54 : Mn. WooDWARD'; Effay towards an 
fuch a circumftance, if it really did happen, would prove nothing 
againft the arguments brought in favour of the fpecific character 
of that plant. 
ENUMERATION. 
IT now remains to enumerate the different fpecies of ftellated 
Lycoperdons which have been found in this neighbourhood; and 
thefe are prefumed to be four. Of thefe, the ftellatum of Linn. 
and Hudf. and the fornicatum of Hudfon have been fo amply 
treated of in the foregoing pages, that little more remains necef- 
fary, than to apply to them fuch fynonyms as really appear to be- 
long to the refpective fpecies. This will be an eafy tafk in refpe& 
of the fornicatum, which has been mentioned but by very few au- 
thors; but great difficulty arifes in adjufting fuch as belong to 
ftellatum. Many authors have defcribed a plant of this fort with 
a feflile head; and their defcriptions are in general fo vague, and 
their fynonyms fo confufed, that it is impoffible to afcertain with 
certainty, whether they mean the ftellatum of Linnaeus and Hud- 
fon; the Lycoperdon which I fhall call after Schmiedel by the 
trivial name of recolligens ; or fome other plant which may be dif- 
ferent from both. For thefe reafons I fhall be very fparing of ap- 
plying fynonyms to both thefe fpecies. The Lycoperdon coliforme 
of Dickfon’s 1ft fafc. makes up the number fpecified. 
en ftellatum—Volvà multifidà patente; laciniis i Inequa- 
libus, capitulo pedunculato glabro; ore 
acuminato dentato. Linn. Sp. pl 1653. 
Hud. FL Ang. 643.  ' 
Drag. 
