506 THE BEV. M. J. BEBKELKT JlSD Mil. C. E. BKOOME 



white powdery stratum; ring erect; gills slightly ventricose, 

 rounded behind, | line broad. Spores slightly oblong, "0002' long. 



A very pretty and distinct species. 



41. A. (Lepiota) opsh^matus, B. 4* Br, Pileo piano acute um- 

 bonato usque ad umbonem striato pallide cameo ; stipite a^quali, an- 

 nulo erecto ; lamellis carneis falciformibus postice rotundatis ap- 

 proximatis (no. 891 cum icone). 



On the ground, Dec. 1868. 



Pileus 5 inch across, plane, acutely umbonate, striate up to the red- 

 brown umbo ; stem | inch high, ^ line thick ; ring erect ; gills falci- 

 form, rounded behind, flesh-coloured. Spores ovate, '0002' long- 



The whole plant becomes of a deep yinous-red when dry. 



42. A. (Lepiota) spongodes, jB. 4* Br. Pileo convexo subcarnoso 

 sericeo-squamoso; stipite flexuoso lanato farcto, annulo suberectoj 

 lamellis arcuatis postice rotundatis remotis (no. 86 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1867. 



Pileus 2 inches across, convex or somewhat conical, at length depressed, 

 vinous-red, clothed with silky scales ; flesh white, thin towards the 

 margin ; stem 2i inches high, 2 lines thick, slightly attenuated up- 

 wards, vinous; gills 2-2^ lines wide, arched, white, with a pinkish 

 tinge, leaving a circular space round the top of the stem, which 

 does not penetrate the flesh ; mycelium fibrous ; spores '00025' long. 



This description is taken from the specimen from which the 

 drawing was made. There is, however, a specimen marked with 

 the same nnmber, which may possibly be distinct, though the 

 spores are similar. The pileus is still more spongy, the stem 

 shorter and dilated at the base ; and, when dry, the coating of the 

 pilous assumes the colour of sponge. 



43. A. (Lepiota) dasypeplus, J3. Lond. Joiirn. of Bot, vol. vi. p. 482 ; 



Gard, no. 63. 

 On old wood. Ilautane, Ceylon. 



44. A. (Lepiota) albuminosus, B. L c, tab. xx.fig. 3; Garrf.no. 61. 



On the ground. Peradeniya, June 1844. 



camow 



45. A. (Lepiota) lignyodes, B, ^ Br. Pileo hemisphsencc 



stipiteque curto albo-farcto fuligine rubro fuscescente aspersis ; an- 

 nulo lacero appendiculato ; lamelUs ventricosis approximatis (no. 74^ 

 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sept. 1868. 



Pileus 1^ inch across, convex, clothed, as is the stem, with mulberry- 

 red powder, which assumes a sooty tint in drying; flesh tnicK, 

 white; stem f inch high, 2 hnes thick, at first stuffed with white, 

 furfuraceous (or nearly smooth, no. 745* cum icone), then hoUow, 



