324: Transactions. — Botany. 



Order VIII. Fungi. 

 Genus 24. Ileodictyon, Tulasne. 

 1. I. (Clathrus) giganteum, Col. 



Eeceptacle pyriform, 14in. long, 9in. wide, white ; inter- 

 stices very large (some 4in. by 2in.), pentangular; ribs 6-8 

 lines wide, much and finely crumpled, with small triangular 

 apertures in the middle of the rib at each outer angle. Volva 

 ovoid, white, thick, skinny, gelatinous within, with long white 

 rootlets. 



Hab. On ground, edge of forest south of Dannevirke; 1892 : 

 W. C. 



Obs. I. For a more particular account of this fine and 

 highly curious fungus, including its peculiar manner of unfold- 

 ing from its volva, see my paper, "Bush Jottings" {supra, 

 Art. XLL). 



II. Since writing that paper I have received a copy of Dr. 

 Cooke's "Handbook Australian Fungi" (lately published), and 

 I find that he has removed J. cibarium, our more common New 

 Zealand species, into the allied old Linnean genus of Clathrus ; 

 and also given a drawing of I. cibarium, with its description 

 (loc. cit., p. 215), and this serves to settle my doubt as to the 

 validity of this species. 



Art. XLIII. — Phsenogams : A Description of some Newly-dis- 

 covered Indigenous Plants ; being a Further Contribution 

 towards the making known the Botany of Neiv Zealand. 



By William Colenso, F.B.S., F.L.S. (Bond.), &c. 



[Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosopliical Institute, 2Sth November, 



1892.] 



Class I. DICOTYBEDONS. 



Order I. Banunculaceje. 

 Genus 3. ::: Ranunculus, Linn. 

 1. B. sychnopetala, sp. nov. 



Plant large, tufted ; radical leaf suborbicular, 3in. long, 

 3$in. wide, apex slightly produced rounded and subtrilobed, 

 base truncate and in a small degree turned up over lamina 

 close to petiole, thickish, soft, upper surface green slightly 

 hairy, the under-surface paler and more hairy ; hairs weak 



* The numbers of the orders and genera given here are those of them 

 in the " Handbook of the New Zealand Flora." 



