210 REV. M. J. BERKELEY 
anastomosantibus ; stromate breviter palmato rufo fulvo sub- 
tiliter velutino; ramis compressis; apicibus acutiusculis. 
(Tas. vin. f. IL. a, b.c.) 
Banks of Murrambidgee. Australia. Mr. Adams. 
Springing from the head of an extremely large caterpillar. 
About six stems grow from the same point, forming a com- 
pact cylindrical mass 22 inches long, 2 of an inch thick, 
connate slightly branched and anastomosing; expanding 
slightly upwards, and giving off a branch of short much - 
compressed forked and palmate branches, which are dotted — 
above with the perithecia. The apices are somewhat pointed. — 
The colour of the whole is a deep red brown, inclining to — 
tawny when dry. The whole of the branches are clothed 
with a very thin coat of extremely short forked irregular 
flocci, which give the surface a dull appearance when dry. 
They are at first solid, but at length become hollow. A 
portion of the caterpillar is filled with a white corky sub- [s 
stance, for the root is more or less coated with a spongy 
mass, consisting of very slightly branched wavy threads. — 
"The only specimen I have seen was not mature, but pr^ — — 
bably arrived nearly at its full growth as the incipient per" — — 
thecia were evident towards the tops of the branches. : 
The following notes are from a letter of Dr. Joseph | 
Hooker :—The information he states was received from the — 
Rev. Mr. Taylor of Waimate. “This caterpillar Fungus WaS — 
picked up on the banks of the Murrambidgee River, 10 miles. 
from the township of Yap (in New Holland) in a rich thick 
alluvial soil, with many others of the same kinds. | 
fresh it was 8 inches long, and 3 inches of the fungus from 
the nape of the neck were buried under ground, on. 
surface of which is the oval or circular flower-like bunch x 
branches of a brown velvety appearance when fresh. 
caterpillar has a great resemblance to the green wattle cater- 
pillar, which produces a large brown moth. The discoverer 
Mr. John Allan, the only person who has heard of it, fount 
many empty holes near, as if the chrysalis had been hatched, 
and he saw many empty shells of these grubs scattered about 
