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598. T. ocreata, n. s, j albus, ramosus; stipitc fere ad basin diviso 



tomento candido ocreato; rainis furcatis cyliudricis apicibus acutis. 

 Spruce, n, 11. 



Hab. Amongst dead leaves. Panure, 



White^ 2-3 inches high^ divided almost to the base. Stem cylin- 

 drical, clothed as far as the secondary division with white, densely 

 matted down ; branches erect, repeatedly forked, cylindj-ical, tips acute. 

 Resembling T. Candida^ Schwein., but without any tendency to be 

 compressed. Much divided foniis of T, pallida^ Schwein., also approach 

 it, but there is little doubt that it is distinct. The younger plants are 

 entirely involved in the white clothing. 



599. y, trachodes^ n. s. ; pallida, ceespitosa ; stipitibus cylindricis sub- 

 tenuibus sursum furcatis processibus setiformibus scabris ; ramis fasti- 

 giatis repetiter furcatis acutis. Spruce, n. 153. Clavaria cladonina^ 

 Bory, MSS. 



Hab. On the ground. Panure, Guadaloupe. 



About li inch high, probably white when fresh, tufted. Stems 

 slender, cylindrical, clothed as far as the second or third division 

 with little sharp processes, somewhat resembling the persistent nerves 

 on the stem of some Mosses; branches fastigiate, acute, scarcely com- 

 pressed. 



This has the habit of T. Candida, etc., but is more delicate and finely 

 divided, with apparently little tendency to become flat. The processes 

 on the stem distinguish it from all other species, except T, actinwfor^ 

 msj B. . 



600. T. actini<Bformk, n. s, ; stipitibus in massam cylindricam con- 

 flueutibus, processibus setiformibus scabris; ramis paucis penicillatis 

 lividis tortis apicibus laciniatis acutis. Spruce, n. 155. 



About 2 inches high. Stems collected into a cylindrical mass below, 

 white, rough with little pointed processes ; branches few, forming a little 

 brush, livid ; ramuli twisted, slight, split at the tips, which are very 



delicate and sharp pointed. 



The stem agrees with T. trachodes in tbe processes with which it is 

 clothed ; but the colour and habit are quite different. The tufls of fer- 

 tile branches and the cylindrical stem remind one of some of the more 

 elongated Actinm. 



