ME. F. CUEEEY ON UTDNUM GELATINOSTJM. 181 



47. Choeispoea, DC. 



1. C. tenella (DC. Syst. ii. p. 435). Annua, tota glanduloso-pilosa 

 v. glabrata, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis spathulatisve, floribus purpuras- 

 centibus, siliquis teretibus crasse pedicellatis vix torulosis ad articulos 

 obscure constrictis, stylo rigido subulato elongato. — Led. Fl. Ross. i. 

 p. 169. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata, Kashmir, alt. 5000-7000 ped.! 



T.T.; Afghanistan! Griffith; Beluchistan ! Stocks, (fl. Apr .-Mai.) 



(v.v.) 

 Distr. Soongaria ! Siberia ! reg. Caspian. ! Persia ! 



2. C. Sibirica (DC. I. c. p. 437). Annua, tota glandulis sparsis pilis- 

 que simplicibus aspersa, foliis interrupte pinnatifidis, siliquis gracilibus 

 gracile pedicellatis curvis sequaliter moniliformi-torulosis, stylo gracili. 

 — Led. I. c. 



Hab. In Tibetia occidentali temperata, ad Hasora-' Winterbottom. 



(fl. Jul.) 

 Distr. Siberia altaica ! Soongaria ! 



3. C. sabulosa (Camb. ! in Jacq. Voy. Bot. p. 15, t. 15). Perennis, 

 tota pilis glandulosis adspersa, foliis integris v. pinnatifidis, floribus 

 albis flavis? v. purpureis, siliquis gracile pedicellatis, irregulariter to- 

 rulosis articulis gibbosis, stylo gracili tenui. 



C. elegans, Camb. I. c, p. 14, t. 14 {fid. Hb. Hook.). 



Hab. In Himalaya et Tibetia occidentali alpina et subalpina, alt. 11,000- 

 17,000 ped., Kashmir! Jacquemont, fyc; Gugi, Strachey 8f Winter- 

 bottom; Zanskar! Ladak ! Nubra! etBalti! T.T.Sf Winterbottom. 

 (fl. Jun.) (v.v.) 



Note on the Fructification and Affinities olEydnumgelatinoswm,¥r. 

 By Fbedeeick Cuee4y, Esq., M.A., P.E.S. & L.S. 

 [Read November 15th, I860.] 

 Hydnwngelatinosum is of very rare occurrence in this country. It 

 is, I believe, not uncommon in fir- woods in Sweden, but it has only 

 been observed on two occasions in England. About three years 

 ago, I met with four or five small specimens of it in a sawpit in a 

 wood at Weybridge in Surrey. It was then growing on sawdust. 

 In the same locality in October of the present year (1860) I found 

 a number of small specimens growing on the sawdust in the pit, 

 and upon a log of fir which was lying near at hand were some 

 plants of a larger size. Hydnum gelatinosum is peculiar in the 

 genus to which it belongs, being one of the few species of a soft 

 gelatinous texture, its consistence approaching very nearly to— in 

 fact, being almost identical with— that of Tremella. 



