172 DECADES OF FUNGI. 



cum peridio obovato granulato, ore lato aperto confluente ; sporis majo- 

 ribus echinulatis. 



Hab. On tlie ground, amongst moss. East Nepal and Sikkim; 

 Darjeeling, 7,500 feet. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Stem 3 inches high, f of an inch thick, confluent above, with the 

 obovate finely granulated peridium ; orifice rather wide, but determi- 

 nate. Capillitium umber; spores purplish-brown, -^ /q- ^ of an inch in 

 diameter, rather dark, ecbinulate, sometimes stipitate. 



A very distinct species, allied to i. gemmata^ extremely flaccid, and 

 remarkable for its rough spores, in which character it agrees with L, 

 atro'purpureiim^ Yitt. 



* Ly coper don fucattim^ Lev. 



Hab. KhabiU river. 5-6000 ft. E. Nepal. Dec. 10. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Of this there is only a portion of the capillitium, which agrees with 



Leveille's species in its vinous tint and rough spores. 



457. L. delicatum^ n. s. ; globosum ; peridio membranaceo verrucis 



parvulis exasperate ^ capillitio sporisque echinulatis pedunculatis fusco- 

 purpureis. 



Hab. On the ground. Khasia Mountains. (Dr. Hooker.) 

 About 3 inches in diameter, subglobose ; peridium membranaceous, 

 rough with minute pointed warts, opening by an irregular aperture at 

 the apex. Stem none. " Capillitium and spores purple-brown ; spores 

 4 o\ of ^11 ^iich in diameter, rough with little points, seated on a pe- 

 duncle four times as long as themselves, 



458. L. Emodensey n, s, ; peridio ovato furfuraceo-squamuloso bre- 

 vissiem stipitato, ore magno irregnlari rupto ; capillitio griseo, sporis 

 argillaceis. 



Hab. On the ground. Sikkim, 15,000 feet* Phulloot, East Nepal, 

 9000. November 10. (Dr. Hooker.) 



About an inch high, f thick, ovate or subglobose; peridium very 

 delicate, clothed with very minute umber-brown branny scales or gra- 

 nules, less closely above, opening by a wide aperture. Capillitium grey- 

 ish ; spores clay-coloured, about ^Vo ^f an inch long. 



Very distinct from i. microspermum^ of which it has somewhat the 

 appearance, in its larger spores. 



459. L. xantliospermum, n. s. ; globosum ; peridio tenuissimo, maculis 



peridii extemi reliquiis notato ; capillitio sporisque pedicellatis flavis. 



Hab. On the ground. Khasia, at Moflong. June 29, 1850. (Dr. 

 Hooker.) 



