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cially in the texture of the upper surface of the pileus, which. 
is glossy and velvety, rather than truly hairy, with obsolete 
closely placed zones. : 
; Fig. 1, Portion of the upper-side, and fig. 2, Portion of the 
under-side :—slightly magnifted. | 
[TAB. LXXXVI.] 
SIMBLUM PERIPHRAGMOIDES. | 
Crypt. Funes. Ord. Anciocastres. Nees, Fries. Subord. 
PnuarLroipEX. Fr. 
Gen. Cuar.—SımBLUM. Klotzsch, MSS. Volva sessilis, radi- 
culosa, rotundata, receptaculum includens, in 2-3 parti- 
bus inzqualibus rampens. Receptaculum amplum, sub- 
globosum, cum stipite contiguum et concretum, liquorem 
: mucosum continens, massa farinacea sporidifera intermixta. 
Stipes dein fistulosus, a volva distinctus, lacunosus, striatus, 
integer, in capitulum hemisphzricum e ramis cancellato- 
anastomosantibus, crispis, obliquis confluens.— Genus 
inter Phallos, Lysuros, et Clathros medium. Nomen ab 
Ci Ao», Javus. ; 
Simblum periphragmoides. Klotzsch, MSS. (Tas. LXXXVI) 
Has. Apud terram, ad “ Bois Chéry” Insule Mauritii. 
Da. Telfair. 
Volva albida, vaginata, 3-4-fida. Stipes 3—4 uncias longus 2 
uncias latus, valde cellulosus, mucosus, fistulosus, striatus 
flavescens, capitulo seu receptaculo terminatus. Recep- 
~ taculum hemisphaericum fere globosum, cancellatum, are 
~ olis pentagonis ad margines pulcherrime crispatis. SP 
ridia pulposa, atro-virescentia. Klotzsch. i 
This remarkable plant was discovered at Bois Chéry ™ 
the Mauritius; and an excellent coloured drawing, made on 
the spot, together with specimens both dried and preserved - 
in spirits, were obligingly sent to me by Mrs. Charles Telfair.. 
