FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



N. 0. 267. FELICES. 



Marattia alata, W., of Jamaica and Polynesia. 

 Pteris esculent a, Suz. Esculent-Brake of Australasia. 



Cibotium billardieri ? . . 1 - T 

 41 1-, ? > 01 lasmama. 



Alsophila ? J 



N. O. 273. LICHENES. 



Cetraria icelandica, Ach Iceland Moss* 



Cetraria nivalis, Ach. Snow Citraria of North Europe. 



Lecanora esculenta. 



Lecanora qffinis. 



Stricta pulmonacea, Ach. Liverwort Stricta. The Kirghiz Tartars 

 also eat an undetermined lichen under the name of Earth-bread. 



N. O. 274. FUNGI. 



Agaricus species, furnishing " Mushrooms ;" principally A. campes- 

 tris, Linn. Common Mushroom of English meadows ; A. Georgii, 

 Sowerby, St. George's Agaric, and A. Prunulus, Csesalp. French 

 Mushroom. 



Boletus esculentuSy Per. of Britain. 



Cyttaria darwinii, of Terra del Fuego. 



Cyttaria berteroi, of Chili. 



Exidia hispidula, of China. 



Morchella esculenta., Pers. Esculent Morel of Europe. 



Mylitta australis t of Van Dieman's land, weighs from 1 Ib. to 1 1 Ibs,, 

 and is called " Native bread." 



Tuber astivum, of France. 



Tuber cibarium, Sibth. Common Tuffle of Europe. 



Tuber melanospermum, of France. 



N. O. 276. ALG^E. 



Chondrus mamillosus 1 ~ n, 



Chondrus crispus . . . . / C *& Moss - 



IfUrvillcea utilis, of Chili. 



Fucus, species. 



Gigartina speciosa, of Swan river. 



Gelidium corneum, forming the Bird's nests eaten by the Chinese. 



Gracilaria lichenoides t Ceylon Moss. 



Gradlaria spinosa, Agar-Agar of the Eastern Archipelago an,d 

 China. 



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