in manuscript with description the genus Peckia Clinton*,
the species P. Clintonii Pk. standing according to your suggestion. In it the
spores are concatenate and involved in mucus as in Myxormia, the perithecia
being quite at variance with the characters of that genus. I think it is perhaps
best to extend the spore character of the genus Peckia so as to include the
"unknown thing" on Sarracenia. In it the spores are concatenate but
not involved in mucus. The chains of spores are also branched. You have this
to name and the Melogramma on bark of Mountain Ash (6 May 8). If you should happen to go to Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received [*Peck uses his
code for underlining authorities or putting putting them in parentheses - cf.
letter above, following Curtis] Vol. 11 (33) [J 247] [no heading,
perhaps related to letter number 34, following, and an extension of it] My Dear Sir, Of May 21st x2
is Lophiostoma triseptata Pk. x3
Sterile form of Coryneum clavisporum Pk. x1 & x4 Not good May 24th x3 sterile but apparently Vermicularia Liliacearum x7
Apparently Stilbum smaragdinum A. & S. New to us. x8 Cheirospora botryospora Fr. 9 Cystopus candidus Lev. 10 Aecidium Urticae as you say. x11
Phoma nebulosum (Berk.) x13
Sphaeria subconica C. & P. x14
Sphaeria ? x15 Leptostroma vulgare Fr. The others are not in determinable condition. Let us than call 6 May 8 x
Melogramma superficialis P. & C. I was in error in referring x3 Apr. 13 to Sphaeria leucoplaca B.
& R. Refer it to Sphaeria minima Awd. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received [no note] Vol. 11 (34) [J 246] My Dear Sir, Many thanks for Pinus mitis. The fungus in the packet with it I take to be Polyporus marginatus
Fr. I am not able to make much of the specimens of May 26th. x2 Vermicularia dematium Fr. x7 Streptothrix atra B. & C> 8 Ditiola radicata Fr. x14 Sporocybe Persicae Fr. x19,
x20, x21 Sphaerella maculaeformis Pers. x22
Perenospora parasitica Pers. x23
Septoria Polygalae P. & B. This I take to be new. x24
Cladosporium herbarum in part. The others are unsatisfactory. May 27 xA
Ceratium hydnoides A. & S. xB
Undetermined. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received June 2 Vol. 11 (36) [J 243 - a My Dear Sir, Of May 30 x1
Aecidium Violae as you say. x9 Cenangium Cerasi Fr. x10
Sphaeria moriformis Tode. x14
Cryptosporium Noveboracense B. & C. x15 Cytispora chrysosperma Fr. x16 Melanconium disseminatum Fr. x17
contains two or three things which I have separated and will return at a
future time. x6
is a Peziza of which I would like more. It may be new, but I must look
farther. The others are not good. B May 27 may be Sphaeria pulveracea. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received no note] Vol. 11 (37) [J 244 - a My Dear Sir, I have three packets of specimens form you but am obliged to defer
their examination a little while in consequence of an inflamed eye. It seems
necessary that I should have an annual reminder that my eyes are made of
flesh not of glass. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received June 12 Vol. 11 (44) [J 235] My Dear Sir, My eye is nearly well again, so that I go out collecting, but am a
little cautious about using it much with the microscope. It feels a trifle
weak yet. I am glad Puccinia Mariae-Wilsoni is not to be disturbed. It is no
wonder Cooke thinks I do not feel as cordial towards him as I might after all
the snubbing he has given me of late. Were I alone
treated in this way I should think that perhaps I deserved it, but I hear
complaints of similar treatment from at least two other correspondents of
his, so that I think the fault can not all be on this side of the water.
Though I can not help feeling his unfair treatment somewhat, still I purpose
bearing a good deal of it before I shall be betrayed into any hostility of
word or deed, both for the sake of a right spirit and for the sake of
science, for it gets no good from quarrels among its votaries. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received July 1 Vol. 11 (45) [J 234] My Dear Sir, Your last packet (July 12) contains as follows: x1
Ozonium auricomum Lk., according to Dr. Curtis specimens. It is probably an
imperfect state of some Hymenomycetous fungus. I find no spores. x2
Pilobolus crystallinus Tode. x3 Clavaria fusiformis Sow. x4
No spores. x5
Valsa aculeans Schw. x6
Puccinia Calthae Lk. I inclose specimens of Stilbum rhoidis B. & C. and also return
No. 17 May 30th separated, as it was somewhat mixed. I hope to work up your
back numbers as I get opportunity. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received July 17 Vol. 11 (48) [J 231] My Dear Sir, Of July 21st x1
Valsa aculeans Schw. as you say, at least it has that appearance but is not
in fruit. x2
I am not sure if this is a Valsa. It is not like V. aculeans. x3
Ramularia Nemopanthis C. & P. x4
Exobasidium Cassandrae Pk. Mss. I found good fruiting specimens two or three
weeks ago. x5
Imperfect if a fungus. x6
Insect work. x7 This is Schweinitz's Sphaeria Sarraceniae, but is is a Sphaerella
- Sphaerella Sarraceniae (Schw.) x8
Vermicularia sp. incert. x10
Diderma Mariae-Wilsoni Clinton. If you can spare some more of No. 2 I will try it again. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received July 26 Vol. 11 (52) [J 225] My Dear Sir, Of July 24th x1
& x3 Sphaeria spiculosa Pers.
