358 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



Hist.," 160 ; Cooke, "Handbk.," 2080. Crumenula Ledi 

 -Karst., "Myco. Fenn.," p. 214. 



On Arbutus Uva-Ursi. September. 



Sessile, globose-hemispherical ; externally rugose, 

 brownish-black ; mouth especially shining, greenish, 

 covered with a compact powder ; disc dingy. 



Glencoe, N.B. (Mr. Churchill Babington). 



GENUS VI. EPHELIS. Fries, " Fung. Mexic.," and 

 " Summa Veg. Scan./' p. 370. 



Perithecium (stroma) forming an effused crust; here 

 and there tuberculate, tubercles dehiscing into cup-shaped 

 excipula. (Plate XL fig. 69.) 



Name e^rjXig, spots brought out by the sun. 



1. Ephelis Rhinanthi (nov. sp.). 



Cups at first tuberculate, crowded or gregarious, 

 arising from an effused horny crust, at length expanding, 

 patelliform, softish-waxy, black ; asci cylindraceo- 

 clavate ; sporidia 8, oblong, or clavate, 3-guttulate, 

 10 x 5 p ; paraphyses filiform, slightly enlarged at the 

 apices. (Plate XI. fig. 69.) 



Rhytisma radicalis Cooke, " Grevillea," viii. p. 9 

 (the immature stage). 



On stems near the base, and roots, of Rhinanthu* 

 Crista galli. Autumn. 



The mature cups are about a J of a line broad, sessile, 

 attached by a broadish base, externally rough, internally 

 pale grey. Dr. Cooke finds stylospores which are 

 elongated fusiform, tapering at the extremities to a 

 slender point, with two or more septa, 70 x 5/*. The 

 general appearance is that of a black gouty swelling, the 

 unexpanded cups somewhat like a Cucurbitaria. 



Name Rhinanthus, the genus to which the yellow 

 rattle belongs. 



Near Aberdeen (Mr. J. Taylor). Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. 

 Dr. Keith). Osmere, near Whitchurch, Salop ! 



