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FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



FIGUBES ILLUSTRATING THE SCLEBODERMEAE, ALSO 

 THE NIDULABIEAE IN PART. 



Fig. 1, Polyiaccum pisocarpium, portion of a specimen, showing' ,tho 

 nodulose exterior, also a section showing the sporangiola; small specimen, 

 nat. size; — Fig. 2, Sphaerobolus stellatm, specimen after dehiscence, 

 showing the outer wall of the peridium split in a stellate manner above, 

 and the inner layer elastically inverted, the single peridiolum has been 

 jerked away ; slightly mag. ; — Fig. 3, Theleholits ierrestris, showing the 

 peridium with the single peridiolum at its apex ; slightly mag. ; — Fig. 4, 

 Scleroderma imlgai-e, entire plant ; small specimen, nat. size ; — Fig. 5, 

 Ci"u,aibulum milgare, peridiolum with portion of the funiculus or cord by 

 which it is attached to the inner wall of the peridium ; slightly mag. ; — 

 Fig. 6, Cyathus verniooms, peridiolum in section, showing the internal 

 cavity lined with hasidia ; on one side there is a depression or umbilioua 

 from which the funiculus springs ; mag. 