Schweinitz describes it as S. aculeata, but
I do not think it distinct. x2
Imperfect. x4 Helotium herbarum Fr. x5 Diachaea elegans Fr. July 26 xA
Septoria Verbascicola B. & C. fide Dr. C's specimens. xB
Agaricus (Collybia) dryophilus Bull. xC. Agaricus (Pluteus) admirabilis Pk. xD.
Agaricus (Pleurotus) petaloides Bull./ xE
Clavaria species uncertain. xF.
Ag. petaloides. = D. July 27 x3
Sphaeria pulicaris Pers. x7
Hypoxylon concentricum Grev. but young x8 Leptostroma vulgare Fr. x12
Thelephora pallida as you say. x14
Stemonitis ferruginea Shrh. x15
Stemonitis fusca Roth. x16
Helotium aeruginosum Fr. as you name. x17
Solenia fasciculata Pers. x18
Peziza cinerea Batsch. x21
In poor condition but looks like Agaricus (Pleurotus) applicatus Batsch. x22
Puccinia aculeata Schw. as you say. x25
Cladosporium Callae P. & C. n. sp. A fine thing. Can you spare a little
more. x26 Stereum rugosum Fr. x27
Hypocrea citrina Fr. on old Polyporus. The black seems nothing good. The
other numbers of this date are imperfect, indeterminable or non fungoid. July 29th x2 Pilobolus crystallinus Tode x1
& x3 Nothing good. July 30th x1 Sporocybe byssoides Fr. Returned x2
Without fruit. x3
Septoria emaculata P. & C. n. sp. x4 Macrosporium Cheiranthi Fr. x5 Poor and uncertain x6 Poor and uncertain x7 Too old x8 & x10 Imperfect and uncertain x9
Corticium sulfureum Fr. Can you furnish more. x11
Without fruit but has the look of Septoria Toxicodendri Curtis. x2
July 21 I have concluded to describe as Sphaeria leptasca P. & C. n. sp. Schweinitz's Synopsis of North American Fungi is in the IV. Vol.
(New Series) of the Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. (1834) beginning at page 141. I
do not know that it has ever been reprinted. I have not made any very long or expensive trips thus far this
season, as I feel the need of economy in the uncertain event of getting my
traveling expenses refunded. My traveling expenses of last year were not
allowed, the Committee claiming that the amended constitution forbids the
Legislature from auditing the bill, and as there is no telling when the
promised Board of Audit will be organised I make my expenses as light as
possible. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck P. S. I am unable to say what is the matter with
the Sagittaria leaf you send. The spots seem neither gall-like nor
fungoid. Perhaps it would be well to watch for further development. Received [no note] Vol. 11 (53) [J 223 - upside down!] My Dear Sir, Of Aug. 9th x1 Imperfect x2
Sphaeria perisparioides B. & C. x3 Imperfect x4 Imperfect x5
Vermicularia species uncertain. x6
Septoria destruens Desm. x7
Agaricus (Galera) sphagnorum Pers. x8
Agaricus species uncertain. x9
Cystopus cubicus Str. I was formerly in error in referring here the species
on Canada thistle, which belongs to C. spinulosus. The general look and the
conidia appear to me to be about the same in all, but as separated by their
habitat the species are nominally as follows: Cystopus candidus Lev. On Cruciferae Cystopus cubicus Str. On Tragopogon Cystopus spinulosus DeBy On Cirsium arvense Cystopus Amaranthi Schw. On Amaranthus Cystopus Portulacae DC. On Portulaca oleracea ----- Cystopus Lepigoni DeBy on Spergularia has not yet occurred with us.
