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aumis Fr., but distinguished by the obsolete folds of the hymenium, 



and the very small, elliptical spores. 



Hydnum artocreas Berk, in Herb. Kew. Subiculo determinate, 

 eftuso, conaceo, arete adnato, ligneo-pallescente ; margine crassi- 

 usculo dilution, subinde libero ; aculeis confertissimis, compressis, 

 passim connatis, lateribus sub lente asperis, concoloribus ; sporis 

 subglobosis, hyalinis, 8-4 /x diam. 



Hab. Ad ligna cariosa. Richmond Valley. 

 b The specimens from St. Vincent agree exactly with a specimen 

 m Berkeley's herbarium, named as above, but not, so far as I have 

 been able to ascertain, described. Entirely resupinate, forming 

 patches 3-5 in. long by 1 in. or more broad. 



Corticium papyraceum, sp. n. (Plate 323, figs. 35, 36, 89). 

 Longitudinaliter effusum, membranaceum, valde tenue, indetermi- 

 natum, albidum, senectute pallide ochraceum, siccum rugoso- 

 incisum ; sporis hyalinis, oblongo-cylindraceis, hevibus, 4 x VB /z. 



Hab. Supra corticem ramorum dejectorum. Mount St. Andrew. 



With the habit and general appearance of ( '. lacteum, Fr., but 

 distinguished by becoming cracked and torn when dry, and also by 

 the much smaller spores. 



Birneola polytricha Mont. Government House (900 ft.). 

 H. Auricida-Juda Berk. Richmond Valley. 

 Auricularia mesenterica Fr. Government House. 

 Guepinia spathularia Fr. Morne Cochon (1200 ft.). 



Lachnea(ScuTELLiNiA) barbata, sp. n. (Plate 321, figs. 5-8). 

 Sparsa, sessilis, cupulasformis, demum applanata, aurantio-rubra", 

 margine elevate pilis fuscis septatis vestita ; ascis cylindraceo- 

 clavatis, octosporis, sporis monostichis, ellipticis, reticulars, 

 30-35 x 15-16 /z, hyalinis; paraphysibus supra clavatis, siinpli- 

 cibus, clavula aurantia. 



Hab. Ad truncos putridos. Bonhomme Valley, St. Vincent 

 {Elliott, n. 119). 



Gregarious; up to 4 lines across. Most nearly allied to L. 

 stictica B. & C, a Cuban species ; but in the latter the spores only 

 measure 16 x 10 /*, and are very minutely warted, and not 

 reticulated. 



Humana carbonicola Berk. Chateau Belair. 

 Hypoxylon melanaspis Mont. Richmond Valley. 

 Xylaria anisoplmra Mont. Bichmond Valley. 

 X. Schiveinitzii B. & C. Morne Cochon (1200 ft.). 

 X. cubensis Mont. Bichmond Valley. 



X. citrina, sp. n. (Plate 322, figs. 20-23). Stromatibus 1-2 cm 

 alt., gregarns, stipitibus glabris, subteretibus, apice acuto, strato 

 conidiophoro citrino vestitis ; clavula prope apicem subglobosa, 

 atra; pentheens paucis, prominulis; ascis cylindraceis, basfattenu- 

 atis, octosporis, paraphysibus filiformibus obvallatis ; sporis mono- 

 stichis, navicularibus, obtusis, inasquilateralibus, fuscis, 10 x 4-5 u. 

 Hab. Ad ligna denudata. Morne Cochon. * 



Allied to X pallida, but quite distinct in the dense, powdery 

 yellow stratum of conidiophores, and the smaller spores.' Conidia 

 globose, pale yellow, 3 /x diam. 



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