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The genus appears clearly allied to Geastrum and Broomeia. Un- 
fortunately I have seen no specimen in an early stage of growth, but 
the whole structure is that of Zrichosperma rather than Myxogastres, 
especially the filamentous nature of the yellow upright septa, which at 
first sight call to mind those of ZZ. thalium, though they do not 
appear, as far as we have seen, to constitute spurious cells, but rather 
to represent a multitude of columellæ. 
* Scleroderma Bovista; Fr. Syst. Myc. vol. iii. p. 48. 
Has. On the ground. Sikkim. 
There is but a single specimen which resembles externally stipitate 
forms of S. vulgare, but the flocci are yellow. 
352. Mitremyces viridis, n. s.; peridio amplo stipiteque lacunoso- 
costato cartilagineo viridibus ; squamis oris margine coccineo-granulatis. 
Hook. fil., No. 19, cum ic. 
Has. On the ground and on dead timber. Tonglo and Sinchul, 
7-9,000 feet. May, June. Rare. 
Inodorous. Stem consisting of numerous anastomosing olive-green 
cartilaginous threads, 11 inch high, l inch thick. Peridium of the 
same colour as the stem, inflated, sprinkled with small, flat, granular 
scales; margin of the scales of the orifice rough with little scarlet 
warts. Spores globose, strongly granulated. 
Distinguished at once by its green tint from M. lutescens, which it 
resembles in form. Its spores, instead of being broadly elliptic as in 
that species, M. luridus, and M. australis, are globose and rough, 
as in M. Junghuhnii. Ic. Pl. ined. 
* Lycogala epidendrum, Fr. Syst. Myc. vol. iii. p. 80. Hook. fil, 
No. 83, cum ic. 
Has. On the ground. Darjeeling. June. Rare. P 
353. Relicularia entoxantha, n. s.; peridio nigro granulato, hypo- — 
thallo distincto albo-marginato ; sporis flavis; floccis parcis subcylin- - 
dricis concoloribus. | ML 
Has. On dead wood. Sikkim-Himalaya. 
About 3-14 inch broad; hypothallus distinct, extending beyond 
the peridium. Peridium depressed, very dark brown, minutely but 
distinctly granulated. Spores bright yellow, mixed with a few sub- 
cylindrical coarse flocci, principally attached to the upper portion of 3 
the peridium. e 
A beautiful and most distinct species, of which only two specimens 
