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t. 185 ; " Eng. Flo.," v. 178 ; Berk., " Outl," t. 22, f. 

 12; Loudon, f. 16184; Cooke's "Handbk.," No. 1861; 

 "Mycogr.," tig. 3; Karat., " Myco. Fenn," i. 31; Fckl., 

 " Symb. Myco.," 333 ; Gill., " Champ.," p. 24, c. i. ; Pat, 

 p. 29, f. 68. Clavaria simplex hirsuta — Schmidt, " Icon.," 

 t. 25, f. 1-19. G. ophioglossoides — Holms., " Ot.," p. 18; 

 Sow., u Fung.," t. 13 ; Scheeff, " Icon.," t. 327. C. atra— 

 Schrad. in Pers, " Comm," p. 37 ; Humb, " Flo. Frib.," 

 p. 114. 



Exs.— Karat., "Fung. Fenn.," 451; Fckl., "F. Bh„" 

 1141; West and Wall., "H. B.," 1084; "Erb. Crit. Ital.," 

 i. 975 ; Desm., " Crypt. Fr.," i. 420 ; Babh, " Fung. Eur.," 

 ii. 523 ; Babh., " Herb. Myco.," 237 ; Schm. and Kze., 122 ; 

 Klotzsch, "H. M.," 44; Boumg., "Stirpes.," 63; Cooke, 

 " Fung. Brit," ed. ii. 393 



Csespitose, 2 to 3 inches high ; club oblong or ovate, 

 generally compressed, distinct from, but passing gradu- 

 ally into, the stem, often ^ an inch broad, black, hairy ; 

 stem cylindrical, ^ to ^ of an inch thick, covered with 

 short black hairs. The sporidia are elongated, nearly 

 cylindrical, obtuse at the ends, brown, septate. The 

 paraphyses are septate, curved at the apices, which are 

 obtuse, brown, and thicker than the lower portion. 

 Bigid black hairs tapering upwards are intermixed with 

 the paraphyses. 



Name — Hirsutus, hairy. 



Bryndulas, Cwm Bychan, Penzance, Thornhaugh, 

 Notts, Beigate, and Brighton (Bev. M. J. Berkeley). 

 Twy cross (Rev. A. Bloxam). Abergavenny (Dr. M. C. 

 Cooke). Foxhall (Herb. Kew). North Wootton ; Back- 

 heath ; Little Plumstead ; and Woodbastwick, Norfolk ! 

 (Mr. C. B. Plowright). Around Carlisle (Dr. Carlyle). 

 Lawns near Hereford! General Cemetery, Shrewsbury! 

 pastures about Ludlow ! 



2. Geoglossum difforme. Fries. 



Gregarious, glabrous, even, slightly viscid, black ; 

 club difformed, compressed, obtuse, distinct; asci cyhn- 

 draceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, linear, straight, or slight iy 



