Pl. cell. aph. 9. GASTEROMYCE. 229. Bovista. 583 
‘Lycoperdon arrhizon, Batsch Fung. 239. 
Lycoperdon globosum, Bolton Fung. 118. 
Lycoperdon Bovista, Lin, S. P. 1653; Sowerby Fungi, 331. 
Bovista nigrescens, Persoon Syn. 136, 1. 
In shady woods; autumn. 
Sporangium an inch and half in diameter. 
3. Bovista gigantea. A; Giant bull-fist. 
Sporangium globular, pale-whitish; scales scattered, 
scarcely distinguishable. ‘ 
Lycoperdon giganteum, Batsch Fung. 135. 
Lycoperdon maximum, Scheffer Bau. 4, 130. 
Lycoperdon Bovista, Bulliard Champ. 154. 
Bovista gigantea, Esenbeck Syst. 2, 34. 
In grassy places; autumn. 
Sporangium from 5 inches to 2 feet in diameter, at first 
white, afterwards reddish straw-colour; root very slender. 
XXIX. 230. LYCOPERDON. Tournefort. Puff-ball. 
Sporangium nearly globular, often narrowed at bottom 
into a stemlike appearance, rooting; peridium mostly spi- 
nous or scaly, becoming chaffy, vanishing, bursting at the 
tip ; sporidia in heaps, scattered among the flocci, green.— 
Grows on the ground. 
1. Lycoperdon celatum. Latticed puff-ball. 
Sporangium globular, conical at the bottom, plaited, 
brownish-grey, scales rather broad. 
Lycoperdon gemmatum, Scheffer Fung. 4, 130. 
Lycoperdon areolatum, Scheffer Fung. 4, 190. 
Lycoperdon celatum, Bulliard Champ. 156. 
Lycoperdon Bovista, Persoon Syn, 141. 
Spunk. 
In grassy places; autumn. 
Sporangium about 4 inches in diameter ; the bottom part 
prepared by beating is used as tinder. 
2. Lycoperdon pratense. Meadow puff-ball. 
Sporangium hemispherical, snow-white, soft; warts few, 
scattered ; stem very short. 
Lycoperdon Preteus cepiforme, Bull. Champ. 143. 
Lycoperdon papillatum, Scheff. Bav. A, 127. 
Lycoperdon pratense, Persoon Syn. 142, 3. 
On grassy hills after rain; summer. 
Sporangium about an inch and half broad; sunk in the 
ground one half its depth. 
