52 THE RET. M. J. BEKKELET ON THE 



268. Stereum cojs'trarium, B. Eigidum conchiforme ; pileo 

 nigro zonato hispido, hie illic glabrescente, margine pallido, hy- 



menio candido revivescente. 



269. PucciNiA corticioides, B. & Br, Soris confluentibns 



armeniacis ; sporis pellucidis subellipticis, centro demum con- 

 tractis; pedicellis longissimis. (PL II. figs. 7, B.) 



On the stems of some large G-raminea, probably Arundinaria. 

 Kobe, Nippon. At first appearing under the form of little tawny 

 specks ; at length forming apricot-coloured patches, which assume 

 the form of some Oorticium ; pedicels '007-'008 inch long ; spores 

 '0008-*001 long, globose w^hen young. The specimens do not give 

 sufiicient information to trace the whole life-history of certainly 

 the most curious species of the genus. 



270. Uromtces depormaxs, B. ^ Br, In apicibus discifor- 

 mibus pedunculorum situs ; peridio operculiformi ; sporis obovatis, 

 margine striatis, albis. (PL II. figs. 1-6.) 



J 



j 



i 



sciform 



" in 



Thuja dolabrata. Hakone. Peridium operculiform, shiningj pale 

 fawn-coloured; spores springing from a reticulated mass on dis- 

 tinct pedicels, obovate, with a striated border, •0015-*002 incli 

 long. Curious as this fungus is, there does not seem to be any 

 character by which it can safely be separated from JJromyces. The 

 processes on which the TJromyces is developed seem rather to be 

 transformations of branchlets than multiplication of fruit-stalks. 



271. USTILAGO CARBO, TuL 



Whole crops were often seen affected with the TTstilago on a 

 journey along the Tokaido from Kioto to Yokohama, May 1-10. 



Tahiti. Sept. 24, 1875. 



272. POLYPORUS (PLErROPTJS) LICIDITS, Fr. 



273. P. (Eeslpiis^ati) benetostus,-S. Late effusus, subtus mar- 

 gineque albidus ; hymenio spadiceo areolato-fisso j poris minutis. 



Widely effused, three or four inches across, at first orbicular, 

 dirty white, with a membranous not byssoid margin. Hymenium 

 the colour of lightly toasted bread, cracked into distinct fascicles 

 of tubes after the manner of Badulum quercinum; pores about 

 y|^- inch in diameter. 



274. HiR>^EOLA POLYTRicHA, Mont. Feb. 1876. 



Juan Terivajvdez. Nov. 13-15, 1875. 

 275« Xerotus tei^er, B. Sf Br. Journ, Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 45. 



