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Fig. 2 is a photograph of the glebiferous layer, after the removal of the 
gleba, of the Natal Lysurus, and we at once notice that it is composed 
of smooth wrinkles resembling that of L. australiensis and differing 
entirely from that of L. Gardneri. Another point in which the Natal plant 
differs from L Gardneri is that the arms in the former are not borne 
on separate stalks of their own, a condition which exists in the latter {vide 
fig. 38 in Lloyd's ' Synopsis known Phalloids.') In this it departs from 
L. Gardneri and resembles L. australiensis. Illustrations of the latter 
{vide fig. 835 in Lloyd's ' Mycological Notes,' No. 43) shows the "head" 
separated from the stalk by a constriction, and this is mentioned as usually 
present. In the Natal Lysurus no such constriction is present. The 
glebifereous layer, after removal of the gleba, is white in the Natal plant, 
which in this respect resembles L. australiensis and di:ffers from L. Gardneri, 
for which the glebiferous layer is recorded as dark olivaceous. 
The original illustration* of Lysurus Woodii shows the " arms " as 
entirely free and the gleba is given as occurring on the outside of the arms. 
On this presumed latter character the plant was placed in the genus 
Anthurus. 
Lloyd,t from an examination of the cotype at Kew, writes : " While it 
is unsafe to draw conclusions from dried specimens, we believe the species is 
a Lysurus entirely distinct from the genus Anthurus, and that Kalchbrenner 
misconceived and misdrew the illustration." The plant herein referred as 
L. Woodii has no resemblance to an Anthurus. 
The arms of L. Woodii are from the specimen seen six in number ; two 
were united at the apex by a narrow tube (Fig. 2) ; in section the arms are 
triangular. Longitudinally the glebiferous layer extends the entire length 
of the arms and transversely nearly round the arm, leaving only a shallow 
longitudinal furrow fiee from gleba. The wrinkles of the glebiferous layer 
are "S-'S mm. broad, and as in L. australiensis are continued from arm to 
arm at the base. The wall of the stalk has three layers of chambers. The 
entire plant measures 6 cm. high by 1 cm. diameter in the stalk region. 
The "cap" is I" 7 cm. long and the gleba dark. The spores are minute, 
smooth, colourless to very faint greenish yellow, elliptical and 4-4*8 
by \ Q fji in size. 
The relationship of L. Woodii must be with those species having a 
similar glebiferous layer — L. australiensis, L. borealis and L. Clarazianus. 
Judging from published illustrations we would consider it nearest to 
L. borealis, but much smaller. Until more is known about L. Woodii and 
sufficient material of it collected for comparative studies we consider it best 
regarded as a distinct species related and close to L. australiensis and 
L. borealis. 
* Kalchbrenner, K.—Loc. ext., plate 3, fig. 2. 
t Lloyd, C. G. — Synopsis known Phalloids, p. 40. 
