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178. P. (Inodermei) vittatus, n. sp.; pileo sessili vel 
postice effuso et vertice disciformi affixo coriaceo tenui rigido 
subtiliter velutino odnaceo fusciis zonisque fuscis vel ob- 
scurioribus notato; margine obtusiuscolo ; contextu albido; 
hymenio concavo inæquabili ; poris mediis brevibus ochraceis. 
Talagalla, Ceylon. Feb. 1846. 
Pileus 2 inches or more broad, 11 long, rigid, coriaceous, 
either perfectly sessile and semiorbicular, or diffused behind, 
and fixed by thedisciform vertex, very minutely velvety, marked 
with raised radiating lines, ochraceous, with brown fascie and 
delicate zones ; margin rather obtuse ; substance dirty-white. 
Hymenium concave, uneven, ochraceous, pores middle- 
sized, ¿th of an inch in diameter, somewhat flexuous; dis- 
sepiments rather thick, obtuse. 
Allied to Pol. versicolor, but far more rigid, with larger 
pores, and a very peculiar aspect. 
*P. elongatus, Berk. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vol. 1, 
p. 149.— Gardner, n. 101. 
On fallen trees. Hautane Range, Ceylon. 
Nothing can be more variable than this species as regards 
form. Many of the specimens, instead of being elongated, are 
orbicular, or very broadly flabelliform, and several inches wide. - 
179. P. (Inodermei) sefiporus, Berk.; imbricatus ferru- 
gineo-spadiceus sulcatus velutinus margine lobato; poris 
mediis angulatis postice elongatis dentatis setulosis. : —Ó— 
XX, f. 2.) 
On dead wood. Forests at base of Adam’s Peak, Ceylon. 
Densely imbricated, laterally confluent, forming masses 
2-3 inches wide, 1 inch long. Pilei often diffused, and at- 
tached by the vertex behind, flexible, coriaceous, bright fer- 
Tuginous brown, deeply and regularly sulcate, velvety ; 
Margins acute, lobed. 
Substance of the pileus very thin, dark and rigid ; that of res 
the dissepiments soft, tawney. tom 
_ Pores of the same colour as the pileus, with a ydlow à int E- : 
towards the enne sth ofan inch nen -e near the e 
