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farctus," with one species Granitlaria pisiformis, which he fully 

 describes and figures. This is unquestionably a Nidularia, as 

 this genus was called until Otto Kuntze restored Gramilaria to its 

 proper place in 1891. Roth* himself described and figured two 

 species six years later under the name of Cyatlius farctus, and 

 Cyatlins scutcllaris ; it is possible that these belong to our genus 

 NiJula, but with the imperfect descriptions it is difficult to deter- 

 mine. It is very evident that they are not species of Cyatliia. 



Bulliard,t in 1780 made the first mention of the name Nidu- 

 laria, but he referred it to figures which have been unquestionably 

 proved to be CyatJna Iciitifcra and Criicibuhnn criicibidiforme. 

 Sibthorp % also employed this name for Cyathia kntifera, Cyat/iia 

 hirsni a dind Criicibuhuii cnicibidiforinc. In 1817 NeesJ described 

 and figured Nidularia granulifcra, but although he gives a colored 

 plate, it is difficult to form a correct idea of his plant. Two years 

 later Ehrenberg || described and figured Nidularia globosa which 

 he says resembles Cyathus farctus Roth and Cyatlius deformis 

 Willd.^ but agrees with neither. About this time, 1 8 1 8, Schweinitz 

 described from North Carolina Cvathus pidviiiatus, which, though 

 unfortunately none of the original material remains except some 

 of the wood on which it grew, is evidently a true Grauularia and is 

 a fairly common species in our own country, and the only clear and 

 definite one of the whole tangled thread of the present history. 



The family Nidulariaceae was established by Fries in 1822. 

 Under the section ''Nidularia,'' he gives seven species, five of 

 which are the above-quoted ones of Nees, Schweinitz, Roth, Ehren- 

 berg and Willdenow ; the last one, Nidularia denudata Fr. & 

 Nordh. ** appears from the description to be a true Grauularia, 

 while the third species which he gives as Nidularia farcta he refers 

 to Ray's ft "O- 21, which is the first mention of Crucibidum cruci- 

 bidiforme. 



*Cat. Bot. I : ly]. pi. 7. f. 2. 1797. 



t Herb. Fr. //. 4SS. 



JFlor. Ox. 393. 1794. 



^. Syst. Pilze. 139 note. //. 13. f- 133c. 1S17. 



II Sylv. Myc. Berol. 16, 2S./. S. 1819. 



\ Ust. Bot. Mag. 2 : 14. p!. 3. f. S. 1788. 



** Symb. Gaster. 4. 1817-18. 



ft Syn. 20. />/. /. / 2. 



