374 
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| "Bull. 32 and 475, B. D, Me-Schagf. 185, 186-Bolt, 117: d. 
greenish grey when older. 
ORYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI: Lycoperdon. (3) Near! 
SAMA AEDNGL: Laeapitton (8) Nest 
“ Often grows in clustéfs)° Sometimes the lower part tapers 
so much as to form a kind ‘of ‘stem; its ‘surface is smooth, or 
granulated, or scurfy, About'the sizeof-a pigeon’s egg. But. 
LIARD. avin aeenel 
On old turf, common. 
Var. 4. peareshaped. Running insensibly into the preceding 
and succeeding varieties. 
—Mich, 97. 5-Tourn. 331, As Bo-F. Bz ili. 848. 2- 
One to 9 inches or more in diameter. | 'Tapering. at the 
base, sometimes.so.as to.give:.a stem-like appearance. Surface 
smooth; or granulated or rough as if prickly. Substance within 
grey, changing to brown., Butrarp. In clusters. _ About 14 
inch high, and 3 diameter. Pear-shaped, puckered towards the 
" goot, not filled with dust, therefore easily compressible. Brown 
on the outside, thick set-and. rough with rising dark brown pro- 
Minencies, on a ground of a bghter brown... Inside covered 
with a soft woolly substance, amongst which the dust is lodged. 
A receptacle, or more solid.tuft of the same woolly substance 
also rises up in the middle'from the root. Snchis the descrip. 
tion of the smaller specimens, the larger ones are shaped like the 
head of a knobbed walking stick; varying greatly in size, 
from 1 to 2 inches high, and from 4 to 1$ in the greatest dia- 
meter; bursting at the top. Colour. white. ‘Surface studded 
with ane papilla, of different heights, some blunt, others 
inted and black at the points. Studs on thé stem part much 
fewer than on the globular part. Jside white when young, 
The bulbous ‘part more solid, the 
stem part more cellular. : 
Lycop. Bovista. y Hups. € Hups. L. Bovista. 2. LIGHTF. 
Pastures, Edgbaston. Aug.—Oct. 
“Nearly allied to this is another sort which I have observed 
in old pasture land in the month of May, after much rain: This 
is perfectly stemless, but rather puckered towards the root; 3 
inches high, and as much in diameter at the top, which is flatted 
and set with pointed papilla radiated at the base. ‘Thereis a 
small! v within just above the base, . ‘The shape is exactly 
that of Bull. 450, f. 1, but he describes his as being smooth. 
Var. 5, winter.? Plaited at the bottom; turban-shaped ; 
_ with or without a stém, 
Bull. 72, and¥75, E-Sebaff. 186, 190-Bolt. 117. a. 
____When ripe and shedding its seeds, there appears like a parti- 
__ tion between the upper globular, and the lower stem-like part 5 
