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folded branches and contained gleba, though in the Mutinus* 

 the network adheres to the gleba and not to the jelly. On 

 removing the gleba from the Mutinus at this stage, the 

 hollow stem is found to be attenuated both ways, though 

 more rapidly constricted at the apex, whilst the part 

 covered by the gleba is pale reddish, the rest of the stem 

 being whiter. 



When mature, the whole of the stem is about 1 in. high, 

 the basal half being slightly rugose and whitish. The distal 

 half is of the same size at the junction of the two and 

 attenuates slightly to the blunt apex, in which is a minute 

 orifice. This portion is also somewhat rugose and is slightly 

 yellowish, being wrapped round in its lower part by the 

 dull greenish gleba which has fallen away from the apex. 

 Spores 3*5 x l # 8/x. 



On a rotten fallen log, Mount Wilson, N.S.W., June 1915. 

 Also immature specimens on a trunk from Kurrajong: 

 Heights, N.S.W., Oct. 



Jansia rugosa Lloyd (70), Cheel (27). Syn. J. truncata 

 McAlp. in Lloyd (84). 



We have specimens in our collection from Rookwood, 

 N.S.W., collected by Mr. A. G. Hamilton, which have been 

 already recorded by one of us (E. 0.). These when fresh 

 were noted to have a whitish receptacle slightly tinged 

 pink, gradually deepening into crimson near the apex, with 

 a band of purplish-coloured gleba about a quarter of an inch 

 from the extreme tip. One of the specimens was photo- 

 graphed when fresh by Mr. Hamilton (Plate XXV, h). This 

 was reproduced by Lloyd (I.e.) who says (93): — "There is no 

 real difference between J. truncata of McAlpine and J. 

 rugosa on which a species may be based, but the Aus- 

 tralian plant is so much larger and more robust and its 

 truncate apex is so much more prominent that it is well 



