ON THE AFFINITY AND POSITION OF RYPARIA. 233 
quantity in ordinary soils, but are accumulated by plants in consider- 
able quantity, notably in their seeds and most actively growing parts. 
From what we have learnt of the mode of nutrition of Fungi, they may 
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Grasses. I am inclined to think that some of the nitrogen of the 
Lycoperdon exists in the form of nitrates, and that in this way their 
igh tempe 
Composition or Lycoperdon giganteum. 
In the fresh When per- 
state. fectly dry. 
Water ee ee ee PO ree 
Fat, oil and resinous matter. . 00 datos kz: 4:4 41200 
Albuminoids << ccscabed toe OES oo BOE 
Cellulose or fungin, &c. en BG ase ce @ HALES 
Ash or mineral matter . . . Oe ag 7°44 
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ON THE AFFINITY AND POSITION OF RYPARIA, Bi. 
By 8S. Kunz. 
interesting to systematists. : ‘ 
The presence of petals, the scales, and the parietal placentation 
