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47. P. adnsta C. d- P. On burnt ground. Gregarious or scattered. Cups 

 suhglobose, then open and hemisplierical, at length ph\ue, (1 line,) some- 

 what irregular when dry, brown, with a few radiating fibrils at the 

 base ; disc amber yellow ; Asci cylindrical, sporidia elli^jtic, binucle- 

 ate (.OOOoG x 00033 in.), paraphyses clavate, brownish. New York 

 (Peck.) 



4:8. P. hiimosa Fr. On the ground. N. Eng. (Frost). 



4J). P. araneosa Bull. Nazareth (Schw.). 



50. P. leiii'Oloma Hedw. Amongst moss. X. Y. (Peck). Car. (Schw.). 



61. P. rutilaus -F/'. On the ground. Car. (Schw.). 



52. P. rubricosa Fr. On earth. Car. (Schw.). N. Y. (Peck). 



53. P. g'luniaruiu Desm. On rotting chaff. N. Eng. (Frost). 



54. P. ollaris i'V. In pine woods. Car. (Schw.). Conn. (Wright). 

 o-"}. P. coiivexula Pers. {P. chrysophthalma Gerard). N. Y. (Gerard). 



56. P. cremoricoloi* i?. Ou human ordure. Minute, flattened, pallid (1. line), 

 paraphyses linear. Sporidia elliptic, even (.0006 in.). Car. (Curt.). 



67. P. spissa 5(;r/i. On the ground. Cups irregular (p^ in.) margin lobed ; 

 disc thick, bay, stem very short, whitish, sporidia elliptic, binucleate 

 (.00057 in.). Ala. (Peters). 



58. Peziza Gerardi Cooke {Peziza violacea Gerard). On the ground. Vio- 



laceous, sessile, fleshy. Cups hemispherical then flattened (3 lines 

 broad), externally greyish violet, disc brighter. Asci cylindrical (.33 

 m. m. long). Sporidia fusiform (.033 — 035 x .008 — 009 m. m.), with a 

 central nucleus, paraphyses filiform, clavate at the tips. N. Y. (Ger- 

 rard). 



Series II. LACHNEA. 



Sect. 1. S.\RCOSCYPHAE, 



68^. P. coccinea Jacq. On fallen limbs. Car. (Curt.). N. Y. (Peck). 



59. P. floccosa Sckw. On fallen limbs. N. Y. (Peck). Ohio (Lea.). 



00. P. occideutalis -ScAm. On branches. Ohio (Lea.; Schw.). 



01. P. toinentosa Schw. On wood. Car. (Schw.). 



02. P. semitosta B. & C. On the ground. Uniber, internally bay brown. 



Cup hemispherical (l^^ inch), produced into a rugose costate stem, 

 margin inflesed, externally velvety, sporidia subfusiform, granulated 

 (.00117 in.). Penn. (Mich.). 



03. P. piibida B. & C. On the ground. Cups crowded, hemispherical (^^ 



inch), margin inflexed externally and short stem velvety, paraphyses 

 brown sporidia fusiform, granulated (.001 — 0015 in.). Ala. (Peters). 



04. P. hirtipes CotfA'g. On branches. Fleshy, cupshaped.substipitate. Cup 



(1-3 in.) hemispherical, dark brown, pubescent, margin incurved, disc 

 paler, stem very short, nearly obsolete, attached by long shining, black 

 hairs. Asci cylindrical, sporidia elliptical, paraphyses simple or fur- 

 cate. Maine (H C. B.). 

 65. P. styg'ia B. & C. Sides of moist banks. Small, black, cup turbinate, 

 externally slightly hispid (J-^ inch), disc plano-concave, dark oliva- 

 ceous, stem long, rooting, paraphyses linear, curved at the tips ; spor- 

 idia globose, even. Car. (M. J. B.). 



