TEICHOGASTEES. 369 



Suh.-Gen. 1. Myriostoma — Orifices and peduncles numerous. 



1070. Geaster coliforxnis. P. " Cullender Star Puff-ball." 



Outer peridium multifid, expanded, inner supported bj many 

 short, slender stems; apertures numerous, ciliated. — Pers. Syn. 

 j9. 131. i^r. >S'. J/, iii.;:*. 12. Raij. Syn.\i\.p.'21 . Dwks.t. 3.f. 4:. 

 Sow. t. 313. Ung.Fl.Y.p.2'dd. 



On the ground. Local. Norfolk. Suffolk. 



Eemarkable for its numerous peduncles and orifices. The peduncles are 

 compressed, somewhat branched, and appear to bear a definite relation to 

 the number of orifices. — M. J. B. 



Sub. -Gen. 2. Genuina — Orifice and peduncle single. 



1071. Geaster foinicatus. Fr. " Vaulting Geaster." 



Outer peridium subquadrifid, separating into two coats, con- 

 nected at the tips of the divisions, and vaulted; mouth conical, 

 plicato-sulcate. — Berk. Outl. p.2dd. Fr. S.M. in. 2:>.1'2. Phil. 

 Trans, xliii. t. 2,/. 11, 12. Blachst. t. 2. BiLvb. v. t. 28,/. 1, 2. 

 Batt.t.3d,f. 1-4. Bryant./. 15. Sow. ^.198. Schcef.t. 183. 

 Batsch.f. 168. Sclimid. t. 37. Nees.f. 128. Eng. Fl. \.p. 300. 

 Fchl. exs. no. 1267. Bisch.f. 3635. Kl. exs. ii. no. 140. 



On the ground and in hollow trees. [United States.] 



The outer coat of the volva remains so firmly attached to the ground dur- 

 ing the expansion of the plant that the inner separates, and is inverted and 

 fixed by the tips of its stellate lobes, to those of the outer coat. — Eag.Fl. 



1072. Geaster striatus. B.C. " Striate Geaster." 



Outer peridium multifid, simple, expanded; interior subpecU- 

 cellate ; mouth prominent, conical, sulcate-striato. — Fr, S.M. iii. 

 p. 13. Mich.t. 100,/. 3. Gled.t. QJ.upper. Eng.Fl.Y.p. 300. 

 Kl. exs.no. 173. Fckl. exs.no. 1264. 



Amongst sand. Great Yarmouth. [Cincinnati, U. S.] 



This species differs from G. Ihnhatus in the nature of the orifice, and from 

 G. Bryantii in the want of the channel round the top of the stem. — Eiig.Fl. 



1073. Geaster Bryantii. Berk. " Bryant's Geaster." 



Outer peridium coriaceous, expanded, multifid ; inner pedi- 

 cellate, with a groove round the top of the peduncle ; mouth sul- 

 cato-plicate.-— 5eryl\ Outl. p. 300. Eng. Fl. y. p. 300. Bryant, f. 

 19. Schm. Ic. t. 37, f. 11-12. Berk. exs. no. 198. 



