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This curious species, of which I have seen a single specimen only, is 

 almost intermediate between Cordyceps and Xylaria, the latter of which 

 it approaches in substance. The clavate tip of the inner membrane of 

 the ascus, and the filiform sporidia, indicate an affinity with the more 

 noble species of Cm^dyceps, 



Xylaria polymorpJia^ P., Syn. p. 7- Spruce, n. 141, 142, 144, 



Has. On dead wood. Panure. 



X hyperythra, Mont., Ann. d. Sc, Nat. Juin, 1840 ; suberosa pul- 

 vere coifeaecolori undique inspersa rimosula ; stipite compresso ; clavula 

 obtusa ostiolis nigris notata. Spruce, n. 143. 



Hab. On decayed trunks. Panure, 



Clothed all over with a coffee-coloured bloom, which in some parts 

 is thick, compact, and cracked. Stems 1 inch high, compressed, con- 

 fluent. Head rather longer, clavseform, obtuse, cracked longitudinally 



but not deeply ; ostiola black. Sporidia elongated, t^Ts "" awo ^^ ^^ 

 iuch long. 



This is apparently n. 376, Leprieur, but in a more perfect state than 

 other specimens which I have seen, and brighter-coloured. The spo- 

 ridia are for the most part twice as long as in that species. 



* X. dealbata, B. et C, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. vol. ii. p. 284, 

 Spruce, n. 145. 



Hab. On decayed trunks. Panure. 



I have only to add to the description quoted above, that the sporidia 

 are -§-1-^ of an inch or more in length, larger perhaps than in any other 

 Xylaria, except X Claviis, Fr. 



X rJwpaloides, Kze. Weig. Exs. Spruce, n. 76. 



Hab. On dead trunks of trees, Panure. 



Exactly the same with n. 236, Leprieur. 



618. X abnormis, n. s.; paUida, hie illic ostiolis depressis nigris no- 

 tata cerebriformis subglobosa nodulosa durissima intus concolor; peri- 

 theciis pallidis oblongis crassls ; ascis gracilibus ; sporidiis minutissimis, 



Hab. On dead wood, Panure. 



Subglobose, 1 inch or more across, lobed, irregular, nodulose, resem- 

 bling in appearance a smooth, white truffle, pale, opaque, very hard, 

 tan-coloured,*with a rufous tinge when dry; of the same colour within. 

 Stemless, dotted with little discoloured specks indicative of the os- 

 tiola; perithecia oblong, with a short neck, thick-wallcd, consisting of 

 elonf^ated cells ; interstices consisting partly of elongated, partly of 



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