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# * Stem velvety. 
445. Marasmius epiphyllus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 479. Cooke 
Ulus. t. 1187a. Sacc. Syll. 22 39. 
Pileus membranaceous, nearly plane, at length umbilicate, 
smooth, plicato-rugose (3-11 m.m. broad); stem rather horny, 
fistulose, finely velvety; bright brown below, inserted (1| c.m. 
long) ; gills adnate, few , distant, entire, veined, white. Spores 
3x2 y. 
On fallen leaves, twigs, etc. Victoria. 
446. IVIarasniius primulinus. Berk. Linn. Journ. xvi., 38. 
Have. Syll. 2257. 
Pileus convex, then flattened, pale yellow, at length umbilicate, 
pulverulent (£ in. diam.) ; margin striate ; stem short (| in. long), 
slender, mealy ; gills rather thick, of the same colour. 
On ? N.S. Wales. 
447. Marasmius de Tonyanus. Save. Syll. 2259 = Maras- 
mius minutissimus. Aluell. <jr Kaleh. Grev. xni., f.143,/. 12., 
not Peck. 
Pileus scarcely the size of a mustard seed, subglobose, brownish. 
Stem hair-like, seating (2 lines long), powdered with white at the 
apex, otherwise smooth and blackish. Gills few and scarcely visible. 
On branches. N.S. Wales. 
448. Marasmius subsupinus. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 249, 
Sacc. Syll. 2260. 
Small. Pileus convex, rather rugose, mealy, adhering behind 
(5-10 m.m. diam.). Stem short, mealy. Gills few, rigid, plane. 
On rotten wood. Queensland. Tasmania. 
449. Marasmius rhyticeps. Kaleh. Grev. iv., 71, t. 143. 
f 14. Sacc. Syll. 2261. 
Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical, soon expanded, rugosely 
plicate, slightly papillate in the centre (|-1 c.m. broad), tawny, 
becoming rufous; stem thread-like, velvety, flesh-colour (3-4 c.m. 
long), base seating, white-tomentose, rufous-brown or growing 
pale below ; gills (8-12) rather broad, veutricose, distant, touching 
the stem, white. 
On Passiflora twigs. Queensland. 
Section III. Arcs Pileus sessile, resupinate. 
450. Marasmius emergens. Berk, in Herb. Sacc. Syll. 2286. 
Very minute, white, suberumpent ; pileus convex (1 m.m. 
broad) ; stem abbreviated, or sometimes elongated, curved, ascend- 
ing ; gills distant, few, white. 
On wood. Tasmania. 
451. Marasmius affixus. Berk. Hook. Journ. vn., 573. 
Sacc. Syll. 2291. 
Pileus hemispherical, at length resupinate, whitish, mealy 
tomentose (2-5 m.m. diam.), as well as the short stem; gills few, 
adnate, ochraceous, interstices even. 
On putrid wood. Tasmania. Queensland. 
