530 TUE REV. M. J. BERKELEY AND SIB. C. E. BECOME 



152. A. (Volvaria) terastius^ B. ^ Br. in Linn. Tr. xxvii. p. 151, 

 tab. 34/ (No. 689*, cum icone.) 



On the ground. Peradeniya, July-Nov. 1868. 



Specimens with perfect spores have lately been received, which 

 show that it is not an Amanita as originally supposed. Spores 

 '00025 --0002' long. 



153. A. (Volvaria) gSaster, J3. Sf Br, Pileo campanulato sericeo- 

 striato fusco ; volva Iscvi lobata iutus Candida extus umbrina lobis 

 reflexis (no. 822, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradcniya, Nov. 1868. 



The only specimen is unfortunately in a young state, and the 

 gills immature. It so closely resembles a Geaster that Mr. 

 Thwaites thought that it was one tiD he divided it. Margin 

 pale, closely striate. 



154. A. (Volvaria) volvaceus. Bull. (No. 790.) 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



There is a pale variety with very broad gills. 



156. A. (Volvaria) pseudo-volvaceus, B. 4- Br. Pileo conico- 

 convcxo fibrilloso ; stipite sursum incrassato e volva bifida fuhgmosa 

 oriundo; lamellis ventricosis hheris; sporis miuoribus (no. 709, Tiij 

 790 in part). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov.-Dec. 1868, Jan. 1869. - 



ui 



are •00015'-0002' long. 



156. A. (Volvaria) diplasius, B. Sf Br, in Linn, Tr. xxvii. p. 15^? 



tab. 33 c. (No. 689, cum icone.) 

 On the ground, springing from rotten wood. Peradeniya, July 1868. 

 Spores •00028-0003' long. 



157. A. (Volvaria) apalotrichus, B. 4- Br. Pileo convexo sub- 

 carnoso subtiliter piloso virgatove cinereo, carne alba ; stipite gracili 

 e volva parva libera oriundo solido ; lamdlis ventricosis (no. /O^, 

 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 1-1^ inch across, delicately pilose or virgate subcarnose ; flesh 

 white; stem 2 inches high, 1 hne thick in the middle, smooth, solid, 

 springing from a small bilobed free volva; gills slightly ventricose ; 

 spores '0002' long. 



158. A. (Volvaria) coleatus, B. 4' Br, Pileo convexo subcarnoso, 



subtiliter piloso, cinereo j stipite subaquali e volva vaginata oriundo 



solido ; lamellis angustis (no. 709*, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, July, Aug. 1868. 



Pileus IJ inch across, convex, obtuse, clothed with delicate hairs, ci- 



