CLATHRUS PSEUDOCANCELLATUS. This plant was named from 

 Central Africa. It was orange-red and described as having broad, flattened 

 branches. No figure has been given of it from which any idea whatever can 

 be gained of the general appearance of the plant, nor could I form a much 

 more definite idea from the types in alcohol at Berlin. They were probably 

 originally in formalin as they have lost all definite form. 



Tig. 79. 



CLATHRUS GRACILIS. 



CLATHRUS CIBARIUS (Fig. 78). Color, white. Recep- 

 tacle with smooth, tubular branches and large, pentagonal meshes. 

 Our figure (78) will give an idea of the general appearance of 

 this plant, but not of the size, for the photograph is evidently much 

 reduced. The plant is four or five inches in diameter. It is a very 

 common species in New Zealand, and it occurs rarely in Australia. 

 It also grows in Chile, and a curious form has been collected in 

 Brazil. It is said that the natives of New Zealand formerly em- 

 ployed the plant for food, hence the name. 



CLATHRUS AFFINIS. At the British Museum there is a specimen col- 

 lected by G. A. Ramage, Pernambuco, Brazil, which is certainly a distinct 

 form if not specifically distinct. It has the general appearance of Clathrus 



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