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 TAB. CCXCVI.

is situated above the liber or inner bark, and adheres to the cortex or outer bark, piercing it with its neck, the mouth spreading into the cuticle or epidermis. It is not uncommon on rotten sticks. In drying, the specimens become depressed or even concave at the bottom. TAB. CCXCVII.

this curious Sphæria on a hornbeam on Hainault forest. It is most readily distinguished by the plaited and flower-like appearance at the mouth. TAB. CCXCVIII.

fort of vegetation seems to avoid the light, growing immured between the wood and bark of trees, in cellars, &c.; the present specimen was discovered many fathoms under ground, in the level of a copper-mine, by Mr. Crofthwaite. The specimens sent me from Durham by his friend the Rev. Mr. Harriman were some of them above 6 feet long, and indicating an almost endless length, as they were very little diminished in the diameter from the thickest to the thinnest end 1 find nothing like root. It seems to adhere by a tenacious quality.