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yellow. Gills snow-white, broader in front, but not remarkably so, 
attenuated behind and rounded ; interstices reticulated, obscurely if at 
all forked. 
A splendid species, differing from R. rubra in its opake pileus, stri- 
ated margin, and gills not so decidedly broader in front or projecting 
beyond the margin. 
* R. lepida, Fr. Ep. p. 355. Hook. fil., No. 5 (pro parte). 
Has, On clay banks. Darjeeling, 8,000 feet. April to July. Scarce, 
Firm and almost coriaceous. Pileus dry. Margin quite free from 
strie. Gills pure white. 
Dr. Hooker, in his notes, compares it with Agaricus muscarius. As 
no remark was made as to the circumstance whether it is mild or 
acrid, it is impossible to say decidedly whether this is R. rubra or R. le- 
pida, but I am inclined to think that it is the latter species. 
* R.emetica, Fr. Ep. p. 357. 
Has. On clay banks. Darjeeling. 
Pileus viscid. Texture of stem and pileus loose and spongy. 
Found with Russula rubra. 
Another species, which I cannot determine, occurred on oe at 
Sinchul. 
319. Marasmius iridescens, n. s.; pileo campanulato bubus 
sicco polychroo ; stipite sursum sttenuate cavo ; lamellis angustissimis 
eoncoloribus. Hook. fil., No. 41, cum ic. 
Has. On mossy banks. Sinchul, 8,000 feet. May. Extremely rare. 
Inodorous, singularly beautiful. Pileus 14 inch broad, campanu- 
late, slightly umbilicate, dry, smooth, slightly fleshy, not striated, 
variegated with yellow, grey, and pink. Stem 2} inches high, 2 lines 
or more thick, incrassated below, smooth, hollow, composed of fibres - 
coloured like the pileus. Gills very narrow, rather thick and obtuse, — ; 
shaded with red and blue, yellow towards to the extremity, free, 
reddish-brown when dry. P 
This exquisite fungus, which appears rather to be a Marashit than 
an Agaric, combines somewhat the characters of Fries’s two first 
sections, without agreeing absolutely with either. The edge of the 
gills is slightly obtuse, and the whole aspect of the hymenium, when 
dry, is very much like that of M. peronatus. I know of nothing 
very closely resembling it. Its colours are as various as those CE 
A, Harmoge. 
