in the British Museum. 373 



of laterally connate pilei 3 or 4 inches broad. Pilei subreni- 

 form, slightly lobed, thin, very rigid, rugged behind, obscurely 

 zoned, of a nearly uniform bistre-brown, with the edge how- 

 ever paler ; smooth, but with a glaucous aspect, as if very 

 minutely velvety ; margin rather obtuse. Hymenium un- 

 even, ochraceous ; pores rather large, ^th of an inch broad ; 

 dissepiments thin toothed and elongated, often absorbed, 

 so as to give the hymenium a Daedaloid aspect. Stem late- 

 ral, distinct, three-quarters of an inch broad and long, pale 

 like the margin of the pileus, very obscurely velvety or prui- 

 nose. 



This species must be arranged near Pol. flabelliformis, KI., 

 but I am unable to point out any species with which it has a 

 close affinity. 



13. Pol. Konigii, n. s. Pileo tenui rigido duro semiorbi- 

 culari subtiliter pruinoso-velutino glabrescente lineato-punc- 

 tulato cervino zonisobscurioribuscastaneove; margine obtusi- 

 usculo ; poris parvis distinctis rotundis ; dissepimentis subin- 

 tegris; contextuferrugineopallidioribus. "Bol.spadiceus "Kon. 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. " Bol. castaneus, Fl. Zeyl.," Kon. /. c. ut 

 videtur provectior. 



Ceylon, Konig. Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Pileus 2 — 3 inches broad, thin, very hard and rigid, semi- 

 orbicular, not undulated, marked with little linear pits, at first 

 clothed with obscure velvety down, fawn-coloured with rufous 

 zones. Stem very short, lateral, arising from an elongation 

 of the vertex. Substance corky, ferruginous. Pores small, 

 T i n th of an inch broad, distinct, round, with their borders 

 even, paler than the flesh. 



Boletus castaneus, Kon., is the same species of a more rufous 

 tinge, with the stem more evidently arising from the vertex, 

 and fewer zones. 



14. Pol. (Trametes) lactineus, n. s. Pileo sessili irregulari 

 subcrasso duro rigido azono suberoso lacteo pruinoso-velutino 

 inaequali verruculoso ; margine lobato ; hymenio pallido ; poris 

 mediis rotundis dissepimentis crassis obtusis. "Boletus lac- 

 teus" Konig in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Konig, Herb. Mus. Brit., without habitat. 



Stemless. Pileus 7 inches broad, 3£ inches long, irregular, 

 very hard and rigid, corky, rather thick, lobed, zonel ss, 

 clothed with a uniform, very short, pruinose velvety down, un- 

 even, with numerous little warts. Hymenium pallid, wood- 

 colour; pores middle-sized, ^th of an inch broad, perfectly 

 round, with thick obtuse dissepiments ; substance of a pallid 

 wood-colour. 



15. Pol. {Trametes) aureus, n. s. Pileo convexo dimidiat 

 conchiformi sessili setis brevibus aureis vestito, zonato ; ma r . 



