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bably adventitious, and the species differs from the true 

 S. mammiformis in no other character. 



30. S. spermoides, capsules closely crowded, opake-black, globu- 

 lar, roughish, corneous, with a very minute papilliform orifice 

 PERS. Syn. 75. HOOK. Scot. ii. 7. GREV. FL Edin. 363. Crypt. 

 Fl. t. 6. S. bombardica, BOLT. Fung. t. 122. f. 2. Sow. Fung. 

 t. 372. f. 4. Lycoperdon nigrum, LIGHTF. Scot. 1069. t, 31, lower 

 figure. 



Hab. On decayed branches and stumps of ash, deprived of 

 its bark, not common. 



The capsules are about the size of a common pin's head. 



31. S. pulvis-pyrius, capsules closely crowded, black, minute, 

 globular, roughish, and more or less furrowed at the top PERS. 

 Syn. 86. HOOK. Scot. ii. 8. GREV. Fl. Edin. 365. Crypt. Fl. 

 t. 152. f, 2. 



Hab. On bare wood, especially on loped hazel, in rough 

 continuous irregular spots. 



The capsules are one-half less than the preceding, but in 

 other respects the species are much alike. 



32. S. sanguinea, capsules minute, scattered or clustered, ar- 

 terial blood-red, smooth, ovate, with a papillary apex BOLT. 

 Fung. t. 121. f. 1. GREV. Crypt. Fl. t. 175. f. 1. 



Hab. On bare wood or bark. On stumps of fir trees in 

 Blackadder plantations. On dead branches of the broom 

 near Berwick. 



Discharges its contents by the apex in the form of a worm- 

 like white pulp. The interior of the cell is black, and 

 when the upper half has fallen off, the remaining portion 

 resembles a pretty Pezixa. 



33. S. moriformis, capsules gregarious or clustered, obovate, 

 deep black, rough, tuberculate PERS. Syn. 8fi. HOOK. Scot. ii. 

 8. GREV. Fl. Edin. 364. S. claviformis, Sow. Fung. t. 337. 



Hab. On dead fir wood, not common. 



t f t On other Fungi. 



34. S. verucosa, capsules clustered, subglobose, deep black, tu- 



