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to. The character of the coste is 
equally variable, being either highly developed or altogether 
suppressed, with every intermediate condition. The colora- 
tion by iron is very conspicuous in some of the older parts of 
the corallum; and its presence in large quantity has been 
clearly ascertained by my colleague Mr. Thomas Davies, of 
the Mineralogical Department. 
Amphihelia oculata, M.-Edw. 
A single luxuriant example of this common Mediterranean 
form was taken; but it does not possess any marked pecu- 
liarities. 
Sect. PERFORATA. 
Fam. Eupsammidz. 
Dendrophyllia ramea, Blainville. 
Fragments of this magnificent arborescent form were ob- 
served on various occasions in the houses of the residents at 
Setubal; but not having heard of examples being taken so far 
north, I presumed they had been obtained from the Mediterra- 
nean, which sea is the headquarters of this coral. Before the 
yacht’s departure, however, the fishermen brought us, freshly 
taken, with the brilliant orange-coloured polypes scarcely 
dead, huge masses, two feet in length, having some of the 
main branches upwards of three inches 1n thickness. 
The depth at which these specimens were taken is stated to 
have been nearly 100 fathoms. The same statement applies 
also to the example of Amphihelia oculata. 
XLVIII.—Notices of British Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. 
BERKELEY, M.A., F.L.8., and C. E. Broome, Esq., 
F.L.S. 
[Continued from ser. 3. vol. xviii. p. 129.] 
1182. Agaricus (Lepiota) metulespora, B. & Br. in Ceylon 
Fungi, ined. 1 
This species, which at present has been found only once in 
this country by Mr. Broome, and which in external characters 
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