502 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
Pores very minute, scarcely visible to the naked eye, 
rhubarb-yellow within, longer than the substance of the 
pileus. E 
In some specimens the pileus is effused behind ; and in one 
which is thicker than the rest, three or four fresh strata, each 
smaller than the preceding, are deposited on the hymenium. 
This species is nearly allied to P. rubiginosus, Berk., and 
Pol. senex, Nees et Mont. From the former it differs in 
habit and the smoother pileus, from the latter in its smaller 
size and the absence of the concentric ridges, The zones are 
sometimes obsolete. ; 
174. P. (Placodermei) strigatus, n. sp.; pileo rigido tenul 
semiorbiculari brunneo zonato strigis parvis notato; con- 
textu concolori; poris parvis brevibus rotundis brunneolis. 
Gardn. n. 123. 
On the fallen stems of trees. Hautane. Oct. 1844. — 
Slightly imbricated pileus, 3 inches broad, 2 long, semi- 
orbicular or elongated at the vertex, rigid, coriaceous, bay- 
brown, zoned, marked with little radiating strigæ, and finely 
silky. 
Pores small, not -35th of an inch in diameter, shorter than 
the substance of the pileus, pale-brown, when young regular, 
hexagonal. bes 
This resembles very much Trametes badia, Berk., which ¥ 
the same with Polyp. fusco-purpureus and serpens, Pers. It is 
also nearly allied to Pol. caperatus, Berk., but has not the 
dense pubescence of that species, and the pores are formed 
upon a more regular model, like those of Hexagona, as may - 
be seen in the shallow young pores towards the margin. — 
_ 175. P. (Placodermei) ferreus, n. sp.; durissimus, sub- 
| erosus pileo sitaneo cervino velutino, hornotino tenui levi 
subglabro fusco-fasciato, perennanti crasso rudi dealbato sca- 
briusculoso ; contextu pallido-ligneo ; poris minimis pallidis. 
. Gardn, n. 104, 106. canap 
= On dead wood. Hautane Range. Sept. 1844, Dense — 
: forests at base of Adam's Peak, Ceylon. hus cs 
_ Extremely hard and rigid, varying extremely with age- Ww 
