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26. C. fragilis, Holinsk. ; fasciculate or gregarious ; very 

 brittle; club hollow, obtuse^ variable, attenuated and white 

 below. — Holmsk. i, p. 7, with a figure ; Sow. t. 90, 232. 



In meadows, gardens, etc. Not so common as the last. 

 Sowcrby's plant, t. 90, is inflated ; t. 232 is slender and more 

 cylindrical, while Bolt. t. Ill represents a subulate form. 

 Occasionally the plant is yellow, but always rcmarkal)le for its 

 extreme brittleness. 



** Cliohs distinct at the base. 



27. C. pistillaris, L. ; large, simple, fleshy, stuffed, every- 

 where smooth, obovato-clavate, obtuse, at length rufous. — 

 Huss. i. t. G2. 



In woods. Not common. Kent, Mrs. Hussey. King's 

 Clifle, etc. At first white or yellowish, 



28. C. contorta, Fr. ; simple, bursting through the bark, 

 stuffed, between spongy and fleshy, somewhat twisted, wrin- 

 kled, obtuse, pruinose, watery-yellow or dirty-white. 



On fallen branches. Rare. Graeedieu, etc. The eruni- 

 pent habit easily distinguishes this curious species. 



29. C. Ardenia, Sow. ; simple, very long, inerassated up- 

 wards, hollow; apex obtuse and excavated, ferruginous, then 

 bright brown, tomentose at the base, rootless. — Sow. t. 215. 



On fallen branches. Very rare. Principally in the southern 

 counties. 



30. C. juneea, Fr. ; gregarious, slender, filiform, flaccid, 

 nearly equal, fistulose, acute, pallid, then reddish-brown, 

 creeping at the base and fibrillose. — Bull. t. 463. /. H. 



Amongst leaves, in woods. Sometimes very abundant. 



31. C. acuta, Soiv. ; quite simple, straight, white; club 

 distinct, acuminate, pruinose ; stem cylindrical, equal. 



On soil, in garden-pots. Not common. Sometimes rather 

 obtuse. 



