LACHNEA. 229 
Cups 1 to 23 lines broad; external hairs straight, 
attenuated upwards, 150u to 200u long (Dr. Cooke, J. ¢.). 
Name—Creta, chalk. 
Walls of Inverleith House, Edinburgh! (Professor 
Balfour). 
Supcenus V.—NEOTTIELLA. Cooke. 
Cups sessile; externally albo-tomentose. (Plate VII. 
fig. 42.) : 
Name—+veorrid, a nest; resembling a little nest. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Sporidia asperate .. oi he «. species 38 
B. Sporidia smooth .. ba Pe a » 39 
Kery To THE SPECIES. 
Hymenium orange .. as ne fe e+ Cornubiensis, 
Hymenium bright scarlet .. oie ae »- erucipila. 
Hymenium blue oe os a ae .. caerulea. 
A. SPORIDIA ASPERATE. 
38. Lachnea Cornubiensis. (B. and Br.) 
Cups sessile, fleshy, nearly plane, affixed to the soil 
by villous down, the margin alone free ; externally clothed 
with delicate, obtuse, septate hairs; hymenium orange; 
asci_ cylindrical; sporidia 8, oblongo-elliptic, asperate, 
18—22 x 1384; paraphyses linear. (Plate VII. fig. 42.) 
Peziza Cornubiensis—B. and Br., “ Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 
No. 767; Berk., “Outl,” p. 366; Cooke, “Handbk.,” 
No. 1993; “Mycogr.,” fig. 309. 
On manured ground. | 
Cups $ of an inch broad, depressed. A very fine 
species (B. and Br., l. ¢.). 
Name—Cornubia, the Latin name of Cornwall. 
Penzance (Mr. Tracy Millett). 
B. SPORIDIA SMOOTH. 
39. Lachnea crucipila. (Cooke and Phil.) 
Cups scattered, sessile, fleshy, hemispherical, then 
plane; externally pale scarlet, clothed with pale brown, 
forked or cruciate, septate hairs; hymenium bright 
scarlet; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic, 
