and some allied Species. Ill 



The plant still remaining' in Sir W. J. Hooker's herbarium, though some- 

 what injured by insects, is marked by Dr. Klotzsch Lentinus villosus, but it is 

 neither the species described under that name in his MSS. nor that so sent 

 to Fries. Whether or not there has been any mistake as to locality I cannot 

 say, but there are no specimens marked as coming from New Orleans in Sir 

 W. J. Hooker's collection. It will be observed, that my description does not 

 accord with that of Fries as regards the colour of the piieus and stem, but 

 Mr. Gardner's plant is in a more perfect condition, and the under colour 

 of the piieus and stem varies according to circumstances. Specimens which 

 have been much exposed to the weather acquire a dark tinge ; and their con- 

 dition before being submitted to pressure, whether more or less saturated with 

 moisture, makes some difference. The accompanying figure will indicate in a 

 great measure the differences, which are stated at length under the following 

 species. 



3. Lentinus Schomburgkii ; pileo tenui lath infundibuliformi repando cervino 



floccis mollibus fasciculatis leviter crispatis pallidis vestito demum medio 

 subglabrescente sericeo-striato, stipite sequali sublurido parc^ furfuraceo 

 apice sericeo, lamellis confertis tenuibus decurrentibus posticfe anastomo- 

 santibus pallid^ cervinis eglandulosis acie denticidatis. (Tab. IX. fig. 3.) 

 Hub, On dry wood. British Guiana, Schomburgk in Hook. Herb. 



Piieus 1| inch across, thin, rigid and coriaceous when dry, broadly infundibuliform, with 

 the border arched and the extreme edge sHghtly incurved, fawn-coloured, clothed with 

 pale, fasciculate, slightly-curled flocci, at length comparatively smooth in the centre 

 and sericeo-striate. Stem | of an inch high, 1^ line thick, fawn-coloured like the 

 piieus, but with a dingy hue, slightly furfuraceous below, sericeo-striate above. Gills 

 crowded, narrow, thin, of a pale fawn-colour, decurrent, slightly anastomosing behind ; 

 edge thin, denticulate ; surface quite free from glands. 



This species is nearly allied to L. tener, but it is smaller, more rigid, the 

 hairs on the piieus are less coarse, the gills are thinner, more closely set, and 

 they have no glands upon them. There is besides a peculiar dull appearance 

 about those of L. tener, which at once distinguishes them. 



4. Lentinus ni gripes, Fries, Syn. Lent. p. 4 ; Epicrisis, p. 387. Klotzsch in Linn. 



vol. viii. p. 479. 1833. (Tab. IX. fig. 4.) 



