Bihlioyraphical Notice. 129 end, uniseptate, with a large nucleus in each division, '001 inch long by '0005 broad. The sporidia of this and the next species differ entirely from those of our other British species. Duby's plant is on Juniperus phosnicetcs, that of Fries on oak. Plate V. fig. 37. a. asci and parapbyses ; b. sporidia, highly magnified. 1181. H. repandum, Blox., Duby, Hyst. p. 27, tab. 1. f. 6. On rotten stumps. Orton Wood, near Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. Perithecia almost free, elliptic, the lips well rounded ; aperture gaping. Asci rather short; sporidia broadly cymbiform, the apex at one end very slightly elongated and perfectly hyaline, •0006--0007 inch long*. Plate V. fig. 38. a. ascus and parajjhyses, magnified ; b. sporidia, more highly magnified. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. Geological Map of England and Wales. By Prof. Ramsay, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. 3rd edition. 1866. That a new edition of this useful Map should be required speaks well of the public taste for geological knowledge ; or at all events indicates that the public find that they require and can use a map showing at a glance to those who can read it aright the real structure of the country, the chief characters of its hills and valleys, the courses of its rivers in relation to the nature of the uplands, and the pro-jections and hollows of its coasts in relation to the harder and softer materials of its rocky skeleton, and, still more, the relative position of its mines, coal-pits, quarries, and other sources of mineral wealth. The traveller may, if he will, recognize the geological character of the country he is passing through by rail or otherwise, by referring to this handy sheet ; the tourist may spread it out on the green sward, the beach, or the barren hill-top, and trace out the deep-set roots of the mountain, the inland range of the sea-cut strata, or the structure of hill and dale around, and take in new pleasure with his satisfied curiosity, besides all the delight that light and shade, form and colour, changing cloud and rippling water can give him, be he artist or amateur. Fishing and shooting, too, have an additional zest with the geologist ; for he is rarely too busy not to see some-thing new ; and when sport is dull, the eye is still pleasingly at work. * Coniocybe bccomyciodes, Erbario Crittogaraico Italiano. On turpentine. Lucknam, Dec. 10, 1864. From pallid white to a bright yellow, sometimes brick -red, scattered over some Sporidesmium {Tromera resincc) which colours the turpentine black. The genus Coniocybe is a very doubtful member of the Fungi ; and the species, which is new to Great Britain, is therefore recorded in a note.
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