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H Y D N U B
HYDNUM fubrotundum coriaceo-lignofum aurentiacum; fejjilis>
ligno pútrido fuperfice adnáfcens, aculéis brevibus are Bis.
THE LEAST HYDNUM.
T A B. C.LXXT.
'"pHIS curious, little plant, adheres by its bafe to putrid wood ¡
it is of a roundiih or globular figure; fometimes folitary,
but more frequently feveral are thruft near together; fometimes
adhering together by their fides ; it varies in fize, from a. to b.
as reprcfehtpd on the plate. It is of a dry, tough, leathery, or
woody fubftan'ce., adhering very firmly to the wood whereon it
grows ; it cuts fmooth, and is white within.
The furface iigthickly fet with aculei or foft prickles, in an
upright direótiúnj'thefe vary in colour, from a pale to a firong
gold, and turn gray with age.
The fpecimens here figured, grew in a little wood near Stump,
in Nortbowram, on a piece of old oaken wood ; and I have feen
the plant in other places in this neighbourhood..
B b
