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reason to believe that Berkeley's species from Ceylon is different from 
theJavanese plant. Material of Polyporus rubidus has been examined 
from Ceylon, Java, the Philippines, and Australia, and it agrees with 
the description of P. carneus and appearance and color of Nees’ 
figure. The species is entirely distinct from the American plant, in 
color, being a pale rose or pink, becoming whitish with age. It also 
differs in the shape and size of the spores, in the character of the 
pileus, which may be either glabrous or pubescent, according to age 
and in the character of its decay. The species is not known to occur 
on coniferous wood. The plant falls in with the much named group 
represented by P. confundens Ces., P. modestus Kunz., P. brachypus 
Lev., and P. atypus Lev. Bresadola (6, 7) refers collections from 
Java and the Philippines to Polyporus carneus Bl. et Nees and states 
(8) that P. carneus of English and American authors is Fomes Palliseri 
Berk. from British North America. He is of the belief that Polyporus 
rubidus Berk. and P. carneus Bl. et Nees are identical. 
Berkeley (2) in 1872 refers collections from the United States to 
* Polyporus (Placodermei) carneus Fr." These collections are Rav. 
Fung. Car. Fasc. 5, No. 14; No. 1160, Car. Inf. Curtis 3462; New 
York, Sartwell. All of these collections are typical of the common 
American plant and have nothing to do with the Javanese species. 
There are two specimens in the Kew Herbarium, both examined 
by the writer, labeled as follows: “ P. Palliseri Berk. Palliser’s Brit. 
N. Am. (Saskatchewan) Expl. Expd. Col. E. Bourgeau 1857-8, and 
T. arcticus Carleton, Brit. Amer. 1858. Berkeley did not publish 
these names. The two specimens are identical and typical of the 
Carolina material which Berkeley later referred to Polyporus carneus 
Fr. 
The name “ Polyporus Palliseri Berk. in Herb. Berk." was published 
by Cooke (9) in 1881. "The material on which this name is based is 
an entirely different species, the type locality being Victoria and 
Queensland (see Kew Herb. Sheet no. 5520). Cooke describes the 
context as carne albo. This species which had already been described 
by Berkeley (3) under the name Trametes cingulata and T. picta 
(4) is common through Oceanica and parts of Africa and is not known 
to occur on coniferous wood. 
Cooke (10) in 1885 under the section contextu rhabarbarino v. fer- 
rugineo lists Polyporus Palliseri Berk. in Herb. Berk. no. 2562 of 
