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1. Agaricus (Amanita) hemibaphus, B. Sf Br. in Linn. Tr. 

 xxvii. p. 149, tab. 33 a. (No. /OO.) 



On the ground. Peradeniya. Sept. 1868. Spores -OOOS'-'OOCM' long 

 by -0002' wide *. 



2. A. (Amanita) vaginatus, Bull. (No. 777 mixed with some Vol- 

 varia, cum icone.) 



On the ground. Peradeniya. Aug. Sept. 1868. 

 No. 719 is a slate-coloured variety. 



3. A. (Amanita) anomologus, J5. ^ Br. Pileo convexo umbonato 

 glabro stipiteque e farcto cavo glutine hyalino (volva universali) ob- 

 sitis; lamellis angustis adnexis (no. 12:>6, cum icone). 



On the ground. Jan. 30, 1869. 



Pileus 1^ inch across, ciuerous, strongly and obtusely umbonate, clothed, 

 as is the straight stuffed stem, with transparent mucilage ; stem 3 

 inches high, 1 1-2 hues thick, slightly attenuated upwards ; gills 1 hue 

 broad, white, arched, free, or only slightly adnexed. 



an 



last section of Pries, approaching Lepiota. 



4. A. (Lepiota) procerus. Scop. Cam. 418; Gardner, no. 99. 

 On the ground in shady places. Peradeniya. Sept, 1844. 



6. A. (Lepiota). dolichaulos, B. S,- Br. in Linn. Tr. xxvii. p. 150. 

 (No. 706, 694, cum icone.) 



Amongst grass. Peradeniya. July 1868, Jan. 1869. 



6. A. (Lepiota) continuus, B. in Loud. Journ. Bot. vi. p. 480; 

 Gardner, no. 29, 



On the ground in shady places. Peradeniya. June 1844. Spores 

 •0005' long. 



7. A. (Lepiota) oncopus, B. & Br. Albus ; pileo e digitaliformi 

 convexo subcarnoso verrucis minutis exasperato, margine crenato; 

 stipite podagroso verrucoso farcto; lamellis ventricosis postice at- 

 tenuatis remotis (no. ^02, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya. Nov. 1868. 



White ; pileus 5 inches across, at first digitaliform, obtuse, then ex- 

 panded, broadly umbonate, clothed with minute warts ; flesh rather 

 thick, except toward the crenate margin ; stem 5 inches or more 

 high, gouty below, clothed, especially above, with little supei-ficial 

 warts, stuffed ; ring ample, torn ; gills nearly I an inch wide, ventri- 

 cose, attenuated behind; spores very pale jellow, oblong, '00045' 

 long ; mycelium delicate, white. 



A. continuus raaj possibly prove to be a wartless form of this 



species 



* The decimals in this paper arc idl parts of an Eughsh inch. 



