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wards the even margin ; stem f inch high, ^ line thick, at length 

 hollow, smooth, white or tinged with red; ring proportionally large, 

 descending; gills ventricose, ^ hne wide, reddish ; spores *0002' long. 

 The gills are very dark when dry. 



263. A. (Psalliota) plumarius, B. ^^ Br. Pusillus; pileo e cam- 

 panulato oonvexo papillato-umbonato floccoso-squamuloso ; stii)ite 

 graciU flexuoso subtiliter fistuloso, anuulo erecto; lamellis ventricosis 

 umbriuo-carneis (no. 191, cum icone). 



On banks. Peradeniya, July-Ang. 1868. 



Gregarious ; pileus ^-^ inch across, at first campanulate, then convex 



with a little umbo, greyish white, minutely floccoso-squamulose, even; 



stem 1 inch high, | line thick, white above, slightly umber below, 



flexuous, minutely fistulose; ring white, erect; gills pinkish umber; 



spores '0002 long. Whole plant dark when dry. 



- Closely allied to the last. This is just one of the cases in 

 which the spores may have changed colour in drying. 



264. A. (Psalliota) callipeplus, J3. <§* Br. Pusillus; pileo con- 

 vexo obtusissimo fuligine violaceo obsito ; stipite graciU albo ; latnel- 

 lis carneis ventricosis (no. 853, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



Gregarious; pileus | inch across, convex, very obtuse, clothed with 

 violet meal; stem ^ an inch high, J line thick, white, curved, with a 

 narrow cavity springing from radiating white threads ; gills | line 



+ 



broad, pinkish, ventricose ; spores "0002 long. 



Allied to A. fumoso-^urpureus ; gills much paler. Dark when 

 dry. 



265. A. (Psalliota) chloroconius, B. S^Br. Pusillus; pileo con- 

 vexo umbonato pulvere viridi farinaceo; stipite gracili subtiliter fistu- 

 loso pulverulento ; lamellis ventricosis carneis liberis (no. 892, cum 

 icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus ^f inch across, at first subcampanulate, then convex, with a 

 papillaiform umbo, clothed with green meal ; stem ^-1^ inch, equal, 

 or slightly dilated below, pale, clothed here and there with a little 

 green meal ; gills ventricose, 1 line broad, rounded behind, free ; 

 spores '00025 long. 



There are two forms, one taller'^with a very slender stem and 

 campanulate pileus, the other with the pileus more expanded and 

 a ?hort, stouter, paler stem. 



266. A. (Psalliota) illotus, B. ^- Br.^ Pileo convexo umbonato 

 canieo-fuhgineo carne alba; stipite tenui rubro albo-farcto ;Jamellis 

 xubris postice rotundatis (no, 896, cum icone). 



