258 Mr G-reviUe on a New Genus of Plants. 
Schweinitzia. 
Hen. Char. — Peridium stipitatum , ad basin dehiscens. Stipes 
percurrens. 
L S. pistillaris , clavata; peridium oblongum ; stipite torto 
valido, basi bulboso tomentoso. Tab. 
Scleroderma pistillare. Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 150. 
Lycoperdon pistillare. Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 15. p. 1019- 
Hab. In India Orientali ; ad terram. 
Desc. Tota planta straminea, demum rufcscens, spitha- 
maea. Peridium simplex ? oblongum, stipite quadruplo 
erassius, membrana scariosa vestitum, ad basin irregula- 
riter ruptum intus, sporulis ferruginiis et filamentis 
rectis horizontalibus repletum. Stipes percurrens et peri- 
dii summitati adnatus, elongatus, cylindricus, tortus, 
validus, suberosus vel sublignosus, basi bulbosus, tomen- 
tosus. 
2. S. carcinomaliSy “ clavata, stipite cylindrico : fibris rectis.” 
Pers. 
Scleroderma carcinomale, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 151. 
Lycoperdon carcinomale, Linn. Supl. PI. p. 453. Thunb. 
Diss . Acad. v. i. p. 274. (fide Persx) 
Hab. Ad Caput Bonm Spei in acervis formiearum. 
Pul vis et tomentum fusca. (Ex Pers. 1. c. p. 152.) An species 
distincta* ? 
Explanation of Plate VI. 
Pig. 1. A plant of the natural size. 
2. A longitudinal section of the same. 
3. Filaments and sporules, highly magnified. 
Edinburgh, \ 
Dec. 20. 1822. j 
* Scleroderma herculaneum of Persoon (Lycoperdon herculaneum of Pallas), 
from the description, agrees in some points with our genus Schweinitzia ; but dif- 
fers in others. From Scleroderma it is undoubtedly distinct, and will probably 
form another genus. 