The others have. Can you spare more of 9. --- x10
Hypoxylon too young. 11 Not good x12
Cladosporium herbarum Lk. 13 Filaments - indeterminable 14 Sphaeria? 15 No fungus 16 Seems insecty. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [no note] Vol. 11 (54) [J 222 - a My Dear Sir, You have done a fine thing, viz. added two Pucciniae to our list. x5
Puccinia Gentianae Strauss. & x6 Puccinia Physostegiae P. & C. The last one I do not
find described and so name it as a new species. x1 Sphaeria acuminata Sow. x2 Uncertain x3
No fruit but will probably prove to be Erysiphe lamp [rocarpa Lev.] x4
Vermicularia Liliaecearum Schw. x8
Cladosporium herbarum Lk. x9
& x9 are imperfect. Can you spare more of 5 & 6. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Aug. 16 Vol. 11 (56) [J 220 & 221, two sheets] My Dear Sir, I have examined some of your back numbers with the following
results. July 1st x2
Puccinia Lychnidearum Lk. x4 Septoria Dianthi R. & D. (fide Dr. C's specimens) x6
Stemonitis fusca Roth. x7
Patellaria indigotica C. & P. x9
Fissidens minutulus Sulliv. Mr. Austin regards both this and F. exiguus as
varieties of Fissidens incurvus. x10
Erysiphe lamprocarpa Lev. Probably. I find no spores. x13
Aecidium Berberidis as you suppose. The remaining numbers are not good or not in determinable condition. 14 is
probably a Reticularia but it is all broken into fragments. 12 is perhaps the
spermatoid condition of some Sphaeria. July 5th x2 Schizophullum commune Fr. x6 Nectria Peziza Fr. x7, x8, & x9 Licea cylindrica Fr. x10
Aecidium Ranunculacearum DC. The others not good or not determinable July 6th The only ones of any account here are x1
Septoria destruens Desm. x2 Macrosporium Cheiranthi Fr. July 9th x7
Puccinia Veratri x2
Dacrymyces fragiformis Nees. x4
Vermicularia concentrica P. & C. n.sp. x6 Septoria Rubi B. & C. variety x1
Arcyria punicea Pers. x8
Sphaeronema spina according to Dr. Curtis but the sporea are not as x9
Peziza cinera Batsch. x10
Hygrophorus aurantiacoluteus B. & C. x11 Dothidea Trifolii Fr. x12 Lentinus LeComtei Fr. x15 Sphaeria acuminata Sow. x16
Cladosporium Herbarum Lk. Poor and imperfect ones omitted. [second sheet] July 17th x5
Peziza vinosa A. & S. x7 = 8 July 9th x8
Sphaeria Cephalanthi Schw., but is a Diatrype and should stand Diatrype
(Diatrypella) Cephalanthi (Schw.) More would be desirable if you have it to
spare. x9
Septoria destruens Desm. The other numbers are nothing good. Aug. 13th xA The white film consists of minute filaments which look some like
the spores of many Septoria but it seems to me to be an imperfect state of something. The black is in worse condition yet. I find no evidence of spores in
it and so must leave it incog. Very truly Yours Chas. H. Peck [on back of either sheet] Received - no note] Vol. 11 (63) [J 212 & 213, two sheets] My Dear Sir, The fine rains of August allured me away in quest of Agarics,
Boleti, etc., and now on my return I find another accumulation of specimens
for names from various sources. I have looked at a part of yours with these
results. Aug. 16th x1
Microsphaera diffusa C. & P. x4 Polyporus elegans Fr. x5
Spathularia flavida Pers. x6
Microsphaera Russellii Clint. x7 Hymenochaete tabacina Lev. = (Stereum tabacinum Fr.) x10
Phyllosticta Violae Desm. I see no good reason for separating from Septoria x11
Peziza cinerea Batsch? Paler than usual x12 Polyporus versicolor Fr. (resupinate) x13
Lactarius camphoratus Fr. probably. It has a decided odor. The remaining numbers are imperfect or not good. Aug. 16 & 17 (part of the numbers have one date, part the other) 1 Looks like Aethalium but species uncertain x2
No spores. x3 Puccinia Convolvuli x4 Uredo form of the same x5 Sporocybe byssoides Fr. x6
Puccinia Anemones Pers. x7
No spores. Aug. 23d 1 Uredo form of Puccinia corontat. x3
x6
Septoria Oenotherae B. & C. (fide Dr. C.) x8 Macrosporium Cheiranthi Fr. x9
Puccinia Galiorum Lk. x15 Leotia lutea (Pk.) x16
Puccinia graminis Pers. x17
Diderma vernicosum Pers. x18
Marsmius [sic] decurrens Pk. x19
Peziza vinosa A. & S. x21
Craterium oboratum [sic] Pk. x22
Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff. x23 Lycoperdon young & species uncertain x24
