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precisely the peculiarity of these species, in which the gills “longe in 
conum obversum decurrunt." 
246. 4. (Armillaria) varus, n. s. ; pileo e convexo plano sicco, mar- 
gine repando; stipite flexuoso curvo solido e basi attenuato ; annulo 
amplo superiore ; lamellis pallidis lineatim decurrentibus. Hook. fil., 
No. 2, cum ie. 
Has. On rotten timber. Sinchul, 8,600 feet. April to June, 
Tufted, inodorous. Pileus 2 inches across, at first convex, then plane 
or even depressed, pale umber, with sometimes a reddish tint, smooth, 
dry, fleshy, firm, rather tough; margin strongly arched. Stem 4 inches 
high, + inch thick, incrassated and obtuse below, attenuated upwards, 
darker than the pileus, blackish towards the base, solid, nearly smooth. 
Ring large, erect, white. Gills moderately broad, distant, pallid, 
decurrent, quite thread-like at the base, either continued down to the 
ring or ending a little way above it. 
Allied to 4. melleus, but tougher, quite smooth, with truly decurrent 
gills, and a nearly smooth stem. ‘There is a smaller variety in which 
the gills are more decurrent than in the larger form. 
247. 4. (Armillaria) dieupellus, n. s. ; umbrinus ; pileo carnoso sicco 
convexo laqueato-incurvo ; stipite elongato fistuloso flocculento ; annulo 
superiore amplo supra lineato convexo subtus cupulzformi; lamellis 
distantibus lineatim decurrentibus. Hook. fil., No. 90, cum ie. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, 7,500 feet. Common. June. . 
Inodorous, rather tough and leathery. Pileus 2 inches broad, com. . 
vex, arched and incurved, dry, smooth, fleshy, dark umber, edge slightly 
striate. Stem several inches high, about 3 an inch thick, nearly equal, 
umber with a red tinge, very dark at the base, floeculose, squamulose 
above, hollow to the apex. Ring near the top very broad, reflexed, 
convex above, and striated from the impression of the gills. Gills - 
umber, distant, connected by veins moderately broad, running down to 
the ring by a narrow line. : 
Allied to 4. melleus and 4. mucidus, but exhibiting, with two or 
three allied species, a distinct type. The substance approaches that of 
Lentinus or Panus. . 
248. A. (Armillaria) duplicatus, n. s. ; fasciculatus ; pileo plano sicco — 
glabro, margine incurvo ; stipite elongato sursum fibrilloso squamoso _ 
solido, apice farcto; lamellis angustis postice rotundatis dente ad 
velum duplex lineatim decurrentibus. Hook. fil., No. 113, eum ic. — 
