TAB. CCXCIX. 



RHIZOMORPHA spinosa. 



Jr OUND by the Rev. Mr. Harriman. The branches 

 being chiefly at right angles and fomewhat fpinofe, 

 feem to give it a fpecific diftin6lion, as well as the 

 taflel-like fru(5tification, if I may fo call it. 



T A B. CCC. 



MUCOR uRCEOLATus. Dtckf. fafc. 3, tab. 6. With. v. 4, 

 p. 401. ed. 3. 



J. HIS curious producStion may be found in abundance 

 on horfe-dung in damp or dewy mornings or evenings, 

 almoft all the year. At firft it is cylindrical with a fmall 

 yellow head. In a few hours th.c Jiipes inflates towards 

 the top, and becomes pitcher-fliaped, and at the fame 

 time the head gradually changes brown, by degrees it 

 becoming totally black. The plant being arrived at 

 perfection, by its inflation or expanlion it burfts, and 

 projects the head to the diftance of 3 or more inches, 

 probably to difperfe the feeds. 



