AND YOLVA. 553 



his immortal F/nlosophia Botaiiica into 

 12 chapters and36'5 sections, and reckoned 

 seven parts of fructification as well as seven 

 species of calyx. 



7. Voha^f. 153. Wrapper, or covering of tho 

 Fungus tribe, of a membranous texture, 

 concealing their parts of fructification, and 

 in due time burstins; all round, forming; a 

 ring upon the stalk, as m Agaricus prO' 

 cents, Sowerh. Fung. t. IQO, and A, cam- 

 pestris, the Common Mushroom, f, 305 ; 

 such at least is the oris^inal meanino; of 

 this term, as explained in the Phtl. BoL ; 

 but it has become more generally used, 

 even by Linnaeus himself, for the more 

 fleshy external covermg of some other 

 Fungi, which is scarcely raised out of the 

 ground, and enfolds the whole plant when 

 young, f. 154. See Agaricus volvaceus, 

 t, 1, and Lycoperdon fomicatum, t. 198 ; 

 also the very curious L. phalloides, t. 390, 

 now made a distinct genus by the learned 

 Persoon, under the name of Batarrea 

 phalloides. 



