“494 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
A. most magnificent and curious species allied to L. descen- 
dens, Fr. 
Tas. XVII. XVIII. f. 2. L. giganteus, nat. size. 
163. L. maculatus, n. sp.; albidus pileo depresso medio 
maculato-squamoso, margine tenui repando suleato; stipite 
glabro; lamellis albis decurrentibus. (Tas. XIX. f. 2).— 
Gardner, n. 39. 
On the ground. Hautane, Ceylon. 
Cream coloured. Pileus 3} inches across, depressed in 
the centre, and marked with brown scale-like spots. 
Margin arched, smooth, sulcate. 
Stems.connate 2 inches high, more than j an inch thick, 
solid, smooth. : 
Gills rather narrow, arcuate, thin, decurrent, lacerated, 
with their edge entire. 
This species has very much the habit of Lactarius pipe- 
ratus. It is allied to L. descendens, and is, I believe, quite 
distinct from any published species. 
~ Tas. XIX. f. 2. L. maculatus, nat. size. — . : 
164. L. inconspicuus, n. sp.; subcespitosus albidus; pileo 
coriaceo centro valde depresso virgato; margine involuto 
furfuraceo-squamoso ; stipite brevi ligneo furfuraceo glabres- 
cente ; lamellis tenuibus decurrentibus postice leviter anas- 
tomosantibus levibus, denticulatis. : 
On wood. Talagalla, Ceylon. a 
Somewhat tufted, dirty white.  Pileus 1$ inch broad, 
much depressed in the centre, but scarcely infundibuliform, 
virgate, nearly smooth, margin arched and involute, clothed T. 
with furfuraceous minute scales. X sd 
= - Stem of an inch high, 2 lines thick, hard, furfuraceous, — 
> at length smooth. . cud 
Gills very thin, slightly anastomosing behind, shortly — 
 decurrent, more or less denticulate, not conspicuously 50a- —— 
brous. | x ca EE 
. . This species differs from L. furfurosus, Mont., in its den x 
 tieulate not dichotomous gills. In other respects, and in. © 
s E habit it nearly resembles the Chili species. - 
