Podaxon] iii. lycoperdacejE (Smith). 465' 



2. P. mossamedensis Welw. & Curr., I.e., 1. 17. f. 23. and t. 19. 



figs. 1, 2, 3. 



MossAMEDES. — In sandy thickets on the banks of the river Maiombo r 

 Oct. 1859. No. 149. 



LoANDA. — Frequent in meadows and sandy maritime pastures near 

 Penedo, and in Praia de Zamba Grande, near Loanda ; Dec. 1853 and 

 Feb. 1858. No. UQa. 



3. P. elatus Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 19. figs. 4, 5, 6. 



HuiLLA. — Very sparse in sandy mixed woods (i.e. of Protew,. 

 Myrtacece, Strychiios, Combretum, Acacia, Caisalpinia, etc.) between 

 Lopollo and Monino ; Jan. 1860. No. 148. 



2. SPH^RICEPS Welw. <fe Curr., I.e., p. 290. 



1. S. lignipes Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 290. t. 18. fig. 2. 



MossAMEDES. — In sandy thickets, composed chiefly of Tamarix, on 

 the banks of the river Caroca, near Cabo Negro, about 16° S. lat.,. 

 about 12 miles from the sea ; Sept. 1859. No. 150. 



3. TYLOSTOMA Pars. Syn. Meth. Fung. p. 139 (1801). 

 1. T. angolense Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 20. figs. 10, 11. 

 MossAMEDES. — Very rare. On sandy hills covered with Eupliorhia 



heUica Hiern, to the south of Mossamedes ; July 1859. No. 147- 



4. GEASTER Mich. Nova Plant. Gen. p. 220, 1729. 



1. G.mirabilis Mont. Ann. Sci.Nat.ser.4.vol.iii.p.l39.t.6.fig.8. 

 GOLUNGO Alto. — Rare and sparse in the shady primitive woods of 



Serra de Alto Queta at a place called Casengue, on fallen leaves and 

 bark, also on rotten trunks ; Aug. 1856. On rotten trunks in the 

 primitive woods of Quisucula and near Casengue ; April 1856. No. 107.. 



2. G. fimbriatus Fr. Syst. Myc. iii. p. 16 (1829). 



PuNGO Andongo. — Rare, on the ground near the river CasalaM in 

 the Presidium ; Dec. 1856. No. 108. 



5. LYCOPERDON Tourn. Inst. Rei Herb, p. 563 (1700). 



1. L. bicolor Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 290. t. 20. fig. 12. 

 HuiLLA. — In very damp woody pastures between Lopollo and 



Empalanca ; May 1860. No. 146. 



2. L. caespitosum Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 289. t. 20. figs. 1, 2. 

 HuiLLA. — Gregarious in upland poor meadows of Morro de Lopollo ; 



April 1860. No. 145. 



3. L. golungense Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 20. fig. 13. 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — At the base of decayed trunks in the elevated 



■woods of the mountain Oungulungulo ; Feb. 1855. No. 118. 



4. L. asperrimum Welw. & Curr., I.e., t. 20. figs. 3, 4, 14. 

 Mossamedes.— In sandy thickets on the margin of Lagoa de Giraul 



in a brackish place ; July 1859. No. 142. In sandy meadows near 

 Maiombo, on the banks of the river ; Oct. 1859. No. 144. Currey 

 says, I.e., " No. 144 seems to be the same species, but exhibits no spines- 

 on the peridium." Though evidently an older specimen than No. 142,. 



