200 FUNGI. [Peziza. 



— Spreading for two or three inches over beach chips. Cups i of a 

 line broad, sometimes irregular proliferous, moderately close depressed, 

 sessile, but occasionally elongated at the base, villous, border white sub- 

 connivent, beneath pale dirty-yellow, at length moderately expanded ; 

 disc brown black not at all blue ; Jnjmenium very thin, much paler than 

 the black flesh ; suhiculum loosely interwoven at first dirty-white, then 

 in patches pale yellow, the border of the cups however is permanently 

 snow-white. Asci short, obtuse, thick. When dry the younger indi« 

 viduals have much the appearance of SplicBria ovina. 



61. P. B6s(B, Pers. {rose-hranch Peziza); sessile subcoria- 

 ceous concave subtomentose, bright- brown as well as the to- 

 mentose subiculum. Ptrs. Ob. 2. />. 82. Fr, Sijst. Myc. v. 2. 



21. 109. Sder. Suec. ! n. 252 Myrothecium hispidumy Tod. 



Meek. 1./. 41. 



On dry branches of Jiosa canina. Appin, Captain Carmicliael — 

 Forming small roundish patches on the branches, sometimes surrounding 

 them. 



62. P.fusca, Pers. (broicn crowded Peziza) ; sessile cups con- 

 cave smooth towards the margin brown, at length depressed 

 cinereous fixed by hairs to a broad tomentose dark-brown subi- 

 culum. Pas. Syn. p. 657. Myc. Eur. v. 2. p. 272. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. 2. p. 109. Scler. Sued 7i. 292. Grev, ! Scot.Crypt. 

 Fl. t, 192. — P. pruni avium, Pers. 3Iyc. Eur. v. 2. p. 273. 



On fallen branches in moist situations. Spring. Appin, Captain 

 Carmichael. Lasswade, Dr. G;-etv7/e.— Spreading in patches 2 inches 

 or more wide. 



Subgenus 8. Fibrina {h'om Jihra, afbre). Waxy or coria- 

 ceous, fihriUose or striated ivith scattered adpressed fibres. 



63. P. boldris, Batscli, (led-ochre Peziza) ; infundibuliform, 

 cup hemispherical fibrilloso-venous subochraceous ; disc brown, 

 stem at length blackish. Batsch, Cont. 1./. 155. Fr. SysL 

 Myc.v. %p. 112. 



On dry fallen branches. Autumn. Appin, Captain Carmicliael. — 

 Stem very variable in length ; in the same groupe 1—2 lines or more 

 high. Cup 1 — 2 lines broad, when young villous, soon however losing, 

 its vlllosity. 



Series III. Phialea (from pa^n, a broad shallow cup). Waxy 

 or membranaceous, rarely gelatinous, smooth, naked. 



Subgenus 9. Hymenoscypha (from i^/xjjy, a membrane, and 

 c-Avpc, a cup). Cup submembranaceovs, distinctly stipitate. Hy- 

 meniwn distinct, thicker than the receptacle. 



64. P. firma, Pers. (ochrey-brown Peziza) ; cup infundi- 

 buliform at length dilated repand ochrey-brown, stem long- 

 attenuated downwards at length blackish. Pers. Syn. p^. 658. 

 Fr Sfjsf. Mi/c. V. 2. p. 117. P. ochroleuca, Bolt. t. 105./. 1. 

 Sow. t. 115. With. V. 4. p. 306. Ptirt. v. 2 ^ 8. «. 1032. 

 Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 422. 



