r.KITlSir DISCOMYCETES. 



tem elongated, rooting, very fragile; n.sci cylin- 

 poridia s, elliptic, smooth, '20 x 0/t ; paraphyses 



filiform, elavate apic-'-. 



y. wmmophila'Dr. and M., "Flo. d'Algerie," 



2; M. and Br., "Ann. Nat. Hist./' No. 1619; 

 ' Grevillea," v. p. 59; Cooke, "Mycogr.," f. 100, 373. 



ria ammopn/ila -Gill., "Champ.," p. 38. 

 Exs. Cooke, " Fung. Brit," ed. ii. G45. 



limn* r-.'d in sand on the sea-coast, at the roots of 

 Psamma. Autumn. 



Cups 1 inch high and broad; rooting stem 2 to 3 

 'nches Inn The sand adheres so closely to the floccose 

 exterior that it forms a complete coating. The whole 

 plant is extremely brittle, and so much immersed in the 



d as hardly to be recognized. 



Name H///IOC, sand, ^f/\oe, loving ; from its prefer- 



e for sandy soil. 



St. Andrews, N.B. ! (Rev. Mark Anderson). Brampton 

 Burn.ws. IHYacombe ! (Dr. T. A. Chapman). 



10. Peziza rapulum. Bull. 



Cup infundibuliform, margin at length broadly de- 



pressed,sub-umbilicate, thin, fragile, glabrous, transparent, 



ying. from whitish straw-coloured to nearly fulvous ; 



sti'in slender, elongated, rooting ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 



8, ovate-elliptic, 10 X 5/z ; paraphyses filiform. 



On the ground amongst leaves, etc. Spring. 



Peziza rapulum Bull, "Champ.," p. 2G5, t. 485, 

 T. :> ; Fri.-.s, " Sys. Myco.," ii. 59; Eng. Flo.," V. v. 189 ; 



ke, "Handbk.," No. 1967 ; " Mycoi^r. ," fi<r. 197 ; Gill., 



'Champ.," p. 38, c. i. (?) Pesiza rap daPers., " Syn. 



Fung.," p. 058. JVro' wdicata Holms., ii. t. 9 ; Dicks., 



"Crypt.," i. p. 21 ; With., iv. p. 304. Alearia rapulum 



Gill, "Champ.," p. 3S, c. i. (?). 



Tin- ci:p is rather shallow, J an inch or more broad; 



margin entire except when old, when it becomes reflexed 



and split; the exterior near the base is longitudinally 



wrinkled ; the stum is 1 to 2 inches long, immersed in the 



i < Hind, ordinarily furnish'-d with fibrils. 



