I'TNGI COLLECTKII AT THK CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 1:75 



conjunctis; margine eterili; hyraenio obscuriore ; poris elongatis ; coii- 

 textu molli. 



Hab. — Foot of Table Mountain ; Eaton. Oq dea;! wood apparently 

 sunk into the ground. 



About 3 inches wide, 1 inch long ; pores g'^ inch wide. The 

 margin varies in the degree of obtuseness. Allied to D. unicolor, Fr. 



Genus Stereuin, Fr. 



18. S. hirsutum, Fr. 



Hab. — Grounds of Government House, and base of Table Moun- 

 tain. Abundant ; Eaton. 



19. S. vorticosum, Fr. 



Hab. — Foot of Table Mountain ; Eaton. 



A form rather paler than that described by Fries, judging from the 

 dried specimens ; but exactly intermediate between S. purpureum, Fr., 

 and S. hirsutum, Fr. 



Genus Tremella, Fr. 



20. T. epigcBa, B. & Br. Refer Ann. of Nat. Hist., October, 1848, 

 no. 373. 



Hab. — On the gravel at the base of the steps in front of the 

 dining-room window of Government House, growing sparingly upon 

 the clayey sand, between the stones. Colour dirty white, resembling 

 paste ; Eaton. 



So far as I can judge from the specimens in spirits and glycerine, 

 it is not essentially different from the British species, though slightly 

 dingy in colour. 



Genus Hirneola, Fr. 



21. H. rufa, Fr. Syn. Exidia ru/a, B., Ann, of Nat, Hist, x., 

 p. 384. 



Hab. — Base of Table Mountain ; Etn. Also Royalty Islands and 

 New Caledonia ; Mr. Brazier. Eaten, like some other species of 

 Hirneola, by the Chinese. 



Genus Scleroderma, P. 



22. S. vulgare, Fr. 



Genus yEthalium, Lk. 



23. jE. sepUctim, Fr. 



Hab. — Bursting through the bark of a tree in the grounds of 

 Groote Schuur, Rondebosch, the Governor's country seat. July 28 ; 

 Eaton. 



Genus Stemonitis, Gled. 



24. S. fusca, Roth. 



Hab.— Groote Schuur. July 28 ; Eaton. 



Genus Puecinia, P. 



25. P. graminis, P. 



Hab. — Foot of Table Mountain ; Eaton. 



Genus Tricholasis, Lev. 

 25a. 2\ ruhigo-vera, Lev., Cooke. 

 Hab. — On species of Oxalis, foot of Table Mountain ; Eaton. 



Genus ^cidium, P. 



26. ^. leguminosarum, Reb. 



Hab. Foot of Table Mi)untain : Eaton. 



