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SPH.tRIA PAPILl.OSA. 



i HAVE found this plant covering whole trunks of 

 felletl trees that were decaying : my friend the Rev. 

 Mr. Kirby has alfo fent me fpecimens from Barham, 

 Suffolk. Some plants have a marked ring round the 

 mouth, with the appearance of an operculum. '1 his 

 circumllaace is very diltintft in a fpecies brought by 

 Mr. Menzies from Owyhee, which refembles ours in 

 every relpect, except being about twice the fize. I be- 

 lieve this plant has efcaped our Englilh authors, nor 

 have I feen it anywhere figured. 



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 SPH^RIA coMPOsiTA. 



1 FOUND this compound Spha^ria upon a ftick on 

 Kennington-common, Surry. The principal one is 

 for the mort part immerfed in the inner bark, the 

 upper part impreding the cortex, and the mouth pro- 

 truding through the epidermis, often fcarcely vifible, 

 although the tendril is occafionally very confpicuous. 

 The \oungcr ones are placed in the form of fatcllites 

 to a planet on the inner bark, and feem not to be ripe 

 enough for fruaifying. It fomewhat refembles Ma- 

 ma fpor a chryfofperma of Perfoon. 



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HELVELLA hybrid a. 



Sent me by Mr. Roblbn, May 29th, 1797. It is, 

 1 believe, ([uite a new fpecies. The elaltic, tranfverfe, 

 wrinkled, llriated appearance, length of the itipes, and 

 general proportions diltinguilh it from H. efculenfa, 

 tab. :;i. It is much of the fame fubllance and tartc, 

 but perhaps more leathery. 



