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17. Polyporus (Mesopus) lentus, Berk. Eng. Fl., vol. 5, 
Part 2, p. 134. 
On a rotten stem.  Arrial das Merces. Oct. 1840. 
This appears to be precisely the same species which occurs 
in England, not unfrequently, on Ulex Europeeus. There is 
not a single distinguishing character, at least, in the dry spe- 
cimens. 
18. P. (Mesopus) similis, n. s., pileo plano-infundibuliformi 
lento-coriaceo rigido glabro levi margine ciliato; stipite 
deorsum incrassato velutino glabrescente ; poris parvis pallidis 
angulatis ; dissepimentis tenuissimis denticulatis. 
On an old tree. Minas Geraes. Oct. 1840. 
Pileus. 1-13 inch broad, plano-infundibuliform, of a tough 
coriaceous substance, rigid when dry, quite smooth except at 
the margin, which is ciliated with pale rigid bristles, 
Stem 8-1 inch high, sometimes equal, in general atte- 
nuated below, clothed with very short velvety down, which at 
length vanishes, leaving the stem nearly smooth. 
Pores small, pallid, angular, sometimes elongated; dissepi- 
ments extremely thin, more or less torn and denticulate. The 
colour of the pileus and stem is pallid umber, but is probably 
different in the recent plant. 
This species is undoubtedly near to Pol. brumalis; from 
Which it differs in its more infundibuliform pileus, its velvety 
root, squamulose stem, its pallid, not white pores, and other — 
points. I have seen no specimens of Pol. brumalis which were 
not at once distinguishable from the present by a peculiar ap- 
pearance about the pores. "The whole habit is different from 
that of Pol. Guianensis, Tricholoma, apalus and gracilis, with 
which it agrees in the ciliated —— being a far less elegant 
species, 
18. P. (Mesopus) MERE n. s. pileo plano-umbilicato gla- 
berrimo carnoso-lento submembranaceo azono, margine ci- 
liato ; stipite gracili equali flexuoso rufo sericeo-glabro ; 
poris parvis subequalibus angulatis, disc pis tenuis- 
simis. > 
On a rotten tree. Minas Geraes. Oct. 1840. 
