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Fig. 223.- — Ty-LOs'-io-KA al'-bi-cans. (C. ,G. Unwl). 



the partly adherent cortex. The plant is never "smouth" and does not 

 seem to ns to be well described or figured by Miss White. However, we 

 are assured from our study of the t3'pe specmiens and the pliotographs we 

 have made of them that it is the same plant that reaches us from 

 Texas and hence use the name. We have received Australian specimen.s 

 from J. G. O. Tepper that we c?n rot separate from the Texan species. 





Fig. 224.^Ty-i.os'-to-ma pvc-mae'-um. (('. C. l.liyd). 



TYLOS'I'OMA PYCMAEUM. -Peridium uncolnred, dirty whitt with 

 a small, tubular, circular. ])n)lrudiug mouth. Cortex adhering, separating 

 imperfectly, particles adhering to the i)eridiinn, thickened and persistent 

 at the base. Stem slender, jjule, rough, longitudinally striate but noi 

 scaly. Capillilium hyaline, swollen ;it tlie joints. Spores .I niic, st rough. 

 asperate. 



This little species is of a soullu'rn r;uigc in the United States, and in 

 general appearance could be described as a pygmy 'i\vlostoma albicans. 

 It differs from th;U species in its small size and rougher spores. 