Geoglossum velutipes Pk. in ed. in last years Report. x25
Torrubia ophioglossoides Ful. x26
Peziza aurantia? 27 Peziza sp. uncertain 28 Peziza hemispherica? x29
Peziza macropus Pers. 30 Boletus piperatus? (young & small) x31
Peziza hemispherica Wigg. [?sp.] Omitted numbers sterile or imperfect. Aug. 24th I can not do much with these. x6
Agaricus (Omphalia) Campanella Batsch. x14 Sphaeria hirsuta Fr. x16
Sphaeria minima Awd. x23
Licea cylindrica Fr. x24
Crucibulum vulgare Tul. x27
Trichia chrysosperma DC. x34
Tubercularia vulgare Tode. x37
Sphaeria pulvispyrius Pers. x36
Hymenochaeta tabacina Lev. 29 Some sterile Mnium. Several Myxogasters are so badly crushed that I can do nothing with
them. 12 is a Hypocrea, I think new and regret
there is so little of it. Aug. 25th x1 Thelephora sebacea Fr. x3
Geoglossum luteum Pk. x4
Spathularia flavida Pers. x5 Clavaria fusiformis Sow. x6,
x7, x8 & x9 Clavaria pulchra Pk. in last year's Report. 10 Clavaria inaequalis? x11 Poor but seems like 5 x12
& x13 Clavaria tetragona Schw. x17
& x18 Xylaria corniformis Fr. var. with compressed club. x21,
x22, x223, x24, x27, x31 Thelephora pallida Schw. x32
appears to be a variety of the same. [second sheet] Aug. 25 continued x26
Clavaria spinulosa Pers. x28 Clavaria aurea Schaeff 33 Clavaria Kunzei Fr. The others are uncertain. Aug. 26th x1 Hypocrea alutacea Fr. 2 Marasmius campanulatus Pk. x4
Leotia viscosa Fr. ? x6 & x7 Leotia lubrica Fr. x8
Leotia lutea Pk. x11 Stereum fasciatum Fr. 13 Spathularia flavida Pers. var. x10
Agaricus (Clitocybe) infundibuliformis? Others uncertain I return several marked "No duplicate" Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [Received no note
either sheet] Vol. 11 (66) [J 209] My Dear Sir, I began to be afraid that I should not make sufficient additions to
the collection to be satisfactory and was thus induced to take a trip to the
woods where fungi are more plenty than here. I have just returned and find
some packets from you and others awaiting me. I will look at them as soon as
I can. I am yet back on several sent me in June. I find the demands on my
time constantly increasing as correspondents are springing up in new places
frequently. Most of the specimens sent require microscopic examinatiion and
therefore time, but I hope to work through it all in time. I would be glad to send occasionally descriptions of new species for
publication in the Buffalo Bulletin but Prof. Hall has for some time been
desirous of issuing a Bulletin from this Institution and he seems more
earnest in the matter since the Legislature, the two last sessions, has failed
to order extra copies of the Cbinet report. If he should do this I fear
everything I could do would have to go in that direction. My eye has not been seriously inflamed since the time I had with it
in the summer but I am now and then reminded that I must not use it too
severely. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [Received - no
note] Vol. 11 (68) [J 207] My Dear Sir, I inclose a couple of flies just taken from a window where they hung
lifeless surrounded by the little patch of deposited spores. I scraped off
some of the spores and enclose them also in a bit of paper. The fungus appears to work mainly within the body of the fly and
appears externally through the joints of the abdomen as you will see by
examining these flies with a glass. According to the Handbook it is but an
imperfect condition of Saprobynia [sp.?] ferax. See Vol. 11 p. 639. I hope to get at the examination of your specimens before long. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton [Received - no
note] Vol. 11 (70) [J 202, 204, 205 [no 203?], three sheets!] [a fourth if you include a small paper J
203, with faint delicate pencil drawings of spores of "Puccinia
Saxifragarum From European specimens, and Puccinia Tiarellae B. & C. fide
Dr. Curtis From your specimens but not according to [before Nov. 1st, 1875] Aug. 30th x1 Dichaena strumosa Fr. (fide Ravenel's Specimens) x2
Peziza ? (in poor condition) x3
Sphaeria ? (in poor condition) x4 Polyporus (species
uncertain) x5
Sphaeria fimbriata Pers. x6 (too young) x7
Polyporus vesiculosus B. & C. x8
