274 FETCH : 



From the figure, "' Peziza ceylonische " would appear to be 

 a half-expanded Lentinus giganteus, as Berkeley supposed, 

 though there is nothing very characteristic about it. But it 

 is quite evident that the description does not refer to a 

 Lentinus, but rather to a Polystictus , most probably Polys- 

 tictus xantho'pus. 



82. — Lentinus badius Berk. 



This species was originally described by Berkeley under the 

 name Panus badius from specimens collected by Cuming in 

 the Phihppines. Subsequently Berkeley received specimens 

 from Ceylon, sent by Gardner (No. 59), which he. assigned 

 to the same species, and changed the name to Lentinus 

 badius. 



Thwaites sent the same Ceylon species to Berkeley and 

 Broome, in numbers 94 and 686. These were named L. 

 blepharodes (94 and 686) and L. similis (686, cum icone) ; the 

 latter was listed in the " Fungi of Ceylon " as " C. similis," 

 evidently a printer's error. There was some confusion with 

 regard to the figure. Thwaites sent two figures, both numbered 

 686 ; one of these is the brown species under consideration, 

 while the other is a white species altogether different. 



Considering first of all the figures, we find that though 

 Berkeley and Broome cite L. similis as " 686, cum icone," 

 they labelled the original drawing of the brown species 

 L. blepharodes, while that of the white species was not named. 

 The copies in the Kew Library were dealt with in the same 

 way, but some one has subsequenth' detected the confusion, 

 and has labelled the brown species L. similis, and the white 

 species Jj. blepluirodes, which it is not. 



In the Kew Herbarium, under Lentinus badius, there are 

 th<; original specimens from the Philippines, and four (^eylon 

 Rfiecirncns fiom the Hookerian Herbarium ; the latter are 

 numbered No. 69, which is probably an error for Gardner's 59, 

 since 69 is a Polyporus in Gardner's numbers and a Platygrapha 

 in Thwaites'. These two gatherings are quite different in 

 stature, gills, stalk, and ajjparently in texture also. The 

 same is true of the corresponding specimens in the British 

 Museum Herbarium. 



