DECADES OF FUNGI. : 495 
165. L. stenophyllus, n. sp.; connato-prolifer pileo infun- 
dibuliformi subfusco centro maculato margine involuto, 
stipite crasso ligneo: sursum in pileum dilatato sordide 
floccoso-pruinoso ; lamellis pallidis descendentibus postice ex 
indumento stipitis subtectis integris angustissimis. (Tam. 
XVII. XVIII. f. 1).—Gardner, n. 34. 
Peziza Zeylonica, Houttuyn. in Linn. Pflanzensyst. Vol. 13, 
P. 51, tab. 105, f. 4. 
On the ground in open places. Peradenia, Ceylon. June, 
1844. , 
Cæspitose connato-proliferous. Pileus nearly 5 inches 
across, hard and rigid when dry, brownish with darker 
Spots, nearly smooth, but sometimes obscurely tomentose, 
.. infundibuliform. 
Margin involute. 
Stem 3 inches or more high, 1 inch thick, solid, hard, and 
corky when dry, nearly equal, expanding above into the 
Pileus, clothed with dirty greyish matted down, which 
nearly covers the gills for a third part of their length. 
Gills pallid, extremely narrow, entire, slightly forked 
low, decurrent. 
Allied to L. Princeps, but distinguished at once from that 
and its allies by its extremely narrow gills and other points. 
It is one of the most splendid species of the genus. _ | 
Tas. XVII. XVIII. f.1. L. stenophyllus, nat. size. 
166. L. obnubilus, n. sp.; pileo carnoso-lento tenui infun- 
dibuliformi regulari glabro fusco concentrice obnubilato, 
margine tenui arcuato involuto; stipite firmo solido sursum 
~ Briseo-fusco velutino-pulverulento, deorsum attenuato radi- 
= €nte; lamellis albis integris subdistantibus decurrentibus.— 
(Tan. XIX. f. 9). Gardner, n. 33. 
. . On the ground in shady places. Peradenia, Ceylon. June, - 
1844, | : ! 
= Piku nearly 5 inches across, deeply infundibuliform, - ; 
Smooth, rather thin, especially towards the involute margin. 
brown, clouded concentrically with darkerímim...— a 
. Stem including the rooting base 5 inches high, $ of an e 
