cibarius, but the arms of the upper meshes are narrower than those of the 

 lower, and the latter are somewhat columnar, so that the lower meshes are 

 elongated. 



AFRICAN FORM(?). At the British Museum there is a plant from 

 Africa which, if not a form of Clathrus cibarius, is very close. There is a 

 sketch with it which is yellowish (and I understand that the New Zealand 

 type form is white), but otherwise it seems to be the same. 



CLATHRUS CHRYSOMYCELINUS. 



Fig. 81. 



CLATHRUS PREUSSII. 



CLATHRUS GRACILIS (Fig. 79). Color white or pale. Re- 

 ceptacle large, globose, with large meshes. The branches of the mesh 

 are flattened, very narrow and slender, and vary from 2 to 3 mm. in 

 breadth. Clathrus gracilis is the most common phalloid in Australia. 

 There are numerous collections at Kew, and it reaches me from sev- 

 eral collectors. It is very much like Clathrus cibarius of New Zealand, 

 in fact might be considered as a small form of it. It does not seem 

 to occur in New Zealand. It is reported from South Africa, and at 



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