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The varnished coat of this species is so extraordinary that 
at first I was inclined to think it artificial.* It invests not 
only the pileus but the tubes themselves, and must, when 
the plant was gathered, have been moist, as the strong brown 
paper in which the specimens were wrapped adheres to the 
hymenium. I have now seen several specimens which are 
precisely in the same condition. It appears to me probable 
that the varnish is owing to an exusion from the tree at the 
point of growth, but even in this case, the species will re- 
main good, the pores and manner of growth being very diffe- 
rent from those of any state of Pol. australis, not to mention 
the pale ochraceous pileus. 
6. Pol. (Apus) Zostus, n. sp. dimidiatus, lignoso-coriaceus ; 
pileo imbricato-confluenti lobato-multiplici tenui crebri-zo- 
nato, zonis hic illic elevatis radiatim rugosis, fusco variegato ; 
basi effusá; poris brevibus mediis angulatis, dissepimentis 
crassiusculis subacutis contextu que umbrino-pallidis. 
Philippine Isles. Cuming, n. 2031. 
Stemless, dimidiate imbricato-confluent from the division 
of the primary pileus about 6 inches broad, 33 inches long, 
variously lobed, thin, flexible in well grown specimens, but 
otherwise rigid, concentrically zoned and sulcate, with some 
of the zones elevated and rugged from radiating interrupted 
ridges; these are frequently proliferous, producing small but 
perfect pilei, whose hymenium is directed towards the point 
of attachment ; base more or less effused. The whole is 
Covered with a very thin hard cuticle of a rich red-brown, 
variegated with paler obscurely pruinose bands. Pores middle- 
sized, vs of an inch broad, shallow, pallid umber, like the 
substance, angular, often elongated and irregular from the 
oblique position of the pileus ; dissepiments rather thick, 
subacute. 
Belonging to the same group with P. fravineus, but with 
an altogether different habit. I cannot point out any species 
* Sir W, J. Hooker received a collection of Fungi from South Africa, 
t every specimen of which had been varnished with a view to pre- 
Serve it from insects, 