Diderma flavidum Pk. x9 Clavaria fusiformis Sow. x10
Probably = 8 but is in poor condition. x11
If a fungus it is very imperfect.x12 Diderma farinaceum Pk. x13 Imperfect x14
Some Peziza affected by a parasite. x15
Peziza macropus Pers. x16
In poor condition. x17 Sphaeria coprophila Fr. x18
Peziza scutellata L. x19
Sphaeria ? x20
Trichia clavata Pers. x21 Hypoxylon multiforme Fr. x22
No fungus. x23 Probably Diachaea elegans (but very poor) x24 Uncertain x25 Hysterium lineare Fr. variety x26
Panus stypticus (Bull.) Fr. x27 Uncertain x28 Sphaeria pulvis-pyrius (more scattered than usual) [an "o" instead of an "x"] 29 Torrubia militaris
Fr. x30
Oidium corticale Pk. x31
Hysterium tumidum Buby fide Booke. It looks to me like a Phacidium o
32 Clavaria pulchra Pk. o
33 Clavaria pulchra Pk. o
34 Calocera palmata Schum. o 35 Uncertain o 36 I do not find this number x37 Leotia lubrica Fr. x38
Geoglossum luteum Pk. x39
Geoglossum Peckianum Ck. x40
Xylaria acuta Pk. x41
Xylaria acuta Pk.? The spores are a little longer in this. [second sheet] x13 Apparently the beginning of Scorias spongiosa x14 Uncertain x16
Stemonitis fusca Roth. x17
& x18 Uromyces Arisaemae Ck. x19 Uncertain x20 Uncertain x21
Vermicularia Dematium? x22 No fungus x23 Uncertain x24
Vermicularia Liliaearum Schw. x25, x26 & x27 = 10 Sept. 5 x28 No fruit x29
Uncertain x30 & x31 Uncertain x32 Imperfect x33
Oidium corticale Pk. x34 & x35
Imperfect x36
Zygodesmus hydroides B. & C. x37 & x39 Merulius lacrymans Fr. x38
Hymenochaete rubiginosa Lev. Fries in
his new edition of Epicrisis retains this under
Stereum. x40 Uncertain 41 Lycoperdon pedicellatum Pk. (old) x42
& x43 Imperfect. Sept. 15 x1
Sphaerotheca Castagnei Lev. x2 Sphaeria perispoioides as you have it x3 Puccinia Menthae with its Uredo form - Trichobasis Labiatarum Sept. 5th 1 Aspergillus glaucus Lk. 2 No fungus x3 Septoria species uncertain x4 Uncertain x5 Sterile x6 Dothidea graminis Fr. x7
Uromyces Arisaemae Ck. x8
Vermicularia Liliacearum Schw. 9 Uncertain x10
Sphaeria (Depazea) cruenta Fr. The spots on the leaves. Whether the one on the shrivelled leaf is another form of the same I
am not sure. x11 Sterile 12 Vermicularia Liliacearum Schw. Sept. 3d. x1 Trametes rubescens A. & S. running off
into Lenzites. x2 Not in determinable condition x3
Agaricus (Pholiota) squarrosus Mull. x4
Apparently Sporocybe byssoides as you say but the heads have fallen off so
that it is uncertain. x5 = 4 x6
Diderma farinaceum Pk. 7 Imperfect 8 Uncertain x9
Uncertain. x10
Dr. Curtis used to refer this to Puccinia Tiarelliae B. & C., but This is one of the evils that arise from trying to observe cabinet
names. -11 Trichia serpula Pers. x12
Sphaerotheca Castagnei Lev. [third sheet] Sept. 10th Many of these are sterile or not in determinable condition. I make
out the following numbers. x1
Crucibulum vulgare Tul. x2
Sphaeria bombarda Batsch. o
3 Stemonitis physaroides A. & S. x7 Calocera cornea Fr. x8
Lichen crust. x11 Valsa x13
Valsa colliculus Wormsk. x15,
x16 & x27 seem to be all the same. Probably Cenangium Pinastri Fr. but I
find no fruit. x21
Licea ochracea Pk. x22
Probably the same, but not in good condition. x24
Craterium obovatum Pk. x28
Discosia alnea Lib. x34
Helotium rugipes Pk. x36
Craterium obovatum Pk. x41
Ascobolus furfuraceus Pers. x42 Sphaeria Coprophila Fr. x45
& 46 Hymenochaete rubiginosa Tul. x47
Trichia chrysosperma DC. o 49 Calocera viscosa Fr. x50
Polyporus nigropurpurascens Schw. Sept. 28 A large number of poor things in this also. 2 Vermicularia Liliacearum Schw. x4
Sphaerotheca astagnei Lev. x7
Puccinia Menthae Pers. o
8 Ustilago utriculosa Tul. x11
Puccinia Compositarum Sch. x12
Uredo pustulata Pers. x17
Septoria Toxicodendri Curtis. x20
Erysiphe lamprocarpa Lev. x28 I find here some Cladosporium some Macrosporium and some
Epicoccum, but it is not possible to separate them Oct. 3d. x2 Seems to be Phlebia radiata Fr. x4
Scorias spongiosa Schw. x7 Hysterium tumidum Duby (fide Cooke) x14
Vermicularia Liliacearum Schw. Oct. 4th x1
Diatrype obesa B. & C. x5
Tremella mesenterica Retz. x6 Tubercularia vulgaris Tode x7
Probably the same discolored. x8
Phyllactinia guttata Lev. x15 Fusidium flavovirens Fr. x16
