DECADES OF FUNGI. 491 
On decaying wood. Hautane, Ceylon. July, 1844. 
Fasciculate. Pileus 3-1 inch broad, at first convex, 
campanulate, strongly umbonate, smooth, sulcate, of a 
bright chesnut brown. 
Stem filiform, fistulose, smooth, brownish, not shining. 
Gills few, slightly ventricose, adnexed, pale chesnut; 
interstices nearly smooth. 
This and the following species are intermediate between 
Heliomyces and Marasmius, but with the advice of M. 
Léveillé I refer them to the former. The present is a very 
beautiful fungus. 
159. H. caryote, n. sp. ; fasciculatus albido-luteus ; pileo 
convexo crenato sulcato umbilicato; stipite fistuloso sub- 
glabro; lamellis latis ventricosis adnexis.— Gardner, n. 3. 
On fallen flowers of Caryotaurens. Peradenia, Ceylon. 
June, 1844. 
Pileus 1 inch broad, convex, umbilicate, crenate, sulcate, 
smooth, pale, dirty yellow, as are the gills and upper part 
of the stem. 
à Stem filiform, fistulose nearly smooth, brownish at the 
ase. ! 
Gills broad, ventricose, adnexed, sometimes pressed close 
to the stem, but not really adnate; interstices nearly even. .! 
This species acquires a brown tint in drying. > 
*Lentinus Lecomtei, Fr. Ep. p. 388.—Gardner, n. 1, 13. 
On old wood and roots of trees. Kadaganava. Hautane 
.. Range, Ceylon. June, 1846. 
Pileus when fresh, pallid, gills nearly white. 
*L. strigosus, Fr. Ep. p. 388.— Gardner, n. 18. 
On rotten trees on the Hautane Range, Ceylon. June, 
1844, : 
Exactly the Guiana species of Montagne. In the drawing 
nw pileus is represented of a pinkish grey, and the. gills |. 
*L. badius, Berk. Panus badius, Berk. in Hook. Lond. 
