ON THE rUNGI OF CETLON* 511 



this little species. This and J. rinjparoplorus aud A. revehtus 

 resemble each other externally as regards the pileus; but the 

 spores are different. 



61. A. (Lepiota) alphitochrous, B. 4'Br, Pileo e campanulato 

 piano subumbilicato subter epidermidem Isevem separabilem parti- 

 culis farinosis candidis obsito 5 stipite a^quah farcto farinoso ; lamellis 

 ex albo sordide cameis postice rotundatis (no. 771 cum icone). . 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sept. Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 2 inches across, campanulate, then expanded, plane, slightly 

 umbilicate, at first clothed with a smooth brownish cuticle, which 

 peels off, except at the apex, where it forms a little cup with free 

 edges, leaving a pale flesh-coloured stratum scattered with white mealy 

 specks and stride towards the margin; stem U inch high, 2^ hues 

 thick, white, mealy like the pileus ; ring appendiculate ; gills 1^ line 

 wide, rounded behmd, at first white, than dull red ; spores -0002'- 



•00025' long. 



"Whole Dlant : 



form 



" dull ocliraceous gilvous, with pileus and base of the stem pale 

 ferruginous." 



62. A. (Lepiota) flagellatus, B. ^- Br. Pileo e subcampanulatb 

 umbonato piano, squamulis liturisve rubris notato ; stipite sursum 

 dilatato glabro farcto ; lamellis latis falciformibus pallide stramincis 



(no. 837 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 1-U inch across, subcampanulate, umbonate, then plane, white, 

 marked with little red scales or streaks, bearing the powderj- remains 

 of the veil on the margin ; stem 1 1 inch high, 2 lines thick lu the 

 middle, obversely conical, white, at length stained below with brown, 

 reddish within ; gills broad, 2-2^ lines wide, falciform, i)ale straw- 

 coloured, approximate ; spores persistently white, -0002' long. 



Whole plant dark when dry, but not of so vinous a tint as m 

 allied species, nor do the spores change colour. 



63. A. (Lepiota) hemichlobus, B. >§-Br. Gregarius; pileo semi- 

 ovato stramineo squamulis minutis insperso subcamoso ; carne rubro 

 tmcta ; stipite gracili rufulo albo-farcto ; lamelUs arcuatis postice 

 attenuatis rufuhs (no. 1160 cum icone). 



On the ground. July 1869. • , 



Pileus half-ovate, f inch high, straw-coloured, clothed with minute 

 scales; stem 2 inches high, 1 line thick, pale rufous without and 

 within ; ring subpersistent towards the apex ; giUs 1 line wide, arched. 



000 



Whole 



