ee 7 : à 
sé sel suc dédie à PROP »- UMEN. PRE NT TP ETS 
Hiftory of the Briiijb Siellaied Lycoperdons. s. 
fplit, but the mouth of this is alfo naked; as is f. 6. which from 
the number of rays and fhape of the head might be otherwife recol- 
ligens. None of thefe can therefore be fafely quoted for ftellatum, 
Bocc. Muf. t. 305. f. 4. is very doubtful. 
 Buxb. Cent. 2. 1. 49. f. 3. is fo bad a figure that it cannot be 
quoted with any certainty; it approaches neareft to ftellatum of 
Sch. 1. 182. 
Dalib. Paris. 390. is impoffible to afcertain, as he has neither 
defcription nor Here 
L 347.619. quotes R. fyn. t. 1. f. x. and Mich, t. 100. 
K 1,2, 3. ki is P therefore uncertain whether his plant be ftellatum 
Linn. and Hudf. or not. 
Tourn. Inf. R. H. 563. t. 331. is referred to Boce. Muf: The figure 
is fo bad, that it cannot be at all determined. 
Vaill. Paris. 123. Lyc. veficarium ftellatum is referred to Tourne- 
fort without any defcription. 
FI, Dan. 360. may be fome new fpecies; it certainly M not at 
all refemble our ftellatum. l 
Glediifth. p. 15T. has feveral varieties : but his fpecies is probably 
to be referred to ftellatum; though, as he gives no figures, it is 
doubtful. 
Obf. When frefh opened the head is ufually more orlefs depreffed, 
and often fomewhat oval ; but when the thick coat is either peeled 
off, or dried upon the rays, the head ufually becomes globular, and 
` refembles the figure in R. fyn. and the plant then appears fo different, 
that a perfon unaccuftomed to obferve. them would fcarcely be- 
lieve it could be the fame. The peduncle is generally thickened 
at the top and the bottom, and fmalleft in the middle, or, as it 
may be called, doubly club-fhaped; but fometimes it is cylindrical. " 
From thefe different. appearances, this plant has been differently 
Vor. H. I defcribed 
