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almost free, raimite, greenish yellow, orifice purple-orange. — Fr. 

 Epicr.p. 418. Krombh. t. 37, 12-15. Ann. N. H. no. 341. Letell. 

 t.678. Barla.t. 33, f.S-10. 



In woods. Eare. King's Cliffe. Staplehnrst. 



[Mid. Carolina.] 



Eev. 'M. J. Berkeley states that lie lias founi all these four species together 

 in the same wood, which consisted chiefly of lime trees. Spores somewhat 

 spindle-shaped, green sepia- brown, '0004 X "0002 in. (Fi^. 62, reduced.) 



B. DERiiiNi — spores subferruginous. 



727. Boletus viscidus. Z. " Viscid Boletus." 



Pileus pulvinate, soft, smooth, viscid, dingy-yellowish; veil 

 subannulate, torn, white, appendiculate ; stem torn, reticulated 

 above ; tubes wide, adnate, unequal, livid. — Fr. Epicr. p. 423. 

 Ann.N.H.no. 278. 



In woods. Eare. 



The rather large and angular tubes will distinguish this from the rest of 

 the species with rusty spores. Spores very small, spindle-shaped, elongated, 

 brownish green, 'OOO'SS X '00012 in. 



728. Boletus versipellis. Fr. "Orange-cap Boletus." 



Pileus pulvinate, diy, at first closely tomentose, then scaly and 

 smooth between ; veil membranaceous, annular, inflexed, appen- 

 diculate ; stem solid, attenuated above, rugoso-squamose ; tubes 

 free, plane, minute, dingy-white, orifice greyish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 424. Batt. t. 50, /. A. Schcpf. t. 103. Sow. t. 110. Krombh. t. 32. 



In woods. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Pileus of a beautiful orange, closely allied to Boletus scaher. but apparently 

 not so common. Spores spindle-shaped, pale, ochraceous, '00056 X '00021 

 in. 



729. Boletus scaber. Fr. " Shaggy Boletus." 



Pileus pulvinate, smooth, viscid when moist, at length rugu- 

 lose or rivulose ; margin veiled ; stem solid, attenuated, rough 

 with fibrous scales ; tubes free, convex, round, minute, white, 

 then dingy.— Fr.^;?zcr.^. 424. Lenz.f.32. Vitt.t. 28. Bull. t. 

 132, 489,/. 1, 2. Fl. Dan. t. 833,/. 3. Eng. Fl.T.p.lb3. Badh. 

 i. t. 7, f. l,u.t. 6, f. 1,2. Barla.t.^3D. Vent. t.d, 10. Sow. 1. 176. 

 Krombh.t.32,f.l-10,t.36,f.l-6. Schcef. t. 104. Huss. i. t. 57. 

 Hogg. 4' Johnst. t.22. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. [Carolina, U. S.] 



