64 AMONGST THE GRASS. 
often divided a little way down. Itis difficult to determine the 
line which separates it from C. fusiformis. 
The other species (C. inequalis) is very variable inform, some 
of the clubs being simple and others forked, but none of them dis- 
coloured at the tips. Its substance is more brittle, and the clubs 
do not become hollow. Itis not uncommon amongst grass, es- 
pecially in woods. 
Fig. 4. 
Of the clay-coloured species C. argillacea is the 
largest, and the brittle clubs have a shining yellow 
stem ; whereas C. tenudpes has inflated and wrinkled 
clubs (fig. 4.), and a very slender stem. Altogether 
the latter species scarcely exceeds an inch in 
height. Both are found on heaths. 
Finally the two white species are C. vermiculata and C. fragilis. 
The first of these is very common on lawns and pastures and al- 
ways white.* The clubs are cylindrical and rather attenuated at 
the tips, not exceeding three inches in length. They certainly 
resemble a tuft of fairy candles, and would make a very good stew 
if they were not so small. The clubs are never coloured or hollow, 
whereas in C. fragilis, the clubs are cylindrical and hollow, often 
yellowish, with a white stem, exceedingly fragile. Both are rather 
common, but the latter prefers meadows to upland pastures, and 
there is very little difference in their relative sizes. It would be 
difficult by means of woodcuts to give a distinct notion of the speci- 
fic difference in some of these little plants, as somuch depends 
upon the colour, but by the exercise of a little care and patience 
it may not be impossible to recognize them by the brief characters 
here given. 
This chapter having already attained its limit, the branched 
species, belonging to this genus, must form the subject of a future 
communication. 
M. CO. Cooxe. 
* Gathered last autumn on Naphill Common.—Ep. 
