528 THE EEY. M. J. BERKELKX AND ME. C. E. BROOMt: 



141. A. (Pleurotus) angustatus, B. 8f Br, Cacspitosus; pileo 

 excentrico flabelliformi glabro cinereo; stipite elongato cylindrico 

 albo, deorsum incrassato reticulato; lamellis albis decurrentibus 

 (no. 202). 



On dead wood. Nov. 1867. 



Csespitose; pileus 1^ inch across, excentric, subflabelliform, smooth, 

 cinereous; stem \\ inch high, ^ thick, cylindrical, white, reticulate, 

 often connate at the base ; gills white, thin, decurrent ; spores oblong, 

 slightly curved, '0003' long. 



142. A. (Pleurotus) rigescens, B. 8f Br. Pileo e suborbiculari 

 flabellato lobato glabro rufo zonato, sicco rugoso ; stipite distincto 

 suba^quali deorsum nigricante ; lamellis angustlssimis omnibus una 

 decurrentibus (no. 695, cum icone; no. !)7j 88, in part). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Nov. 1867, July 1868. 



Pileus at first suborbicular, then flabelliform and lobed, smooth, 

 wrinkled and rigid when dry, rufous-zoned; stem short, distant, 

 cylindrical, dark at the base ; gills very narrow, all ending abruptly. ^ 



143. A. (Pleurotus) polychromus, B. ^ Br. Pileo suborbiculari 



excentrico glabro variioolori, came alba ; stipite brevi cylindrico albo 

 farinaceo lamellisque angustis confertis postice attenuatis candims 

 (no. 960, cum icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus f-1 inch across, excentric, sometimes quite lateral, convex, pale 

 towards the margin, the disk, which is sometimes swollen, variously 

 tinted with rufous and lilac ; stem 1-2 lines high, white, farinaceous; 

 gills white, very narrow and crowded, attenuated behind. 



144. A. (Pleurotus) gale^formis, B. ^ Br. Pileo obliquo tenui 

 striato galeaeformi, postice rufo ; stipite cylindrico, deorsum ponto, 

 fusco e basi orbiculari oriundo ; lamellis latis, interstitiis venosis 

 (no. 1207, cum icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, June 1869. 



Pileus f inch across, and as much high, helmet-shaped, thin, striate, 

 pale in front, rufous behind; stem 2 hues high, cylindrical, po- 

 lished, not a line thick ; gills pale ochraceous, rather broad, mter- 

 stices venous. 



145. A. (Pleurotus) flabellatus, B. Sf Br. Pileo flabellifonni 



tenui candido vel rubescente tomentoso glabrescente postice at- 

 tenuato; stipite brevissimo tomentoso; lamellis angustis decurrenti- 

 bus (no. 88, no. 92 in part). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Aug., Nov. 1867, Aug. 1868. 



Pileus 1-1 ^ inch across, flabelliform, white, sometimes tinged slightly 

 with red, attenuated behind, and ending in a ver}' short toraentose 



