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berculate, and hence very rough GREV. Crypt. Fl t. 39. S. 

 ruffosa, GREV. Fl. Edin. 364. 



Hah. Parasitic on Potyporus abietinus, in the plantation 

 above the Retreat ; and in Blackadder plantations, Ber- 

 wickshire. 



I think this is not specifically distinct from the preceding. 



35. S. epispharia, capsules minute, scattered, arterial blood-red, 

 glossy, soft, ovate, becoming cupped PERS. Syn. 57. GREV. 

 Crypt. Fl. t. 175. f. 2. 



Hob. On Spharia stigma, scattered over the surface like 

 miniature garnets, frequent. 



In the collapsed and cupped state, this minute species resem-* 

 bles a Peziza. Allied to S. sanguinea, yet distinct. 



j- ( -|- -j- Parasitical in seed-vessels. 



36. S. conigena, capsules very minute, black, bursting through 

 the epidermis. Bot. Gall. ii. 705. S. strobilina, HOOK. Scot. ii. 8. 

 MOUG. and NEST., No. 572. 



Hob. On dead cones of Pinus abies, common. 



" Growing on the outside of the scale, and confined to that 

 part which is exposed when the scales are upon the cone." 

 HOOKER. Very often there is nothing visible except nu- 

 merous minute black points penetrating the epidermis, but 

 frequently the spots are a little larger, probably from the 

 confluence of two or three of the lesser ones. 



The capsules of the ash and the prickles of the rose are much 

 infested with a Sphceria, which it would be more curious 

 than useful to distinguish from S. conigena. 



"f" "H" "M" O n s te ms of herbaceous plants. 



37. S. patella^ capsules scattered, black, subglobose, cupped, 

 the margin rounded PERS. Syn. 76. HOOK. Scot. ii. 7- GREV. 

 Fl. Edin. 353. Heterospharia patella, GREV. Crypt. Fl. t. 103. 



Hab. On dead stems of the larger Umlelliferce, common 

 near Berwick during the winter months. 



38. S. acuta, capsules gregarious, glossy black, subglobular, 

 collapsing with age, pointed with a central, rather thick cylindrL 