Erysiphe lamprocarpa Lev. Oct. 5 x2
Phytisma Ilicis-Canadensis Schw. regarded as distinct from R. Rini. x6
Tremella mesenterica Retz. 11 Cladosporium Herbarum Lk. x18 Leptostroma filicinum Fr. x14
Peridermium balsameum Pk. x22
Hysterium Rousselii DeNot. The spruce I regard as Abies nigra - starved form. Sept. 29th. x7
Polythrincium Trifolii is the only one determinable here. 4 The yellow dots are evidently glands of the leaf. I have no doubt that the minute dots on many of the leaves sent are
the beginnings of Sphaerias or Sphaerellas but being sterile they are not
safely referred. I regret that I can not make out more of them, but such
minute fellows are a terrible strain to the eyes, adn I do not like to work
over them longer than is necessary. The June packets are yet back but I hope
to get at them sometime. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton [Received - no
note] Vol. 11 (71) [J 201] My Dear Sir, the
pretty little Peziza from Sodus Point is P. aurantia Fr. It reached me in
fine condition. I think as you do in reference to the Puccinia on Tiarella leaves,
that it is best to give it a new name with explanation, and purpose calling
it Puccinia spreta. Prof. Gray calls the Amherst Catalogue a model one, and it certainly
has a neat good look about it. True the part relating to fungi has some
typographical errors and some names now out of date, but the plan seems a
good one. Snow is flying in the air here to day - a sorry sight to botanists.
I hope your cold row on the lake may not work any ill to your health. The little Craterium does not seem to care what he grows on. I inclose the specimens that you wish returned. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [Received -no note] Vol. 11 (72) [J 200 - a My Dear Sir, Specimens of Oct. 28 x2
& x6 appear to be small Solenia fasciculata Pers. x3
Aegerita candida Pers. x4 & 5 Some Sclerotium x8 Lenzites sepiaria Fr. 9 Polyporus hirsutus Fr. x13
Epicoccum neglectum Desm. x17
Cladosporium Typhae Schw. x16
Puccinia obtecta Pk. Early state. x20 Hysterium commune Fr. x21
Polyporus Vaillantii Fr.? x22
Hypoxylon fuscum Too old. 26 Helvella ? x27 Leotia lutea (Pk.) Others not good Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [Received - no
note] Vol. 11 (74) [J 197] My Dear Sir, The mosses and lichens from No. 2 is some Leptogium or perhaps Collema. No. 12 seems Cladonia deformis Hoffm. No. 17 Andraea petrophila Ehrh. No. 18 Racomitrium - perhaps R. fasciculare. Reports 27 and 28 are yet in the hands of the printer. No extra
copies of either were ordered by the Legislature. I suppose only the
documentary edition will be printed unless some additional authorization is
given to the printer. I hope this may be done. Notwithstanding delays and
discouragement in printing a new report is in order and I am now at work on
botanical part of 29th. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton [Received -no
note] [Note how lavish
some of the Niagara Reservation reports are - to check the money angle there
for comparison.] Vol. 11 (77) [J 194 - a [Nov. 1875] Does Helotium rugipes belong to Pelastra or to Calycella? Calycella Where does Aleurodiscus belong? Between Helotium & Patellaria Where does Ectostroma Schw. belong? Spurious, throw it out. Where does Labrella Fr. belong? Next to Cytispora according to Fries. Where does Nodularia, Peck belong? is a synonym of Aleurodiscus Where does Ramularia, (whose is he) belong? [no answer?] To which series do the following belong? Valsa torulosa B. et C. Valsella probably Valsa Pini, A. et S. l Valsella Valsa Americana B. et C.
Valsella probably Valsa colliculus, Wormsk. l Valsella Valsa aculeans, Schw. = rufescens Schw. 1. femoralis (macrospora, Peck crossed out
- by Peck?) 2. Tuberculost[oma?] Valsa Platani, Schw. 1 Valsella 2. rufescens, Schw. 1
Valsella Valsa centripeta, Fr. 1
Valsella I do not think it best to
try to do anything more with B. & C. species till Received -[ no note, [Perhaps the ultimate in economy: [Note a postcard
possibly continuing this one placed in the files between number 78 and 79
below.] Vol. 11 (no number - perhaps sent with the postcard above) [J 193]) - a [1875] Peziza hesperidea, C. et P.
