TUBEEACEI. 



747 



Under leares amongst loose mould. Near Bristol. 



There is not the least trace of peridiam in any stage of gro^vtti. A very 

 curious circumstance sometimes occurs — that there is more than one stratum 

 of hymenium. The asci are much shorter than the paraphyses. The adult 

 plant is strongly plicate, and of a rich mulberry brown. Sporidia perfectly 

 sphserical, •019-"023 m.m. diameter, with thick, elongated, obtuse unequal 

 warts. {Fig. 351.) 



Gen. 317. 



Fig. 352. 



BALSAMIA, Vitt. 



Common integument warty ; hy- 

 menium complicated with distinct 

 lacnnfB not leading to the surface ; 

 sporidia cylindrical, or oblongo-ellip- 

 tic, even, pellucid. — Vitt. Tub. p. SO. 

 Tul.Hyp.p.W2. Berk. Ann. N.H, 

 xiii.j). 358. Berk. OutL p. 377. 



(Fig. 352.) 



2253. 



Balsamia platispora. 



Balsamia." 



B. cfc Br. " Broad-spored 



Small, globose, rufous, minutely warted, substance pallid yel- 

 low, minutely cellulose ; sporidia at first broadly oblong-elliptic, 

 with a large globose nucleus, at length slightly elongated tri- 

 nucleate. — B. ^ Br. Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. ^. 358, no. 318. Tul. 

 Hyp. t. 15,/. 2. 



Oct. — Dec. Rudloe, Wilts. 



About the size of a horse bean, rufous, with the interstices of the minute 

 warts of a light yellow tint, from the exposure of the internal substance ; 

 cells minute ; sporidia at first broadly oblong-elliptic with a large globose 

 nucleus and a number of minute granules ; in one specimen the sporidia 

 were slightly elongated, with one large and two small nuclei. Smell strong. 

 Sporidia '0217 m.m. long, '0129 m.m. broad. {Fig. 352.J 



Gen. 318. 



Fig. 353. 



GENEA, Yitt. 



N.H. xiii.;?. 356. BerJc. Outl. p. o77. 



Common integument warty, with 

 an aperture at the apex ; hyme- 

 nium waved and sinuated, but not 

 forming an intricate mass ; asci 

 cylindrical ; sporidia subglobose, 

 or elliptical. — Vitt. Tub. p. 27. 

 Tul. Hyp. p. 118. BerJc. Ann. 



(Fig. 353.) 



