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geneis obsitum. Eamulis fertiles septati, cornei ramosi, bi- vel trifidi, 

 apice ramuli subverticillatis, et sporis simplicibus heterogeneis in 

 capitula conglobatis ornati. Sporse acrogenge, beterogense, simplices, 

 (unilocukres) ; [episporio simplici diapbano, intus nucleo et guttulis 

 oleos'°s repletoj." 



Wben young tbe stem is quite smootb ; soon tbe fibres of wbicb 

 it is composed separate more or less and become patent ; some 

 remain sbort and simple, resembling bairs ; otbers increase in 

 lengtb, become brancbed, and bear at their apices the heads of 

 conidia. 



