2 FETCH : 



majority of cases identical with the species under the same 

 number at Kew ; but where Berkeley and Broome divided a 

 Thwaites's number into two or more species, these are, as a rule, 

 mounted on the same sheet at Peradeniya. 



A curious result follows, in the case of the Agaricacese. 

 These were obviously described from the paintings sent, the 

 originals of which are at Peradeniya and copies at Kew, spore 

 details being added from the specimens. But it is quite clear, 

 from peculiarities in form, &c., that in many cases the speci- 

 mens from which the paintings were made were retained at 

 Peradeniya. Which, then, are the type specimens ? 



There is yet a further ambiguity with regard to the type 

 specimens of the Ceylon fungi. It is, I believe, generally 

 understood that Broome furnished the microscopical details. 

 In that case the specimens in the Broome herbarium in the 

 British Museum would appear to have a better claim to be 

 considered t3rpes than those in Berkeley's, at least as regards 

 those species whose identification depends on such details. 

 But this, again, depends on when the division of the specimens 

 was made. 



215.— Trogia infundibuliformis B. & Br. 

 Thwaites 685 was divided into two species, Trogia infundi- 

 buliformis B. & Br., and Trogia bicolor B. & Br. Trogia 

 infundibuliformis was described as " Fuscus ; pileo infundi- 

 buliformi subtiliter striato, margine acute crenato ; stipite 

 brevi, basi piloso, e strato orbiculari oriundo ; venis decurren- 

 tibus, interstitiis Isevibus (No. 685 in part). On dead wood 

 and sticks. Pileus 1-1 "5 inch across; edge jagged; stem 

 0*5-1 inch high, 1-1 • 5 line thick." Trogia bicolor was " Pileo 

 ex infundibuliformi fiabellato umbrino ; stipite concolori e 

 basi polita oriundo ; hymenio pallido, venis decurrentibus 

 (No. 685 in part). On dead wood. Pileus half an inch, or 

 rather more, across, not striate ; stem one-third of an inch 

 high, three-quarters of a line thick, striate, springing from an 

 orbicular polished disc, which is slightly fimbriated ; veins 

 decurrent here and there, distinctly bifid." 



The type specimen of Trogia infundibuliformis in Herb. 

 Kew is marked by Thwaites, " cut through vertically, and 

 half retained by me." That would appear to indicate 



