ON THE FUNGI OF CEYLON. 563 



319, II. ALLiciENS^ B. Sf Br, Pileo convexo centro depresso carneo- 

 striato subcarnoso ; stipite glabrD sequali farcto demum cavo ; la- 

 mellis carneis decurrentibus (no. 815, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradenlya, Nov. 1868. 



Pileus |-1 inch across, pink, with darker stride, convex, depressed in 

 the centre, fleshy; flesh white; stem 1| inch high, 1 line thick, 

 smooth, red above, yellowish below, stuff'ed, then hollow; scarlet 

 within above, gills arched, shortly decurrent, rose-coloured. 



A very beautiful species, near S. cantharellus and sciopJiamis. 



320, H. PRASINUS, B, <5' Br, Extus intusque viridis; pileo depresso 

 subcarnoso striato ; stipite recto glabro cavo ; lamellis ventricosis 

 decurrentibus (no. 866, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



Pileus J inch across, depressed, striate; stem 1-1 1 inch high, 1 line 



thick, nearly equal, hollow; gills 1 line wide, slightly ventricose, 



decurrent. 



321, H. Nivosus, B, Sf Br, Niveus; pileo e convexo piano tenui 



subumbonato striato; stipite flexuoso farcto ; lamellis angustis utrinquc 



attenuatis subdecurrentibus (no. 904, cum icone). 

 On the ground, Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 

 Snow-white ; pileus |-1 inch across, at first campanulatCj then plane, 



subumbonate, thin, smooth, shortly striate, not the least umbilicatc ; 



stem 1 inch high, J line thick, stuff^ed ; gills ^ line broad, attenuated 



at either end, scarcely decurrent. 



No. 877 is apparently a large form of the same species, " dull 

 transparent white.*' Eatlier allied to //. Icstus and H. vir- 



gi7ieus, 



322. n. ALUTACEUS, B, 8f Br. Pileo umbilicato glabro; margine 

 arcuato striato; stipite obconico; lamellis arcuatis longe decuiTcnti- 

 bus alutaceis (no. 800*). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 1 inch across; stem 2 inches high, attenuated at the ba«e, di- 

 lated upwards, stufi'ed ; gills arched, truly decurrent, tan-coloured. 



323. H. FJRMus, B. ^' Br. Flavus; pileo depresso subtilitcr tomen- 

 toso; stipite sursum dilatato cavo ; lamellis segmentiformibus decur- 

 rentibus (no. 880). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Jan, 1869, 



Yellow, minutely tomentose; pileus 1 inch or more across, umbilicate, 

 margin arched; stem U inch high, obconical; gills strongly de- 

 current. 



Under the same number is another species, or variety, with the 

 pileus less decidedly yellow, tlie gills arched, very decurrent, 



and pale buff. 



