in great quantities on a bank near Kennington, Surrey, and hoped ere this to have detected the formation of those lenticular bodies with which the cups are half filled, and which bear some resemblance to those in the little cups upon Marchantia polymorpha, Engl, Bot. t. 210. They often hang out of the cup of this fungus by means of the elongation of the threads which are attached to the centre of one of their flat sides, and are sometimes scattered upon the earth, the cup still remaining upright. In a young state the upper half of the cup is occupied by a vesicle containing a fluid, which seems to be discharged downwards towards these lenticular bodies, after which the upper part or cover dries up and cracks. Dr. Withwring's generic name Nidularia is very expressive.
TAB. XXIX.
NIDULARIA striata. With. v. 3. 446.
PEZIZA striata. Huds. 634.
P. lentifera β. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1650.
For most perfect and beautiful specimens of this curious plant we are obliged to the favour of Lady Arden, who gathered them October 1st and 7th, 1795, under beech-trees in Nork park near Epsom, Surrey, often growing on the fallen seed-vessels. The receptacle of fluid is very apparent in this species. The outside very woolly, with pointed tufts regularly dispofed, which when viewed in front give a stellated appearance to the edge of the cup.
TAB. XXX.
NIDULARIA læevis. With. 446.
PEZIZA lævis. Huds. 634.
Notwithstanding its name, this is scarcely so smooth as N. campanulata. It is found in Combe wood near Kingston, Surrey, on various substances. Mr. Pitchford of Norwich favoured me with some very good specimens, growing on a piece of a fir-tree.
