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characteristic in the form of the hymenial surface. The natural 

 lines of cleavage appear in many instances to be at right angles to 

 the present system and to be determined by histological rather 

 than morphological characters. 



De Pauw University, 



Greencastle, Indiana. 



K^planatiou of plate 24- 



The figure shows one of the plants pendent from a horizontal branch. The base 

 of the branch is to the left. The part of the pileus toward the observer is slightly out 

 of focus in order to bring the teeth of the opposite under side sharply into view. Mag- 

 nified 1-4 -[- . The photograph was made by one of my pupils, Paul Collins. 



