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ginem seriatis ; indusio subgloboso cystiformi 4 - 6-fido, lobis imbrica- 

 tis ; receptaculo oblongo. 



On hill-sides near Hakodadi, Japan. 



5, Trichomanes latemarginale : pusillum ; caudice repente fili- 

 formi tomentoso ; frondibus subsessilibus 3-6 lineis longis pellucidis 

 glabris nunc palmato 3 - G-partitis nunc pinnatifidis, laciniis lineari- 

 oblongis integerrimis obtusis nervilla intra duplicem seriem cellularum 

 marginalium cinctis ; involucre omnino immerso infundibuliformi bre- 

 viter bilabiate ; receptaculo longe exserto ; areolatione hexagonal! con- 

 spicua fragmentis venularura conspersa. 



Creeping on rocks in mountain ravines, near Hong Kong, China. 



3. Characters of Neiv Fungi, collected in the Worth Pacific 

 Explo7-ing Expedition hy Chai'les Wright. (Communicated 

 by request of Captain Rodgers.) By Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M. A., F. L. S., &c,, and Rev. M. A. Curtis, Associate 

 Fellow of the Academy. 



1. Agaricus (Lepiota) auctus, Berk. & Curt.: pileo hemisphae- 

 rico carnoso albo in squamulas granulosas fuscas rupto, margine e velo 

 appendiculato ; stipite elongato ajquali ; lamellis latiusculis remotis. 



On sides of hills, Hong Kong, Aug. 1854. 



2. A. (Lepiota) depravatus, Berk. & Curt. : pileo convexo 

 stipiteque suba^quali furfuraceo-verrucosis ex albo brunneis ; lamellis 

 ventricosis postice emarginatis adnexis. 



In woods among leaves, Bonin Islands. — Has some resemblance to 

 A. acute-sqtcaniosus, Weinm. 



3. A. (Lepiota) hemisoodes, Berk. & Curt. : albus, pileo cam- 

 panulato epidermide continua esquamulosa ; stipite basi subbulb'oso 

 gracili; lamellis angustis remotis postice distinctis. 



On decayed wood, Bonin Islands. — Resembles A. continuus of 

 Ceylon, but is smaller and with the gills not reticulated behind. 



4. A. (Armillaria) ttmpaniticus, Berk. & Curt. : ca^spitosus ; 

 pileo convexo rufo-brunneo ; stipite deorsum attenuate sursum ven- 

 tricoso albo-brunneo ; annulo membranaceo ; lamellis concoloribus an- 

 gustis. 



On dead wood, Bonin Islands. — Allied to A. mucidus. 



5. A. (Tricholoma) periporphyrus, Berk. & Curt. : obscure 



