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L. Lecomteiy Fr. 



Hab. East Nepal. (Dr. Hooker.) ^ A single small specimen. 

 406. Z. pmrigidns, n. s. ; fasciculatus ; pileo excentrico umbillcato 

 rigido squamuloso autice setoso, margine repandoi stipite brevi-furfu- 

 raceo basi nigricante; lamellis latiusculis distantibus subintegris. 

 Hab. On dead wood. Soane Elver; Bebar. (Dr. Hooker.) 

 Fasciculate, Pileus excentric, very rigid, nmbilicate, clothed wita 

 short pale down, dotted with little scales composed of darker bristles, 

 which towards the edge become a close tawny pile ; border repand. 

 Stem short, scarcely exceeding an inch in height, \~\ an inch thick, 

 black at the base, furfuraccous, not rooting. Gills distant, decurrent, 

 not anastomosing at the base or only very slightly, scarcely forked; ex- 

 treme edge uneven, thin, but not strongly toothed. 



A magnificent species, with the habit of Lentinus Sajor-Cajit^ and re- 

 sembling at first sight some form of i. tigrinus. The gills in the 

 dried specimen are umber. (Tab. YIII. fig. 1.) 



407. i. inquinam^ n. s. ; pileo infundibuliformi spadiceo-velutino 

 postice glabrescente, verrucis fuscis primum polygonis hie illic aspero, 

 margine involuto ; stipite duro subvelutino glabrescente, lamellis dis- 

 tantibus furcatis integerrimis setosis. 



Hab. On dead wood, to which it adheres firmly. Mai Valley, East 

 Nepal, alt. 5000 feet. November 7, 1848. Changachelling, alt. 7000 

 feet, Jan. Sikkim. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Inodorous. Pileus 4-5 inches across, infundibuliform, clothed with 

 short velvety brown pubescence mixed with bristles, at length smooth 

 behind, slightly grooved when old, sprinkled with polygonal brown 

 warts, which are more or less persistent to the last, though becoming 

 gradually flatter 5 margin involute; juice staining the hands of a rhu- 

 barb-yellow colour. Stem \\-% inches high, 4-5 lines thick, hard, 

 woody, obscurely velvety, transversely scaly, the scales and pubescence 

 running up to the very base of the gills and sometimes reflected there, 

 as if originally forming a slight ring, and continued doubtless with the 

 substance of which the warts are formed, perfectly solid, pale. Gills 

 about two lines broad, distant, decurrent, but not very acutely, and 

 continued only a short way down the stem, quite entire, forked once or 

 twice, velvety with short dark bristles. The colour of the pileus and 

 gills when dry is of a rich brown, varying here and there to rufous ; 

 1 have no notes as to the original colour. 



