barren as not to afford some subject for investigation,—and be
is ever discovering something new and unexpected. The present
minute species of P eziza is abundantly diffused throughout
Europe, and delights in situations where it must be sought
in order to be seen ; and, though undescribed as a British plant,
it will be found to be plentiful in every part of the country.
There is scarcely a mass of dead herbaceous plants of the larger
size which does not possess it ; scarcely a bed of decaying
Nettles in which, along with many other interesting things, it
may not be found. It is one of a numerous, primary division,
well marked by their wax-like substance, and pilose or villous
surface. But the specific distinctions are not so satisfactory,
and I am half inclined to consider P. variecolor of F r ie s the
same as our present one. P. N idulus and villosa also approach
very near to it.
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Fig. 1, Peziza sulphurea, nat. size. Fig. 2. Plants in different states, magni~
fied. Fig. 3. A section. Fig. 4. Hyaline tubes, containing sporules.