374 Sir J. E. SuiTn's Account of Rhizomorpha medullaris. 
opinion. The taste of the dried plant has nothing of a fungus- — 
like flavour, but in its slight astringency agrees with many, almost - 
tasteless, roots. ‘The above history of the origin of the plant, 
from a piece of wrought: , and its copious growth, must pre- 
clude all idea of its bein; ng any thing else than a parasitical fungus. 
The specific character may thus be given: | 
RHIZOMORPHA, medullaris, teres ramosissima nivea ; intus cel- 
lulosa flavescens. — 
E - Sa T 
m 3 
REFERENCE TO PLATE XX 
medullaris. 
2. Terminatiôn of-a principal Bench, 
Lu À transverse section of the stem magnified. 
T E Lui d dna + : 
HE : J. E. SMITH. 
XXVI. A Cen- 
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