170 FLORA ANTARCTICA. .. [Auckland and 



gathered, 1 belongs' to-the species quoted above. The stem is either equal or attenuated upwards, generally- smooth, 

 except towards the base, where it is at times clothed with cottony filaments which spread over the soil. 



2. CLADOSPORIUM, Link. 



1. Cladosporium herbarum, Link. Obs. II. p. 37. 



1 , .in.-.* art* jrj- 



Hab. Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island; on the leaves of Carex qppresm, ,%. ,,, 



This fungus originates" beneath the cuticle, iu slender dull black parallel lines ; it afterwards forces' itself through 

 to the surface and resembles some Puccinia. Xo characters exist to distinguish it- as a species,: thongh its habifera 

 very peculiar. ■ ■ 



3. HENDEESONIA, Berk. 



Plate LXVIII. Fig. II. — 1, leaf of Lamia with fungus of natural size ; 2, portion of ditto, magnified ; 3, spores 

 very highly magnified. 



5. SPILERIA, Hall. 



1. Spbleria herbarum, Pers. Synops. p. 79. (quoad var. y, teetam), Fr. Syst. Myc. vol. ii. p. 511. Notaru 

 in Act. Acad. Turin, vol. vii. p. 30. cum analyst optima. (Tab. LXVIII. Fig. III.) v "- 



Hab. Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island; on the scapes of Ckry'sobactron Rossii with Hen- 

 derson ia microsticta. 



