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1277. Diploderma melasperma. Glee, ij- Mass. Grev. 
xx., 35. 
Subglobose (about 1 in. diam,), exoperidiura thin, persistent, 
densely velvety, grey; endoperidium thin, smooth, cinnamon; 
nucleus small, mass of spores blackish-umber, capillitium dense ; 
spores globose, very minutely warted (4 p diam.). 
On the ground. Victoria. 
Genus 24. BOVISTA. Dill. Nov. Gen. 76. 
Peridinm double; outer (cortex) distinct, fragile, deciduous; 
inner (peridium) persistent, dehiscing by a definite or irregularly 
torn apical orifice ; capillitium springing from every part of the 
inner surface of the peridium ; columella-like sterile base absent. 
1278. Bovista brunnea. Berk. FI. N. Zeal, n., 119. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 283. 
Globose, about an inch across, with a minute apiculate rooting 
base; cortex thin, evanescent; peridinm brownish umber, smooth, 
shining, dehiscing by a small, irregular slit ; mass of spores and 
capillitium brown ; threads thick-wailed, brown, branched, taper- 
ing ; spores smooth, globose, brown, 4-5 p diam., usually with a 
long, slender pedicel. 
On the ground. N.S. Wales. N. Zealand. 
1279. Bovista Mulleri. Berk. Linn. Journ. xvi., 171. Sacc. 
Syll. xm., 293. 
Subglobose (from ^ to 1 in. diam.), with a short, stout, rooting 
base ; cortex soon broken up into minute, pale, subpersistent 
warts ; peridium firm, rather thick, brown ; mass of spores and 
dense capillitium, reddish-brown ; threads flaccid, pale, but little 
branched ; spores globose, reddish umber, coarsely spinulose, 10- 
12 p, including spines. 
On the ground. Queensland. Darling Range. 
1280. Bovista hyalothrix. Glee, ij- Mass. Grev. Mar., 1888, 
73. Journ. Bot. xxv i.,p. 130. 
Subglobose (a little more than an inch in diameter) ; cortex very 
thick and fibrous, forming a persistent cupulate base ; peridium 
minutely rugulose, dehiscing by a small apical pore ; mass of 
spores umber ; threads colourless, simple, much curled and inter- 
woven (about 5-6 p diam.). Spores globose, pale brown, coarsely 
spinulose, 10-12 p diam. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
1281. Bovista hypogsea. Glee. 4- Mass. Grev. xx., 35. 
Subterranean, globoso-depressed (about 1 in.), outer cortex per- 
sistent, thin, white, silky ; inner layer thin, whitish, flexible, 
dehiscing by a very minute determinate pore at the apex ; mass 
°t spores bright yellow-olive; capillitium very dense; spores 
globose, warted, 6-7 p diam. 
In the ground. Victoria. 
