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21. Badhamia capsulifeara. (Hull.) 



Numerous sporangia seated side by side on a common hypo- 

 thallus, sonic elevated on a very small stem; sporangia irregularly 

 obovnte, greyish-white; now and then hemispherical, deformed, 

 sessile, greyish or shining-yellow ; capillitium with the knots 

 faintly developed; spores chill violet, -01 -'0125, with a thick 

 spinulose membrane, from 5 to 20, slightly agglutinated together. 

 .Rtfki. Hon., 141. 



On decayed branches. 



Splicer ocarpus capsuttfer, Bull, t. 470, f. 2 (1791). 



Trichia capillifera, DC. Fl. Fr., 684 (1805). 



Phijsurum cap'suliferum, Chev. FI. Fr., i , 339 (1826). 



Btidhamia caps id if? rum, Beik. Linn. Trans., xxi , p. 153 (1851); 

 13. & Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1595 ; Urevillea, Vol. v., p. 12 (not 

 Cooke). 



Badhamia nit ens, Berk. Linn. Trans., xxi., p. 153, t. 19, f. 1 

 (1851); Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 731 ; Cooke Handbook, No. U46. 



22. Badhamia utxicularis. (Bull.) 



Sporangia more or less obovate, always coloured, opaque, or with 

 a metallic lustre ; capillitium of large tubes combined into a loose 

 net, knots strongly developed, veiy much flattened ; spores simple, 

 dull-violet, spinulose, '01-'0125 mm. Ktfki. Mon., 142. 



On rotten wood. (Figs. 110-112.) 



a. sessilis. Sporangium entirely without stem, wide base grown 

 to the substratum, always standing side by side in little 

 tufts, now and then even united, irregularly globose, much 

 flattened, the surface slightly corrugated, livid-violet. 



/3. splendens. Sporangium very small, from 1 to ^ mm. wide, 

 exactly globose or oblong, with a very short straw-coloured 

 stem standing in company on a substratum, not clustered, 

 either lilac or opaque sky-blue, or bronze or blackish -green, 

 with metallic lustre. 



y. gemiina. Sporangium from f to 1 mm. wide, persistently 

 ovate, stem even, shorter, or the length of the sporangium, 

 slightly corrugated, livid-violet. 



S. Schimperiana. Sporangium persistently ovate, often elon- 

 gated, quite smooth, bright-violet, with a metallic lustre, 

 stems suspended, hanging down, straw-yellow, fasciculate 

 through their length, 4 mm. long. 



