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FUNGUS-FLORA. 



FIGURES ILLUSTRATING THE SCLERODEmiEAE, ALSO 

 THE NIDULAIIIEAE IN PART. 



Fig. 1, Fohjsaccum pisocarpium, portion of a specimen, showin<r tbc 

 nodulose exterior, also a section showing the sporaiigiola ; small specimen, 

 nat. size ; — Fig. 2, Sphaeroholus stellatKs, specimen after dehiscence, 

 showing the outer wall of the peridium split in a stellate manner above, 

 and the inner layer elastically inverted, the single peridiolum has been 

 jerked away ; slightly mag. ; — Fig. 3, Theleliolns terredris, showing the 

 periilium with the single ])eridiolum at its apex; slightly mag.; — Fig. 4, 

 iidt'rodcrma ruhjare, entire ])lant; small specimen, nat. size; — Fig. 5, 

 (yntcthnhim vtiltjair, peridiolum with portion of the funiculus or coid by 

 which it is attached to the inner wall of the j)eridium ; slightly niHg. ; — 

 Fig. 6, Cyathus verm'coms, peridiolum in section, showing the internal 

 c;»vity lined with basidia; on one side there is a depression or umbilicu.s 

 from which the funiculus springs ; mug. 



