G EASTER SCHMIDELI I—Exoperidium revolute. Endo- 
peridium with short, thick pedicel. Mouth sulcate. 
This little plant, rare both in Europe and United States, 
is separated from G- pectinatus (into which it merges by 
many connecting forms) by its small size and thick pedicel. 
Its occurrence in Australia is based on a single plant (fig. 15) 
received by me from J. G. O Tepper. This specimen is 
doubtful on account of its light color, but we think this 
plant was bleached. 
Specimen in our Collection. 
Norwood, Australia, J. G. O. Tepper. 
Fig. 15. 
GEASTER ARCHERI.—Young plant acute. Exoperidium 
usually saccate, sometimes revolute. Endoperidium globose, sessile. 
Mouth sulcate. 
This plant belongs to 
the reddish series and can be 
at once distinguished from all 
the preceding species by its ses¬ 
sile endoperidium. It is an in¬ 
frequent plant both in Europe 
and America, and the only 
specimen we have seen from 
Australia was collected in Tas¬ 
mania by Archer. It was de¬ 
scribed in Geastrae as Geaster 
Morganii but since having as¬ 
sured ourselves that it is the 
same as Berkeley named from 
Tasmania, we take pleasure in 
correcting it. The plant is 
Geaster saccatus in everything 
except the indefinite sulcate 
mouth. The illustration is 
from an American plant. 
Fig 16. 
GEASTER BERKEEEYI.—Young plant acute. Exoperidium 
usually saccate, sometimes revolute. Endoperidium globose, sessile , fur- 
furaceous granular. Mouth sulcate. 
While described by nearly the same terms as Geaster Archeri, 
it is a larger plant with usually a rough endoperidium. It corresponds 
mainly to Geaster triplex excepting the sulcate mouth. It is a local 
plant only known from England and Australia. The Australian plants 
we have seen at Kew have the exoperidium thicker and cut in more 
narrow segments than the English plant and the endoperidium is not 
so rough. Our illustration (fig 17) is from the English plant. 
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