Aleuria (Macropodes) Peziza floccosa, Schw.
Lachnea (Sarcoscyphae) Peziza translucida, B. & C.Lachnea (Desyscyphae) Peziza Tiliae, Peck
Lachnea (Dasyscyphae) Peziza myceticola, B. et C.
Phialea (Mollisia) var. of vulgaris / Peziza erinacea, Schw.
Lachnea (Sarcoscyphae) \ Peziza [erineum, Schw. crossed out] [Lachnea (Sarcoscyphae)] Peziza Agassizii, B et. C.
Lachnea (Dasyscyphae) Peziza occidentalis, Schw.
Lachnea (Sarcoscyphae) Peziza Delinii [sp.?], Rabh.
Phialea (Mollisia) Peziza aurata, B. et R. I do
not know this, nor do I find it mentioned either by Berk. or
Cooke in their lists. [Received - no
note] [Addressed by Vol. 11 (78) [J 192] My Dear Sir, As some of your queries require answers too long for the space on
the card I repeat them here and subjoin answers. Is Spilocaea [?sp.] of the Melanconei or
Torulacei? Fries places it next to Torula in Torulacei.
Cooke thinks it a form of Cladosporium. See Grevillea No. 16 p. 64 & No.
23 p. 162. What is Coniothecium toruloides B. & C. called now? Cooke says that he does not see that it differs from Torula
stilbospora Cd. wherefor I have latterly referred it there, though I suspect
it does differ. Where is Peckia to be placed?
I put it immediately after Phoma. Ozonium? Throw it out as spurious. Fries considers
it only an imperfect state of some Hymenomycetous fungus. Gelatinosporium? Immediately before Sphaeronema. I think Corantium? I suspect should be placed near Aecidium. The plant is unknown to
me. Stemphylium? I should place it near Helminthosporium. Ramularia? Judging from the character of the plant I should place it after
Perenospora and before Oidium. I do not know who is the
author. I find no Peziza erineum in Schweinitz's list. It is probably
intended for P. erinacea or erinaceus. Schweinitz himslef gives both
terminations, "us" in the list, "a" in the index. Peziza myceticola B. & C. is reduced now to a variety of P.
vulgaris Fr. See lists both of Berkeley and Cooke. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton [Received - no
note] Vol. 11 (no number, between 78 and 79) [J 191 - a [1875] Sphaeria continued xSph.
rostrata, Pers.
B. xSph.
Sarraceniae, Schw. (Shall I move it to Sphaerella?) Yes x
Sph. subconica, C. et P. C xSph.
Staphylina, Peck C xSph.
taxicola, Peck C xSph.
Tiliae, Fr. (Is this Rabenhorstia
Liliae, Fr. after Handbook?) Yes Sph. Verbascicola, Schw. to my notion is a Phoma It seems to me that the over-the-water people ignore Schweinitz. [no
comment from Peck] [Received - no
note.] [Again prepared
by Vol. 11 (unnumbered, between 79 and 80) [J 189 - a [1875] xWhere is Ptilidium to be placed? is a genus of Hepaticae * x
Where is Protomyces to be placed? after Uredo Where is Sarcostroma to be placed? after Coryneum Where is Scorias to be placed? (.....[?] I suppose]
.....[?] Ceratium Where is Streptothrix to be placed? after Cladosporium * Pilidium may be intended, which stands after Discosia among the
Sphaeronemei [?sp.] [Received - no
note] [Again prepared
by Vol. 11 (unnumbered, between 79 and 80) [J 188 - a [1875] Valsa xValsa haustellata, Fr. belongs to which? Valsella xValsa leptasca, P. et C. belongs to which? Valsella [Peck's writing:] I had always supposed the specimens marked A to be
the next of some insect or spider, but can not actually affirm it to be so.
