ON THE FUXGI OF CEYLON, 499 



incliiieJ to be disposed in scales, the pileiis more campanulate, 

 with little or no umbo, coloured as in b, the ring somewhat move- 

 able, with its edge clothed like the pileus, 



16. A. (Lepiota) (enopus, B. 4- Br, Pileo late campanulato papil- 

 lato-umbonato membranaceo sulcato squamulis paucis superficialihus 

 albis obsito ; stipite clavato extus intusque rubro, annulo medio per- 

 sistente ; lamellis latissimis ventricosis ascendentibus postice attenu- 

 atis approximatis (no. 688* cum icone). 



On dead wood, Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 21 inches across at the base, l^ inch high, white, campanulate 

 sulcate, with a few scattered nearly white superficial scales; the ex- 

 treme nipple-like umbo red; stem 3 inches high, 1^ line thick in the 

 centre, clavate, solid, red within and without, smooth ; ring central, 

 white; gills ^ inch wide, white, ventricose, strongly attenuated be- 

 hind, approximate; spores '0003 -'0004' long. 



17. A. (Lepiota) adoreus, B, ^ Br, Niveus; pileo campanulato 

 subcarnoso latissime pajMlIato-umbonato, umbone centro depresso, 

 striato particulis furfuraceis obsito ; stipite clavato gruraoso-farcto, 

 annulo angusto; lamellis arcuatis utrinque attenuatis reniotis (no. 

 688 cum icone). 



On the ground. Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 1 inch broad and high; stem 3 inches high, flexuous, I5 hne 

 thick in the centre; gills nearly 2 lines wide. 



18. A. (Lepiota) leontoderes, B, ^- Br. Pileo convexo unibonato 



. fulvo verrucis paucis pallidis insperso ; stipite e basi truncata 



attenuato maculato sursum liturato e farcto cavo, annulo descendcnte 

 lacerato fugaci lamellisque latis postice rotundatis approximatis i)alli- 

 dioribus (no. 1200 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, July 1869. 



Pdeus 2^ inches across, convex, umbonate, tawny, minutely tomentose, 

 with a few scattered warts ; stem 3 inches high, \ inch thick in the 

 middle, truncate at the base, where there are a few transverse tawny 

 scales, marked above with tawny streaks, stuffed, then hollow; gills 

 \ inch wide, ventricose, rounded, or sometimes slightly attenuated 

 behind, very pale tawny ; spores 0003' long. The flesh is so tender 

 that the warts seem sunk into the substance when dry, as hi an allied 

 Cuban species A, hemisclerus, B. 4' C*. 



19. A. (Lepiota) CEP.ESTIPES, 5ow. (No. 1154 cum icone.) Gardner, 



no. 47. 

 Amongst decayed herbs. Nov. 1867, July 1869. 

 Densely clustered, of a beautiful yellow, base of stipes tinged with 



orange." 



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