110 J. B. CLELAND AND E. CHEEL. 



laciniate lobes. Stipe 7 cm. long, 13 mm. thick, tapering 

 downwards to 7 mm. Peridium 3 cm. in diameter, break- 

 ing up at the apex when mature irregularly, in similar 

 manner to the Oalvatias. Spores minutely warted, 7/* diam. 



Phellorina. 

 <6.) P. Delastrei. 



A specimen collected in December, 1913, by one of us 

 {J.B.O.) either at Alawoona in the Murray Desert or at 

 Overland Corner on the Murray River, both iu South Aus- 

 tralia, has been identified as this species by Lloyd. We 

 have also two fine specimens collected at Nyngan, in red 

 soil scrub-lands on Miowera Station, by Mr.W. W. Froggatt, 

 in November, 1911, which seem to us to belong to this 

 species. 



Only one Australian specimen of this species was pre- 

 viously known, which according to Lloyd (Lycoperdaceae, p. 

 10, 1905) is at Kew and was collected at Stewart's Range, 

 Central Australia, by Charles Winnecke. Our Nyngan 

 specimens may be described briefly as follows : — Peridium 

 4-5 cm. across, breaking up into scales and exposing the 

 rusty coloured gleba and spores, the base forming a shallow 

 socket. Stem solid, woody, more or less broken up into 

 scales or shreds, up to 22 cm. long, 2 cm. thick at the 

 base, gradually increasing in thickness up to 3 J cm. in 

 the upper part. Volva incomplete, but the remnants are 

 about 2 cm. long. Spores granular, 6/* diameter. 



Battarrea. 



Four "species" of this genus are recorded for Australia 

 by Cooke (Nos. 1242-1245), none of which are given for 

 New South Wales. B. Muelleri, Kalchb. and B. Tepperi- 

 ana, Ludw. are both referred by Lloyd 1 as forms of B. 

 phalloides. 



1 Lycoperdaeeae of Australia, p. 11, (1906). 



