200 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



sporidia 8, oblong, obtuse, 2-guttulate, 10 X 3ju; para- 

 physes filiform, slender. (Plate VI. fig. 36.) 



Peziza Cerastiorum — Wallr. in Fries, " Sys. Myco.," 

 ii. p. 153; Wallr., "Flo. Germ.," 465. Phacidium Ceras- 

 tiorum — Gill., "Champ.," p. 169. 



Exs.— Cooke, "Fung. Brit.," No. 655; Rabh, "Fung. 

 Eur.," 1705 and 17056. 



On leaves of Cerastium. 



Cups 300 to 5(% broad. 



Name — Cerastium, a genus of CaryojphyUacese. 



King's Lynn ! (Mr. C. B. Plowiight). 



C. SPORIDIA PYRIFORil. 



(a) On leaves. 

 51. Mollisia Ranunculi. (Wallr.) 



Hypophyllous, gregarious, on discoloured spots, 

 erumpent, then sessile, orbicular; hymenium plane, at 

 first ochraceous, then black; margin distinct, serrated, 

 umber-brown, at length black; sporidia 8, pyriform, 

 septate, 15 x o/x; paraphyses filiform, sometimes branched. 



Phlyctidium Ranunculi — Wallr., " Flo. Germ.," 

 p. 416. Dothidea Ranunculi — Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. 

 p. 562; Berk., "Eng. Flo.," v. p. 287. Excipida Ranun- 

 culi — Rabh., "Handbk," 153. Phacidium Ranunculi — 

 Cooke, "Handbk.," No. 2271; Gill., "Champ.," p. 168. 

 Phacidium litigiosum — Hob. in Desm, " Ann. Sc. Nat.," 

 t. 8, 1847, p. 181. 



Exs.— Berk., 347; Desm, 1639; FckL, "F. Rh," 

 1175; Cooke, "Fung. Brit," 280, ed. ii. 452; Rehm, 

 "Asco," 659; Kunze, "Fung. Sel.," 175, 381; Rounig, 

 " Fung. Gal," 544. 



On fading leaves of Ranunculus repens, etc. 



About 500/x broad. 



Name — Ranuncidus, a genus of Ranunculacew. 



Forres ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Shere, Surrey ! (Dr. 

 Capron). 



