Classification . 8 5 



eventually becomes flexuous and collapses. From 2 — 4 

 in. high. 



Pilaira cUmidiata, Grove (fig. 131). 



Sporangiferous liyphse short, slender, equal, becom- 

 ing curved at the apex ; sporangium black ; columella 

 almost as large as the sporangium, but not quite so 

 wide, slightly coloured ; spores very pale yellow, 

 elliptic-oblong, 12-14 x 5-6 /x. 



Pilaira dimidiata, Grove, Journ. Bot. vol. xiii. n, s. 

 p. 132, tab. 245, f. 7 ; Sacc. Syll. vii. 608. 



Pilaira inosculans, Grove, Midi. Kat. vol. vi. p. 

 119. 



On dog's dung. Rare. Closely allied to P. anomala, 

 but disting'uished by its smaller size, shorter stem, 

 not more than \ in. high, and large columella. 



Endodromia, Berk. 



Sporangium very delicate, perforated by the stem, 

 which continues as a slender columella, filled with 

 branched radiating threads and globose spores. 



Endodromia, Berk.; Hook. Journ. iii. p. 79; Sacc. 

 Syll. vii. p. 190. 



No specimen exists in Berkeley's herbarium at 

 Kew, hence no further information can be given. 

 Berkeley says, " within each sporidium is a single 

 globose nucleus, which moves about within its walls 

 with the greatest activity, from which circumstance 1 

 have framed the generic name." 



Endodromia vitrea, Berk. (figs. 60-61). 

 Stem straight, slightly thinner upwards, penetrat- 



