- i 7 8 - 

 ccptacle 1.5-7.5 mm l n g' ar) d receptacle and pedicel taken together 



measure 7-9 mm in length, mostly 5 mm). Colour brown. Sub- 

 stance rigid and the paint when fully grown does not adhere to 

 paper in drying. 



Hab. Misaki, Tosa, Kii, Shima, Suruga. 



PL. CXCV. Fig. I : fully grown frond of Sporocknus scoparius 

 Harv., . Fig. 2-11 : receptacles in different stages of growth, 

 "; 2-5, taken from the frond shown in the fig. I ; 6-9, from 

 another specimen; 10-11, from still another one; the upper part 

 of branch above the portion marked a in fig. 10 matures to 

 receptacle. 



