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extremities, pointing in opposite directions obliquely te 
the long axis of the sporidia. 
Peziza aurantia (CEd.), var. atro-margimata—Phil. 
and Plow., in Gard. Chron., Feb. 11, 1882, with figure. 
Name—Ater, black, and margo, a margin. 
Clenchwarton, Norfolk (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 
18. Peziza luteo-nitens. B. and Br. 
Cup sessile, nearly regular, concave, at length 
flexuose; hymenium bright orange-yellow; externally 
nearly white, smooth; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, 
biguttulate, 13 X 6u; paraphyses filiform, subclavate at 
the apices. 
Peziza luteo-nitens—B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 
No. 556; Berk., “Outl,’ 364; Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 
1976; “ Mycogr.,” fig. 205. 
On the bare ground. 
Having carefully examined the original specimens in 
Mr. Berkeley’s herbarium, I found many of the sporidia 
decidedly asperate, though rather smaller than in P. 
aurantia. 
Name—Luteus, yellow, nitens, shining. 
King’s Cliffe! (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Tunbridge Wells! 
(Rev. Canon DuPort). 
19. Peziza badia. Pers. 
Cup subsessile, entire, flexuose, dark brown; margin 
at first involute, externally paler, pruinose, inclining to 
olive (as well as the margin) ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, 
elliptic, minutely asperate, 15—17 x 8u; paraphyses 
clavate at the apices, sparse. 
Peziza badia—Pers., “Obs.” 2, 78; Pers. “Myco. 
Eur.,” p. 224; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. 46; Gonn. and 
Rabh., t. 1, £3; Seer., “Mycogr.,” iii, 296; Weberb., t. 2, 
f. 2; Berk., “Outl,” t. 22, £ 4; Huss, ii. t. 13; “Eng. 
Flo.,” v. p. 187; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 1969 ; “ Mycogr.,” 
fig. 226 ; Karst., “Myco. Fenn.,” p. 56; Weinm., “ Hym.,” 
p. 418; Pat. p. 33, £ 79. Helvella cochleata—Bolt., 
