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most amiable man, a cautious and accurate observer : had he 
enjoyed firmer health, and had life been spared him longer, 
the Botany of this country would have received important 
aid from his labours. As it was, many new species, parti- 
eularly in Cryptogamia, owe their discovery to him.” 
The descriptions of the species now published are drawn 
up in a great measure from his notes, a circumstance which 
must add greatly to their value. 
112. A. (Flammula) polychrous, n. sp.; pileo plano late 
umbonato multi-colori primum purpureo viscido; disco 
carnoso; stipite firmo subligneo primum furfuraceo ; velo 
floccoso flavo-purpureo; lamellis pallido-purpureis demum 
flavo-fuscis adnato-decurrentibus. Sig T EPE 
- On rotten trunks of trees, sticks, &c. Waynesville, Ohio. 
Sept. 1844. T. G. Lea, Esq. 
Pileus 2-3 inches across, solitary or tufted, when young 
Convex, purple, soon expanding and flat, with a broad fleshy 
umbo, very viscid, varying from light yellow to buff, with the 
.. umbo brownish yellow or purple. | B. 
Rp Stem 1-14 inch high, 2 lines thick, hard, and somewhat — 
. Woody, nearly equal, brownish yellow, at first furfuraceous. — — 
E. Veil fugitive, consisting of purple and yellow flocci, — 
Gills at first dirty white, then brownish purple, at length — 
Yellow brown, broad, rather distant, adnate, slightly de- — 
 ürrent, but easily breaking away from the stem. — Bed S 
| . Frequently eaten by large larvæ, and then, with the 
exception of the woody stem, turning into a viscid mass. — 
, “his fine species is evidently closely allied to Ag. Harmoge, - 
but differs essentially in the nature of the gills, Ag. sa- 
