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LETTER No. 48.
Determination of snecimens sent by Henri Perrier de la Bathie, Madagascar.
By C. G. Lloyd.
(Cincinnati, November, 1913.)
We beg to acknowledge from Mr. Henri Perrier de la Bathie, Mada-
gascar, another very liberal and large collection of specimens, mostly Polypores.
Mr. Perrier de la Bathie is the most active correspondent that we
have and sends us more specimens than any other collector. In this shipment,
which consisted of five boxes, there are more specimens of Polyporus
than Montagne ever received from all of his correspondents during his
life and more species of Polyporus than are found in his herbarium to-day.
The facilities for shipping are very much better, however, in these days
than in the days of Montagne.
These specimens were shipped over a year ago, but by an unfortunate
oversight they only came into our hands within the past few weeks. They
were forwarded from our Paris address to our address in the United
States, at which time we were in London, and when they were received
at our home address they were put to one side for our return, but through
oversight they were not brought to our attention promptly when we came
home. We very much regret the delay, due to this mishap.
We have arranged the species systematically into sections. Not all
of the specimens received were determined, for some of them we did not
recognize, and those groups which we have not thoroughly worked we
shall take with us on our next trip to Europe and study them up by com-
parison before publishing in regard to them. We feel there is no use in
a man guessing on these subjects, and while we have studied thoroughly
the specimens to be found in the various museums of Europe, we can not
always carry the details, excepting where we have published. Where
determinations are made from memory or from descriptions they are of
very little value.
Lentinus Sajor Caju.
LENTINUS.
Very frequent in Africa and the East, but does not occur in the American tropics.
Lentinus stuppeus.
( = L. cirrosus Fr. probably.)
Lentinus velutinus.
Lenzites repanda.
Frequent in tropics.
LENZITES.
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