314 FETCH : 



bark. Peiadeniya, 18G7. Spores 0003 in diameter. Allied 

 to D. squarmdosum. 



25 is not in Herb. Peradeniya, nor in any herbarium under 

 B. & Br., 747, but the same Thwaites' number is given under B. 

 & Br., 759, and this in Kew 1407 is Physarum nicaraguense. 

 Macbride. Rostafinski examined the type specimen of D. 

 neglectufn, and found that it was D. effusum. 



748. D. farinaceum, Schrad. (Nos. 76, 118). On dead 

 leaves, &c. Nov., 1867. Flocci white : spores -00035- -0004 

 in diameter. 



76 is D. nigripes, Ft., var. y in Kew 1503, and British 

 Museum 559, 560; no specimen in Herb. Peradeniya. 118 is 

 D. nigripes, Fr., var. genuinum in. Herb. Peradeniya. 



749. D. nigripes, Lk. (No. 573). Dolosbagey, May, 1868. 

 573 is Lamproderma arcyrionema, Rost. , in Herb. Peradeniya. 



750. D. leoninum,B. & Br. Stipite conico fulvo levi, basi 

 orbiculari, concolori ; peridio subgloboso corpusculis fulvis 

 echinatis crystallinis sparso (No. 21). On dead leaves. Pera- 

 deniya, Nov., 1867. Clearly allied to D. tigrinum : but the 

 coi-puscles, instead of being mere scales, consist apparently of a 

 number of crystals resembling somewhat those of lithic acid ; 

 the base when seen under the microscope is of a bright yellow. 



21 is D. leoninum, B. & Br., in Kew 1554, and Herb. Pera- 

 deniya. 



751. D. melleum, B. & Br. Stipite conico albo : peridio 

 globoso melleo subtiliter pruinoso ; columella e stipite intruso 

 oriunda ; floods albis (No. 63). On dead leaves. Peradeniya, 

 Nov., 1867. Flocci reticulated ; spores -0004 in diameter. 

 Allied to D. xanthopus and D. Iridis. 



63 is Physarum melleum. (B. & Br.), Massec. in Kew 1256, 

 British Musemn 411, and Herb. Peradeniya. 



752. D. leucopus, Lk. (No. 68). On dead leaves and bark. 

 Nov., 1867. A large form. 



68 is Physarum compressmn , c< and 7, in Kew 1245, 1361 ; it is 

 marked Ph. lividum var. conglohatum by Rostafinski in Kew 

 1245, and P7i. a^ne by Rostafinski in Kew 1351 : it is Physarum. 

 compressum in Hei l>, Peradeniya. 



