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Obs. Uterus scssilis , jiriina aetalc omnino claiisiis, suhtcrranciis, ;i(- 

 plus ininusvc ileinersiis. SubslaiUia iilcri iiilcrior iiiilio alliicla, sulxroiii- 

 l)acla , cclliilis minutis elongalis circa j)i'ruruiin cl colmiu-Uam ceiilralcin 

 railioruiu iiislar tlisjiosilis (■Mich. I. c. lab. loo. fig. g); vel cclluli.s 

 inaioribiis rolundalis, jieriilio umrujue aclnalis (Micii. 1. c. fig. e ) , 

 ronflata ; deimini, afliiiiuin ad luorcni, in jndvcrem sjioridiifcruiii , co- 

 loialiiin , fatiscens. Morjihosi.s liacc al)S(juc seiisibili carnis ru|ucscciilia 

 coiilingll. Ill .spocicbus cobiuu'lla jiraciUlis flocci fi'uclHicationis ante 

 iiiorphosim brcvissinii graniiloso-raccino.sl, iniuuiicra sjiorojihora obovata 

 vi\ j)cdiccllala ferciilcs , sub fungi inorpliosi c\ iiitcgro cvanescentes ; 

 sjKiridia iiuimta simi)licia, lolunda , S|ioro|ihoii ajiicc inscrta al)S(i[iio 

 ullo pediccUi vcsligio. In illis contra cohmicUa deslilutis flocci frnctifi- 

 r^tionis iiiimis congesli , longiorcs; scmiiium couceptacnla clavata , loii- 

 gissinie pcdicellata , spoi'idiis intus rcpleta (an sporangia); sporidia rn- 

 I Hilda , iiiaiuscula c granulis ]ihii'il)us composita ac luuupiani iili in 

 reliquis einersa. Peridii cortex, in fungo vivo, dupbci stralo cbinponitur. 

 Stratum exterius fibroso-ooriaceum aut floccoso-inenibranaceiim , icnax , 

 persistans, cuticula nitida subdecldiia, vcl floccis plus ininusvc conlextis 

 (^iiipiiibraiia llocculcnta , Sciimid. I. c), cpidcrniidis ad iiioduiu separa- 

 bilibus , sal)iilo quisipiiliisvc inquinatis obductinn ; inlcrins crassuin , ho- 

 inogeneiiin , fragile , ac pro specici dlvcisilale pulposuni , ccraceo-molle, 

 subcartilaglneuin , subcorneuni. In huius strati peculiar! slructiu'a ratio 

 latet dehiscentiae et vis hygroiTictricae corticls ipsius. Interioris ]ni!pae 

 nior|)hosis in terrac sinu absolula, totus vegelalionis processus, sub liac 

 iihinia vitae periodo, in corlicem convertilur. Quare dum humorc uii- 

 di(pie jirofiinditur cortex, stratum eius interius tumet , expanditur , 

 at(pie in slraluin extcrius huie expansioni ])ropria teiiacilate renitens , 

 insiinul ageiis, eflicit ut cortex ipse ex inlegro a peridio sccedat ac 

 demmu dehiscat. Rumpitur reapse , superveniente praesertim tempestate 

 phivia , peridii cortex, atque in lacinias plus minus regulares ac pro- 

 liindas , radiorum instar ex apice ad uteri basira protcnsas , finditur. 

 Laciniae hae sub contiuuato ciusdem strati interioris incremeulo, iiti in 

 llmum dehiscenlia accidil , pedetenlim aperiuntur , refleclunlnr, talicpie 

 parto in circumanibienlcm luuuiim iiicuinbentcs , globnluin I'nictiferuin 

 decorlicatum ac basi taiituin corlici liaerenlein, singular! naturae arti- 

 ficio, e lerrae sinu extralmnt , in eius superficiem extollunl, fornicisfpie 

 ad modum siilTulciunl. Ajicritur subinde j)eridii os, vcl peridiuni ipsum 



