350 CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Lycoperdon 
Var. 5. Winter. Plaited at the bottom; turban-shaped; with or without a 
stem. 
Bull 72 , and 475, E.—Schoeff. 186. 190— Bolt. 117. a. 
When ripe and shedding its seeds, a partition appears between the upper 
globular, and the lower stem-like part; and the contents of this latter 
part are rather pithy than powdery and seed-like. 
Z. Bovista a Huds. L. Bovista 5. Lightf. In woods and pastures; late in 
autumn and in winter. 
Var. 6. Bitted. The lower stem-like part irregularly pitted. 
Bull. 62 — Vaill. 12. 15— Schaejf. 296 — Bolt. 117 ,f. 
Var. 7. Bough . Prickly; tapering at bottom so as to form a stem. 
Bull 340. 
This gradually runs into the pear-shaped variety. The prickly coat readily 
separates. The stem-like part is divided from the head by a trans- 
verse membrane. From one to two inches and a half in diameter. Bub* 
liard. 
L. Bovista s Huds. 
Var. 8. Pestle-shaped. Stem thinnest upwards. 
Bull. 450. 2, and 475, F, G, H, I.—(FI. Dan. 113!) and 1140. E.)— Bolt. 
117 . g. — Vaill. 12. 16— Schaeff. 187— Mich. 97. 1— Gled. 6. Lycoperd.f. 
4— Mich. 2 — Mich. 98. 1. 
Surface rough or smooth. Stem generally thickening downwards. Glo- 
bular part from one to two inches diameter. Stem near three inches high, 
and about one inch diameter. Bulliard. 
Lycop. Bovista rj. Huds. L. Bovista 3. Lightf. Woods near Bath. Mr, 
Stackhouse. Summer and Autumn. 
Var. 9. Flat-topped. Nearly cylindrical, but rather crooked and tapering 
upwards ; flat at the top, with a thin edge. 
Bolt. 117. h. 
Near the red rock, Edgbaston park. May. 
Var. 10. (Pencilled. E.) Stem very thick : pileus convex: the whole plant 
set with fine pencils of soft hairs. 
Brown yellow; from five to six inches high ; the stem two and the pileus 
full three inches diameter. Mr. Stackhouse. 
Lyc. globo'sum. (Bolt.) Stemless; white, changing to black; a re¬ 
gular globe, with only two coats. 
Bolt. 118 —(Sowerhy 331. E .)—Sterh.29. H. 
Snow white when young, and white within; black in decay. Opens with 
a very large aperture: diameter about two inches. Bolton. 
(Snow-white Puff-ball. L. Bovista. Sowerby. Bovista nigrescens. Pers. 
Hook. E.) Fields, very common. 
Lyc. defos'sum. (Batsch.) Stemless, leathery, globular ; when open 
the coats turning in; half buried in the earth. 
(Sowerhy 311 —Purt. 19. 2. E.)— Batsch 229. 
Irregularly semi-globular when ripe, one and a half to two inches diameter ; 
compressed, and opening with large fissures at the top, when quite open 
