442 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 
bearing four cups, nat. size; b, c, three cups magnified, the lower one 
seen from above; d. a section of a cup also magnified; e, two asci; 
J, nine sporidia; ¢ and f, x 400 times. 
Fig. 37.—a, Mollisia peristomialis, a group the nat. size; 6b, three 
cups magnified 20 times; c, a section of a cup, showing the scarcely 
depressed hymenium ; d, two of the teeth magnified; e, three asci; 
J, four sporidia. d, e, and f x 400 times. 
Fig. 38.—a, a, Lachnea radiculata, nat. size; b, a section of a cup; 
ce, one of the nearly colourless hairs from the exterior of the cup; d, an 
ascus with paraphyses; e, four sporidia in several stages of growth. 
ec, d, and e x 400 times. . 
Fig. 39.—a, Lachnea sepulia, one mature cup and three young ones, 
nat. size; b, a section of a cup; c, a group of hairs from the exterior 
of the cup; d, an ascus with a paraphysis; e, three sporidia, the lower 
one more advanced in growth. , d, and e x 400 times. 
Puate VIE. 
Fig. 40.—a, Lachnea melastoma, nat. size, showing the black strigose 
filaments from which it springs; }, section of a cup; c, a group of the 
strigose filaments from the base; d, an ascus with a paraphysis ; 
e, four sporidia. c, d, and e x 400 times. 
Fig. 41.—a, Lachnea trechispora, three cups in different stages of 
growth, nat. size; 0, a section of a cup; ¢, a group of hairs from the 
exterior of the cup (the bent one is so represented to save space); d, 
an ascus with a paraphysis; e, two sporidia. c, d, and e x 400 times. 
Fig. 42.—a, Lachnea Cornubiensis, two cups the nat. size; b, a 
section of a cup; ¢, a group of hairs from the exterior of the cup; d, an 
ascus containing eight sporidia, with a paraphysis. candd x 400 times. 
Fig. 48.—a, Lachnella diplocarpa, a group the nat. size; b, a cup 
magnified ; c, a section of the same; d, one of the hairs from the 
exterior of the cup; e, asci paraphyses, and filaments surmounted by 
fusiform spores (?); f, six sporidia in various conditions of develop- 
ment ; g, one of the filaments, surmounted, by its fusiform spore, viewed 
separately. d, e, f, and g x 400 times. ; 
Fig. 44.—a, Lachnella cerina, a group the nat. size; 0, three cups 
in different stages of growth, magnified; ¢, section of a cup; 4d, hairs 
from near the margin of a cup; e, an ascus with two acerose paraphyses ; . 
f, seven sporidia. d, e, and f x 400 times. 
Puatse VIII. 
Fig. 45.—a, Lachnella cupressi, nat. size; b, two cups slightly 
magnified ; ¢, a section of a cup; d, the villuse hairs from the exterior 
of a cup; e, ascus with paraphyses ; /, six sporidia, d, e, and f x 400 
times, 
