442 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



bearing four cups, pat. size; b, c, three cups magnified, the lower one 

 seen from above; d. a section of a cup also magnified; e, two asci; 

 /, nine sporidia; e and/", x 400 times. 



Fig. 37. , Mollisia peristomiaUs, a group the nat. size ; b, three 

 cups magnified 20 times ; c, a section of a cup, showing the scarcely 

 depressed hymenium ; d, two of the teeth magnified ; e, three asci ; 

 /, four sporidia. d, e, and/ x 400 times. 



Fig. 38. a, a, Lachnea radiculata, nat. size ; 6, a section of a cup ; 

 c, one of the nearly colourless hairs from the exterior of the cup ; d, an 

 ascus with paraphyses; e, four sporidia in several stages of growth. 

 c, d, and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 39. a, Lachnea sepulta, one mature cup and three young ones, 

 nat. size ; b, a section of a cup ; c, a group of hairs from the exterior 

 of the cup ; d, an ascus with a paraphysis ; e, three sporidia, the lower 

 one more advanced in growth, c, d, and e x 400 times. 



PLATE VII. 



Fig. 40. a, Lachnea melastoma, nat. size, showing the black strigose 

 filaments i'rorn which it springs; b, section of a cup ; c, a group of the 

 strigose filaments from the base ; d, an ascus with a paraphysis ; 

 e, four sporidia. c, d, and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 4L a, Lachnea trechispora, three cups in different stages of 

 growth, nat. size ; b, a section of a cup ; c, a group of hairs from the 

 exterior of the cup (the bent one is so represented to save space) ; d, 

 an ascus with a paraphysis ; e, two sporidia. c, d, and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 42. a, Lachnea Cornubiensis, two cups the nat. size ; &, a 

 section of a cup ; c, a group of hairs from the exterior of the cup ; d, an 

 ascus containing eight sporidia, with a paraphysis. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 43. a, Lachnella diplocarpa, a group the nat. size ; b, a cup 

 magnified ; c, a section of the same ; d, one of the hairs from the 

 exterior of the cup; e, asci paraphyses, and filaments surmounted by 

 fusiform spores (?) ; /, six sporidia in various conditions of develop- 

 ment ; g, one of the filaments, surmounted, by its fusiform spore, viewed 

 separately, d, e,f, and g x 400 times. 



Fig. 44. a, Lachnella cerina, a group the nat. size ; b, three cups 

 in different stages of growth, magnified ; c, section of a cup ; d, hairs 

 from near the margin of a cup ; e, an ascus with two acerose paraphyses ; 

 /", seven sporidia. d, e, and/ x 400 times. 



PLATE VIII. 



Fig. 45. a, Lachnella cupressi, nat. size ; &, two cups slightly 

 magnified ; c, a section of a cup ; d, the villose haiis from the exterior 

 of a cup ; e, ascus with paraphyses ; /, six sporidia. d, e, and/ x 400 

 times. 



