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LalMyettc, Oct-lur ](-. T.Kin. hy Dr. .1. C Aitliiu. Tlireo siH'ciiiieiis of this 

 collcclinii Imvc Ik'cm iircsrrvcd. 'lliis is n ciininuii iinrf-l);ill mi tlic i)lains 

 west of tile .Mississi|i|ii Kivcr. aiiil occurs also in tiii- Kim ky .Moiiiitaiiis ami 

 (lu tlie racilii- Sloiic. 1 liavc collected it in Colorado west of the conti- 

 nental divide. In T.ii ."! I.loyd wrote that lie had not seen sitecimens of this 

 plant froiii an.\ stati'Ui farlhei' east tlian ChicauM. 111. Peck, however, in 

 his Annual Jteport of the \. \'. State .Miiseniu for 1! nl ie|iorts it from 

 ("rown I'oint. X. V. His specimens were unsatisfactory and yet lie con- 

 sidered them to lie this species. With the exception of I'eck's .\ew 

 York locality <iurs seems to be at the eastern limit of dist rilnition. The 

 sitecies is notahle in the clia''acter of li'th iieiudiviu and capilliiiuni. I'eck"s 



figuiflj. MVCENASTRl'M .SPIN LL( ISI .M 



Showinii the .■itoUatc .splitting of the pendium and the unequal .spreatlinj; of tlic ra.\ .-. 'l'hi> 

 srccin'on is 12 oni. in diameter. 



description of (he peridiuii! as thick, lirni. and icourd-like is well e.xpressed. 

 as is also his leference to tli' Inriii of rupture as a stellate splitting' from 

 above followed by an iineipial spreadiiii; and relle.xin^^ of the rtiys. (StH' 

 I'"!;: .'! I . One of the spccinie: s in our Indian, i cnjleclinn was not ru|>tured 

 but the other two show the diaracleristic rurm. 'I'lie peridiiiui is liy;,n-o- 

 scopic, wliiili often causes the rays to iiiider.iio sullicient niovenu'nt to result 

 in a nioveuieut of the whole idant. Thv' cajiillit iuiii consists of sejiarate 

 threads of eompai ati\-cl,\ laruc dlanieter. Id lU ". which are set with 

 prominent spin.\- points. The spcu'es .are also Jarue. 1(1-12 /', slJLriitly 

 rou!,'li. «iid wilhoiil evident po<licels. The siiort'-iuass is a rich ehoeohito- 



