519 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
*Clathrus cancellatus, L.—Gardner, n. 55. ; 
In shady forests on the Hautane Range, Ceylon ; rare. 
July, 1844. Mr. Gardner found it also on the Nielgherries 
in Feb. 1845. : 
*Phallus Demonum, Rumph.—Gardner, n. 14. 5 
In shady places. Peradenia, Ceylon. June, 1844. 
186. Simblum gracile, Berk. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of 
Bot. vol. 5. p. 535, tab. 17, fig. 1.—Gardner, n. 80. ! 
On the ground in open places; rare. Peradenia, Ceylon. 
Aug. 1844. 
Volva rising from a strong, slightly branched root, not 
lobed. 
Stem 24 inches high, 3 an inch thick, pale-yellow, marked 
with rectangular reticulations. 
Head 1 inch high, 2 of an inch thick, ovate, pale-yellow, 
deeply pitted, covered with the blackish minute oblong 
spores, and bearing at the apex a portion of the volva, through 
which it has burst. 
187. Lysurus Gardneri, Berk. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of 
Bot. vol. 5, p. 535. tab. 17, fig. 2.— Gardner, n. 62. 
On the ground, in damp shady places. July, 1844 
Volva rising from many short roots, obovate, bursting 
irregularly at the apex, white, 13 of an inch long, above 1 inch 
thick above. 
Stem 6 inches high, rather incrassated upwards, about 4 
an inch thick in the middle, dividing at the apex into five 
laciniæ, which are again united above, and bear on their inner 
_ surface the dark-brown spores. 
188. Aserüe Zeylanica, Berk. 1. c.—Gardner, 91. 
_. On the ground in woods. Hautane, Ceylon; rare. 
. Roots purple, branched, anastomosing, volva short, purple; 
irregularly lobed. . 
Stem 2 inches high, 1 inch thick, pinkish. duige "(1d 
Receptacle of 20 rays, which are rarely bifid, bright scarlet. re 
. . Hymenium forming a ring at their base of a bright purple, 
[d irregularly pervious in the centre. — Hips P HE 
