Podctxo7i] III. LYCOPERDACE^ (Smith). 465- 



2. P. mossamedensis Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 17. f. 23. and t. 19. 

 figs. 1, 2, 3. 



MossAMKDES.— In sandy thickets on the banks of the river Maiombo ; 

 Oct. 1859. No. 149. 



LoANDA. — Frequent in meadows and sandy maritime pastures near 

 Penedo, and in Praia de Zamba Grande, near Loanda ; Dec. 1853 and 

 Feb. 1858. No. U9(t. 



3. P. elatus Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 19. figs. 4, 5, 6. 



HuiLLA. — Very sparse in sandy mixed woods (i.e. of Protccr,.. 

 Myrtacea', Strychnos, Combretum, Acacia, CasalphiHi, etc.) between 

 LopoUo and Monino ; Jan. 1860. No. 148. 



2. SPH^RICEPS Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 290. 



1. S. lignipes Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 290. t. 18. fig. 2. 



MossAMEDES. — In sandy thickets, composed chiefly of Tamarix, on 

 the banks of the river Caroca, near Cabo Negro, about 16° S. lat.,. 

 about 12 miles from the sea ; Sept. 1859. No. 150. 



3. TYLOSTOMA Per.s. Syn. Meth. Fung. p. 139 (1801). 

 1. T. angolense Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 20. figs. 10, 11. 

 MossAMEDES. — Very rare. On sandy hills covered with Euphorbia- 



bellica Hiern, to the south of Mossamedes ; July 1859. No. 147. 



4. GEASTER Mich. Nova Plant. Gen. p. 220, 1729. 



1. G.mirabilis Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4. vol. iii. p. 139. t. 6. fig. 8, 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — Rare and sparse in the shady primitive woods of 



Serra de Alto Queta at a place called Casengue, on fallen leaves and 

 bark, also on rotten trunks ; Aug. 1856. On rotten trunks in the 

 primitive woods of Quisucula and near Casengue ; April 1856. No. 107.. 



2. G. fimbriatus Fr. Syst. Myc. iii. p. 16 (1829). 



PuNGO AxDONGO. — Rare, on the ground near the river Casalale in 

 the Praesidium ; Dec. 1856. No. 108. 



5. LYCOPERDON Tourn. Inst. Rei Herb. p. 563 (1700). 



1. L. bicolor Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 290. t. 20. fig. 12. 

 HuiLLA. — In very damp woody pastures between LopoUo and 



Empalanca ; May 1860. No. 146. 



2. I. caespitosum Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 289. t. 20. figs. 1, 2. 

 HuiLLA. — Gregarious in upland poor meadows of Morro de Lopollo ;: 



April 1860. No. 145. 



3. L. golungense Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 20. fig. 13. 

 GoLTJNGO Alto. — At the base of decayed trunks in the elevated 



woods of the mountain Cungulungulo ; Feb. 1855. No. 118. 



4. L. asperrimum Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 20. figs. 3, 4, 14. 

 MOSSAMEDES. — In sandy thickets on the margin of Lagoa de Giraiil 



in a brackish place ; July 1859. No. 142. In sandy meadows near 

 Maiombo, on the banks of the river ; Oct. 1859. No. 144. Currey 

 says, I.e., " No. 144 seems to be the same .species, but exhibits no spines 

 on the peridium." Though evidently an older specimen than No. 142,. 



