HYMENOSCYPHA. ] 2o 



8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, biguttulate, 17- -20 x 4 5u ; 

 paraphyses filiform, thickened at the apices. 



Peziza subularis Bull, " Champ.," p. 236, t. 500, f. 2 : 

 D. C., " Flo. FT.," ii. p. 83. P. subidipes Pers., " Myco. 

 Eur.," p. 282. P. carpini- -Batsch (?), " EL," p. 215, fig. 

 50 ; " Scott. Nat.," vi. 163. P/ualea subularis Gill, 

 "Champ.," p. 101, c. i. 



On seeds of Angelica. 



Cup 1 to 1 J lines broad ; height, including stem, 5 to 

 7 lines. The exterior of our specimen was nearly white, 

 the disc very pale brown. 



Name Subula, an awl ; from the shape of the stem. 



Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 



(6) On branches, twigs, or leaves. 

 14. Hymenoscypha fir ma. (Pers.) 



Cup infundibuliform, then expanded, repand, firm, 

 smooth, dark or pale brown ; stem more or less elongate*]. 

 becoming blackish-brown, attenuated downwards ; asci 

 cylindrical ; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic, often furnished at 

 the poles with a short spicule, bearing a globose head, 

 biguttulate, 10 19 x 3--4ju; paraphyses filiform, stout, 

 branched. 



Peziza firma Pers., "Syn. Fung.," p. 658; and "Myco. 

 Eur," p. 277; Fries, "Sys. Myco," ii. p. 117; "Eng. Flo," 

 v. p. 200 ; Karst, " Pez. et Ascob.," p. 27 ; and " Mon. 

 Pez," p. 130 ; Nyl, "Pez. Fenn," p. 35 ; Cooke, "Handbk," 

 No. 2082; Price, t. 4, f. 23. Peziza ochroleucaBolt., 

 t. 105, f. 1; Sow, t. 115. Ciboria Jirma Fckl., "Symb. 

 Myco," p. 312. Mutstrcemia firma- -Karst, " Myco. 

 Fenn," p. 108. Helotium firmum Karst, " Symb," p. 

 233. Phialea firma Gill, " Champ," p. 101, c. i. 



Exs. Libert, exs. No. 228; Karst, "Fung. Fenn," 

 736 ; Phil, " Elv. Brit," 78 ; Rhem, " Asco," 13 ; Winter, 

 " Fungi Eur," 2965 ; Cooke, " Fung. Brit," ed. ii. 646. 



On rotten sticks of oak. 



Cup \ to \ an inch broad ; stem \ to 2 inches high. 

 Scattered or gregarious ; leathery when fresh, hard when 

 dry. 



