HYMENOSCYPHA. ] 2o 



8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, biguttulate, 17 — 20 x 4 — 5/u : 

 paraphyses filiform, thickened at the apices. 



Peziza subalterns — Bull., " Champ.," p. 236, t. 500, f. 2 : 

 D. C, " Flo. Fr," ii. p. 83. P. sub alipes— Vers., "Myco.' 

 Eur.," p. 282. P. car pini— Bat .sch (?), " EL," p. 215, fig. 

 50; "Scott. Nat.," vi. 103. Plualea subidaris — Gill., 

 "Champ.," p. 101, c. i. 



On seeds of Angelica. 



Cup 1 to 1 J lines broad ; height, including stem, 5 to 

 7 lines. The exterior of our specimen was nearly white, 

 the disc very pale brown. 



Kame — Subula, an awl ; from the shape of the stem. 



Forres, KB. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 



(6) On branches, tiviys, or leaves. 

 14. Ilymenoscypha fir ma. (Pers.) 



Cup infundibuliform, then expanded, repand, firm, 

 smooth, dark or pale brown; stem more or less elongated, 

 becoming blackish-brown, attenuated downwards ; asci 

 cylindrical ; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic, often furnished at 

 the poles with a short spicule, bearing a globose head, 

 biguttulate, 10 — 19 x 3 — Au ; paraphyses filiform, stout, 

 branched. 



Peziza ftrma — Pers., "Svn. Fung.," p. 658; and "Myco. 

 Eur.," p. 277; Fries, "Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 117; "Eng. Flo.," 

 v. p. 200 ; Karst., " Pez. et Ascob.," p. 27 ; and " Mon. 

 Pez.," p. 130 ; Nyl., "Pez. Fenn.," p. 35 ; Cooke, "Handbk.," 

 No. 2082 ; Price, t. 4, f. 23. Peziza ochrolcuca — Bolt., 

 t. 105, f. 1; Sow., t. 115. (Jiboria jirma — Fckl., "Symb. 

 Myco.," p. 312. Rutstroemia firma, — Karst., " Myco. 

 Fenn.," p. 108. Helotium firmum — Karst., " Symb.," p. 

 233. Phialea firma — Gill., " Champ.," p. 101, c. i. 



Exs.— Libert, exs. No. 228; Karst., "Fung. Fenn.," 

 736; Phil., "Elv. Brit.," 78; Bhem, "Asco.," 13; Winter, 

 " Fungi Eur," 2965 ; Cooke, " Fung. Brit," ed. ii. 646. 



On rotten sticks of oak. 



Cup \ to J an inch broad ; stem J to 2 inches high. 

 Scattered or gregarious; leathery when fresh, hard when 

 dry. 



