226 J. B. CLELAND AND E. CHEEL. 



G. velutinus Morgan. 



Lloyd (68, p. 21) records this species from Pennant Hills 

 near Parramatta (spelt Pawawetta) and from Gladesville. 

 He has also recorded it for Samoa (67, p. 33). In the National 

 Herbarium collection there are specimens from the follow- 

 ing localities: — Waratah, near Newcastle (J. Gregson, May, 

 1904); Gladesville (Miss Flockton, May, 1910); Rookwood 

 (Miss A. Spencer, June, 1910); Lilyvale (A. A. Hamilton, 

 June, 1910); Lake Illawarra (B. Oheel, April, 1912); Coorei 

 (A. G. Hamilton, July, 1913); Wollongbar near Lismore, 

 (collector not given, 1912). 



G. triplex Lloyd (67, p. 25 and 68, p. 23). 



We have specimens of this species collected by the Rev. 

 W. W. Watts in July 1911, from Lord Howe Island, which 

 we have compared with a specimen of G. triplex kindly 

 forwarded to one of us by C. G. Lloyd. The spores are 

 warty and 5/* in diameter. In our specimens, the expanse 

 of the outer peridium was two and half inches, whilst the 

 inner peridium on its pedicel was nearly an inch high and 

 more than three-quarters of an inch broad. 



List IV. — The following is a list of the Australian species 

 of Geaster recorded by Cooke (37), revised according to the 

 investigations of Lloyd : — 



1250 Geaster tenuipes Berk. = G. tenuipes as a variety of G. 



pectinatus. 



1251 ,, striatus DC. = G. Smithii. 



1252 ,, striatulus Kalchb. = G. striatulus. 



1253 ,, Drummondi Berk. = G. Drummondi. 



1254 „ Readeri Oke. and Mass. = G. Readeri as a variety 



of G. rufescens. 



1255 „ subieulosus Cooke = G. mirabilis, of which G. 



subicidosus is a large form. 



1256 „ lignicola Berk. We have not found any reference 



to this in Lloyd's works. 



