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Has. Sinchul, 8,000 feet. 
The specimens collected by Dr. Hooker differ slightly from the 
American individuals which I have from Bahia and Guiana. - 
The colours, marking, and sculpture of the adult specimens are pre- 
cisely similar; the young fungi, however, are clothed with a rhubarb- 
coloured velvety coat, whereas in the American form the early down is 
rubiginous. The pores, too, are slightly larger, and the whole texture 
evidently more succulent. These, however, are differences so clearly 
depending on climate, that I cannot but consider the species the same. 
The two forms laid side by side, whether on the upper or under side, are 
so similar when fully grown, that they could not fail to be pronounced 
the same species by any one at the first glance. 
* P. zonalis, Berk. Ann. of Nat. Hist. vol. x. p. 375, tab. x. fig. 5. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, 7,000 feet. 
This pretty species was originally found by Kónig, in Ceylon. I 
believe that it also occurs in Cuba. 
* P. hirsutus, Fr. Ep. p. 477. Hook. fil., No. 28, cum ic. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, Mung-durbi, 4,000 feet. 
Some of the specimens have a dark margin, exactly as in P. nigro- 
marginatus, Schwein., which is a mere variety. : 
* P. versicolor, Fr. Ep. p. 478. 
Has. On wood. Darjeeling, 7,000 feet. Tonglo, 8,000 feet. 
The specimens are extremely rigid, the pores larger than usual, and 
imperfectly formed. The surface of the pileus is just that of the most 
ordinary European form. 
* P. Neelgherrensis, Mont, Ann. d. Sc. Nat. Ap. 1842. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, Not abundant. 
* P, elongatus, Berk. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 149. Hook. 
fil., No. 30, cum ic. z 
Has. On wood, forming large masses. May to the end of the year, 
till destroyed by the cold. Darjeeling, 7,000 feet, and 
Hymenium, when fresh, of a singularly delicate peach Modum. pink. 
The Himalaya specimens are much stunted, otherwise they agree exaetly 
with the more expanded form. Sometimes the surface is uniformly 
zoned, sometimes interrupted with darker fasciæ. A state from the upper 
Himalayas, sent by Captain Munro, is scarcely zoned at all. 
Another form occurs at a lower elevation, externally more like the _ 
usual form, but with the hymenium imperfectly developed, as in some — 
