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Forming effused patches on the bark, springing from a 
black, smooth, undulated stroma, which has exactly the struc- 
ture of a Sclerotium, consisting of angular cells, each of 
which contains a nucleus, those of the cuticle being darker 
and smaller. Stems distinct, 14-3 lines high, i of an inch 
thick, compressed, black, consisting of very fine fibres, exter- 
nally slightly striate, surmounted by a yellow globule, which 
is coated with very numerous extreme minute subglobose 
spores. 
I know of no species very nearly allied to this. It re- 
sembles most, perhaps, S. clavulatum, Mont., but differs in 
many respects. It is certainly one of the most striking of 
the genus. 
39. Cladosporium Aerbarum, Lk. 
On Lenzites applanata. Minas Geraes. Oct. 1840. 
[This is not to be considered as at all a perfect list of 
Fungi observed by Mr. Gardner, who informs me that if he 
had had time, he could have collected, at least, ten times 
the number.] 
Boranicau Nores, made in the Republic of EL ECUADOR, 
(Quito, Guayaquil, and Asuay), by Wittram JAMESON,* 
Esa., late Professor of Natural History and Botany, in the 
University of Quito. 
RANUNCULACE. 
Ranunculus Peruvianus (No. 1) is found on the elevated pas- 
ture grounds of the Andes, between 12,000 and 13,000 feet ; 
R. Guzmanni, (No. 2) at, or near the snow limit. The for- 
mer has rather an extensive range, (from Cerro de Pasco, in 
* This talented gentleman, who, during his long residence in Columbia, 
has largely contributed to our Herbarium and to the pages of this Journal, 
has at length been persuaded by us, to transmit a dozen sets of the plants 
of these interesting regions, which have been collected and numbered, 
and which will be offered for sale, at £2 the 100 species. 
