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 TAB. CCCXVI.

common on the decayed leaves and stalks of the Holly, Hex aquifolium, but we believe it has hitherto escaped publication. We have called it bifrons, on account of its having the fame appearance on either side of the leaf. It is nearly flat, rising a little above the disk of the leaf, and quite black. There are cottony fibres penetrating the leaf from one side to the other. We could not detect any thing like feeds. TAB. CCCXVII.

more common than the last mentioned, and readily to be distinguished by its concave disk, which only penetrates through the upper side of the Holly-leaf. It has an operculum or cover, which appears to be the cuticle or outer skin of the leaf. It is observable that the leaves of the Holly are composed of two sets of nerves as well as membranes, upper and under, which in decay separate. TAB. CCCXVIII.

at Battersea on a May-bush, Mespilus Oxycantha Fl. Brit. It grew upon the young buds, and seems nearly related to the following Fungus.