ON TRITICUM PUNGENS. 357 
quam naanbee auras totus albus, dein subvinose tinctus, subcylindricus 
aut obconicus, e e bullatus et interdum celluloso-penicelliatus, 
pills anasthalitils ‘igderstlts ad marginem ciliatus. Spore regulatim 
16, interdum plures aa e ad 24?, fusiformes, sed nec tam oblonge 
quam in alteris Leoa er 
Very minute, pecie 
White and brilliant at first, then duller with a faintly vinous ‘tinge. 
Substance formed of bladdery polygonal cells, unequal in size and 
often lao in hair-like -threads, such as are frequently seen 
in 
a | 1 4 g 5 th 
number is very inconstant; probably 24 is nea arly as frequent as 
They are not eo aggregated or regularly abricated in the 
sUBHIR : 
sphericus pilis curtis ineequalibus 2 vel 3 connatis hue et illue sub- 
Minute, but tare “than most species; 7s>—zo IM., pure white, 
nearly transparent, sessile Hisesapherioal iotted’ with short 
al hairs, mostly para in pairs or threes besides the 
unevenly ciliated margin. Disc flat, coarsely papillate. Asci 
very wide ("0035 X 0015) subovate, somewhat acco at the 
strongly-marked a which i is near the flattened t Spores very 
Lapse ovoid mass in the ate part of the a 
ON ZRITICUM PUNGENS, Koch. 
By tHe Hon. J. Lercester WARREN. 
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sand vegetation. In old days and in the old herbaria these Zritica 
passed muster for ** junceum,” or ‘ repens,” according to the taste of 
one example wherever they happen to be, put it in their box, 
and, having thus appeased their critical consciences, think no more of 
it ; but pass on to more inviting sea-side rarities, such as Frankenia or 
Inula erithmoides. 
Now, if chance has taken the collector across hard glareal flats 
of caked salt mud and shingle the chances are that he will ‘‘ box 
* The engraver has omitted to mark the ascus with its inseparable ring. 
