322 KEY. if. J. EERKELET AND DR. M. A. CURTIS 



tomentoso tessellato, marglne tenuissimo pellucido quandoque fira- 

 briato ; stipite bievl cylindrico bispidulo ; alveolis ampUs clongatis, 



Ou logs lu woods. Decembei'. Pileus 2^ inches broad, 1| 

 long; stem ^-i inch long ; alveoli jL- inch in diameter. AVhite 



when fresh. 



19. Lasceia, Fr. 



325. L. SUBC^ERULEA, B. ^' C. (332, 333.) Pileo tenuissimo infun- 

 dibubformi palbde ca^ruleo; stipite verticali gracih; poris ampbs 

 pileo concoloribus. 



On logs. August, Pileus | inch across ; stem ^ inch long, 

 not ^ a line thick. 



In this and the following seven species, the vertex is more or 

 less elongated, and the hymenlum superior as in Peziza. 



326. L. AuRiscALPiuM, Mont. ! SylL p. 172. (330.) 



On the petioles of Palm-fronds. June. Hah. Cayenne. Deep 

 orange ; stem hollow ; pores ample. 



327. L. INTERMEDIA, B. ^' C. (225.) Minutc ; pileo galereformi sac- 

 charino-pruinoso ; stipite brevi laterali; poris paucis irregularibus 

 acie pruinosis. 



Oa Palm-petioles. Whole plant scarcely a line long. Inter- 

 mediate between Lascliia and Aiiricidaria, 



328. L. PEZizoiDEA, B, 8f C, (224.) Pileo orbiculari vertice af- 

 fixo ; poris subrotnndis parvis, dissepimentis crassis pruinosis. 



On herbaceous stems. About a line across; pores ^\j- inch 

 across. Probably orange-coloured when fresh. 



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329. L. ciNNABARiNA, B, ^' C. (226.) Ciunabariiia, orbicularis, 

 resupinata, vertice stipitiformi affixa; poris brevibus angulatis palli- 

 dioribus. 



On dead bark. About a line across ; pores ^ inch in dia- 

 meter. A very beautiful little species. 



330. L. PURPUREA, B. 4- C. (329.) Pileo orbicidari purpureo, ccn- 



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tro umbilicato, vertice elongato gracili stipitiformi affixo ; poris parvis 

 flexuosis. 



On logs. June. Pileus |-^ inch across ; stem nearly half an 

 inch high ; spores broadly elliptic, white ; pores ^ inch in dia- 



r 



meter. 



331. L. CuRTisu, B. (572, 335.) Pileo orbiculari infundibulifonui, 

 vertice in stipitem sursura incrassatum elongato ; poris subrotuuuis 



angulatis. 



On dead wood. Pileus | inch across, margin umber. AVe have 



