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Ptilota Eatoni, n. sp. — Pinnae opposite, unequal ; the pinnules of 

 the shorter pinnoe and the lower pinnules of the longer are subulate, 

 simple, and mostly composed of a single series of large cells ; the 

 favellcB are terminal and surrounded by an involucre of 4 to 5 pecti- 

 nate ramuli. Attains a height of five to six inches. 



Melobesia Kerguelena, n. sp. — Simple, slightly concave, attached by 

 the centre of the convex surface ; margin smooth, sparingly undulate ; 

 keramidia numerous, mostly in concentric lines ; substance thick and 

 hard. Attains a diameter of two and a half inches. The colour is 

 mostly very pale buff variegated with pale red. 



DESCRIPTION OE A NEW SPECIES OF AGARIC UB FROM 

 KERGUELEN ISLAND. 



By the Rev. M. J. Beekelet, M.A., F.L.S. 



Five species of Fungi were collected in Kerguelen Island during 

 the stay of the English Transit of Venus Expedition, October, 1874, 

 to February, 1875. The following was previously unknown :— 



Agaeicus ( Qalera) Keeouelensis, n.sp. 



Caespitosus, fulvus ; pileo e breviter campanulato convexo, Isevi, 

 carnuloso ; margine tenui, striate ; stipite sequali, apice pulverulento- 

 granulato ; lamellis distantibus, ventricosis, adnatis. 



Hae. — Amongst moss in a bog near Vulcan Cove. January, 1876 ; 

 Eaton. 



Csespitose, attached byjabundant mycelium. Pileus \ inch across ; 

 stem nearly 1 inch high, ^-f line thick ; principal gills about 12 

 in number, shortly but truly adnate, and not in the least degree de- 

 current. 



It is far more fleshy than any variety of A . hypnorum, to which 

 it is doubtless allied closely ; and while agreeing, in the comparative 

 fewness of the gills, with A . emlolus, it differs from this species in the 

 mode of their attachment. 



SHORT NOTES. 



Naias FLExiLis IN Peethshiee (sco Joum. Bot. 1875, p. 297). — On 

 the 13th of August last I accompanied my friend Mr. Robb, of "Wor- 

 cester College, Oxford, for a few days' botanisingamongthe aquatic plants 



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