DECADES OF FUNGI. 1G7 



Vaiying greatly in the shape and length of the pores. They are 

 often elongated on one side, especially in fi'ont, and are then sinuous, 

 sometimes as much so as in Bcsdalea, 



* //. polygramma^ Mont. 



Hab. Paras Nath; Soane river, Behar. (Dr. Hooker.) 



* H, temdsy Fr. 



Hab. On dead wood. Eastern Nepal ; Daijeeling. (Dr. Hooker. 

 There is also a very beautiful variety, thicker and more rugged, and 

 resembling externally some states of Lenzites KlotzscJdi, 



* Favolits muUipleXy Lev. 



Hab. CImrra. (Dr. Hooker.) June. 



There seems very little difference, if any, between this species and F, 

 laceriis, Fr., from Costa Eica, 



446. F. seti^orus^ n. s. ; pileo dimidiato pallide flavo radiatim line- 

 ato-rugoso ; poris amplis intus setigeris. 



Hab. On dead wood, Nunklow. July, 1850. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Pileus 2 inches broad, dimidiate, sometimes flabcUiform, thin, pale 



yellow, rough with fine raised lines,, subzonate when dry, from the 



contraction of the substance over the pores. Pores large, hexagonal, 



1-2 lines broad, clothed with short bristles, or rather snbtriaugular 



laminae within. 



Allied to F. mtestinalis^ the walls of whose pores are however quite 

 smooth. 



447. MeruUus Itgnoms^ n. s. ; dependens ligneus; vertice elongato 

 incrassato margine obtuso ; hymenio poroso-venoso ; poris amplis. 



Hab. On dead wood. Daijeeling. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Hard, woody, at least when dry ; 2 inches across, fixed by the vertex, 

 which is greatly elongated, irregular, and entering into the substance of 

 the matrix ; edge tawny. Pores dark, irregular, unequal, nearly a line 

 broad. 



* Hydnum zonatum, Batsch. 



Hab. On the ground, in woods. Khasia, 5-6000 feet. July, 1850. 



(Dr. Hooker.) 



"Dirty brown; border yellow/* 



448. II. vespertilio, n. s.; nigrum; pileo tenui infundibuliformi pro- 

 funde fisso zonato radiatim lineato, zonis elevatis. 



Hab. On the ground. Nunklow. July 10, 1S"0. (Dr. Hooker.) 

 Black. Infundibuliform, 2 inches across, 1^ inch deep, strongly cleft, 

 marked to the very base of the funnel with raised zones and a few nidi- 