It is my impression however that I have seen them with eggs between the two
membranes. You do right in giving habitats of fungi. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received - no note] [Prepared by Peck
and addressed to Vol. 11 (unnumbered, between 79 and 80) [J 187 - a [1875] x
Where is Asterina to be placed? After Rhytisma according to xWhere is Cheiromyces to be placed? Among the Stilbacei according to
xWhere is Dermat[o?]a to be placed? Near
Patellaria xWhere is Ectostroma to be placed? Spurious xWhere is Glaeoporus (if kept) to be placed? = Polyporus, not kept
by xDoes
Helotium rugipes belong to Pelastra or Calycella? Calycella xWhere is Hexagona to be placed? Fries puts it
just after Daedalea. xWhere is Myxogaster to be placed? Don't know it. xWhere is Nodularia to be placed? = Aleurodiscus. xWhere is Pileolaria to be placed? After Uromyces. xWhere is Plicatura to be placed? Trogia has been emended so as to
received
it. xWhere is Polycistis to be placed? = Urocystis, before Uromyces. Received - no note] [Again prepared
by Vol. 11 (80) [J 186 - a [1875] Where is Ozonium to be placed? Where is Scorias, Fr. to be placed? Where is Sarcostroma (Cooke?) to be placed [In Peck's handwriting:] Ozonium is spurious. Leave it out entirely
or place it among spurious genera at the end. Schweinitz places Scorias immediately after Ceratium. It is as well
there perhaps as anywhere. I should place Sarcostroma Ck. immediately after Coryneum. Your specimens
on bark were sent to Cooke with the inquiry if they were his Sarcostroma
Berkeleyii. He replied that they were quite like it, the habitat alone making
him doubt. Since then he has said nothing further about it nor have I been
able to get specimens of his species from him. I doubt very much if it should
be kept distinct from Coryneum. [Received - no
note] [Again prepared
by Vol. 11 (unnumbered, between 80 and ) [J 165 - a My Dear Sir, The "Myxogaster" is truly of the Order Myxogastres, but I
believe is of the genus Licea - I should say Licea cylindrica Fr., from the
color of the spores, but if bright red like a strawberry when fresh, as your
notes seem to indicate then it would be Licea fragiformis Fr. The
conglomerate mode of growth would indicate the same species. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [No date of receipt] [Prepared by Peck
and addressed to Vol. 11 (unnumbered, between 80 and
) [J 184 - a My Dear Sir, A glance at your specimens of Sphaeria diplodioides brings all to
mind. I afterwards concluded that it was Massaria bufonia Tul. and so
think now. 4 & 10 March 10 l__ are Hypocrea patella C. & P., according
to 17 & 21 April 18 l
Cooke's determination. 7 July 22 is Hypocrea chromosperma C. & P. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [Received - no
note] [Prepared by Peck
and addressed to Vol. 11 (unnumbered, 80 and ) [J 183] My Dear Sir, I inclose specimens of the two species of Hypocrea as desired. They were received two or three or perhaps more years ago, and were
sent to Cooke for determination. It was not until the present season that he
reported them. In the mean time I had been inclined to consider them forms of
H. gelatinosa and may perhaps have written you to that effect. However I am
now satisfied of their distinct character. There was but little of H. chromosperma, but I have specimens of it
of my own finding. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [Received - no
note] Vol. 11 (82) [J 181 - a My Dear Sir, It is best to change the name Helminthosporium uncinatum Also change Cladosporium Callae P. & C. to Virgasporium Callae
P. & C. Clasterisporium is a
genus of Schweinitz which I should place next to Sporidesmium. Virgasporium is Booke's genus which comes next to Cladosporium. What is the matter with the cones of your Pinus mitis that they
afford no prickles on the scales. Are the prickles
deciduous or is there some confusion between mitis and resinosa. I am puzzled
by them. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck [Received - no
note. Vol. 11 (83) [J 180] My Dear Sir, 20 Apr. 18 Has exactly the spores of Hypocrea chromosperma C. &
P., so that I fear to separate it at present, though it differs so much in
color. 21 Apr. 18 is small Hypocrea patella C. & P. I send a specimen of what I take to be H. gelatinosa, though I do
not see anything gelatinous about it. Still it agrees with the description of
that species as given in the Handbook. I send also a specimen of what Cooke determined for me as H.
gelatinosa and which I thus reported, but do not now believe it is anything
but H. rufa. It agrees with the Handbook description of H. rufa fully. The specimens of P. mitis you sent had a cone but it lacks the
prickle that ought to adorn the conescales according to the books. It is clearly
the same pine that I find in Sandlake and on the Catskills and Helderbergs,
and certainly am if P. resinosa has the cones terminal and the bark
smoothish. The objection to referring ii to P. mitis is the lack of prickles
on the cones and the long leaves, which often surpass 5 inches, the largest
limit given to P. mitis leaves. Michaux's figure of P. rubra, (which equals P. resinosa) accords
with our specimens better than does his figure of P. mitis. In both he makes
the cone lateral, so that I am disposed to question the reliability of the
terminal character ascribed to P. resinosa cones. In your specimen and in
mine the cones are lateral. I never saw a terminal
pine cone so far as I remember. It will probably be best to say nothing about
this pine till we have investigated it more fully another year. I am satisfied that the pine in [Received - no
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