28 



MYXOMYCETES. 



attached to the inner wall, triangular at the angles, vrith a large 

 central vesicle; spores large, with a granulated surface, i)127-'02 

 mm., at first collected in clusters. Btik. Linn. Trans., xxi.,p. 153. 



On decayed oak branches. 



Badhamia pallida, Berk. Linn. Trans., xxi., p. 153 (1851), t. 19, 

 fig. 2 ; Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 732 ; Cooke Handbook, No. 1145. 



25. 



Badhamia inaurata. Ctirr. 



coadnata. 



Sporangia gregarious, sessile, globose, or nearly so, bright- 

 yellow, 1-25 mm. across, covered with floccose yellow scales, 

 splitting by irregular fissures ; capillitium ? ; spores minutely 

 rough, at first agglutinated in clusters, - 01-'015 mm. Linn. 

 Trans., xxiv., p. 151. 



On Jungermannia. 



Badhamia inaurata, Currey in Linn. Trans., xxiv. (1851), t. 25, 

 f. 8 ; Berk. & Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1034 ; Cooke Handbook, 

 No. 1148. 



\_Badhamia fulvescens, Cooke in Grevillea, Vol. iv., p. 69, does 

 not belong to this genus.] 



BADHAMXA. 



A. Spores smooth. 



f Upper walls of the gregarious spor- 

 angia grown together into one head 

 ff Sporangia always preserving the sim- 

 ple form. 



* Capillitium strongly developed, 



rigid, sporangia usually pro- 

 vided with a colurnella. 

 Spores 'OOO-'OllG mm. diam. . 

 ** Capillitium evanescent; sporangia 

 without columella. 

 Spores '0125 mm. diam. 



B. Spores spinulose. 



t Spines irregularly dispersed over the 

 membrane of the spores. 



* Sporangia lilac-flesh coloured. 

 Spines equally distributed. 



* Vein-like plasmodiocarp. 

 ** Sporangia simple. 



) Spores crowded in little heaps ; 

 sporangia exactly globose, in- 

 flated ..... HYALINA. 



Sporangia of irregular form . CAPSULIFERA. 



pamcea. 



verna. 



LILACIXA. 

 A lexa n dro wiczii. 



