*7<> A P P E N D I X. 



CCXIX. BOLETUS Jlipitatus coriaceus, Jiipite gracili fubcentrali, piko fubluteo-cirttnfcmte- 



earns, nivea tenuifiima, pons minutis  angularibus. . 

 fithftriftu!, 



SPINDLE -SHANK BOLETUS. 



TAB. CLXX. 



THE root is fmall, hard, of a leathery fubftance, and emits, into the ground, a 

 few hard fibres. 



The ftem is upright, round or comprefied, hard, and tough ; dufky or yellowiflv 

 on the outfide, and white within ; in fome fpecimens it is inferted in the centre 

 <of the pileus, in others bearing towards the fide. 



The pileus is very thin of flefh, which is white, tough, and leathery .; the fur-- 

 face of various hues, bordering on yellow, or yellow brown, but fometimes in- 

 clining a little to the olive, or to afh colour; it is fmooth to the touch, convex,, 

 aufhion-ihaped or flat ; the rim acute, and fometimes irregularly waved. 



The tubes are moderately long, and adhere together by their fides. The pores 

 minute, and to the naked eye appear round, but, when magnified a little, I found 

 them to be angular, of various fides, very clofely and beautifully arranged, they are 

 of a pale yellowifh colour. 



It is a rare fpecies. I have gathered it in North-Dean, near Halifax. And 

 fpecimens of the fame have been fent me from Darlington, by my ingenuous friend 

 Mr. Edward Robson. All the fpecimens I have received from Darlington, or the 

 county of Durham, as mentioned in this appendix, have been fent me by that 

 gentleman, collected by himfelf, or by Mr. Thomas Flintoff, Surgeon, of 

 Knoyton, in Fork/hire ; two diligent, induftrious, and well-informed botanifts. 



Mr. Robson has been long engaged in drawing up a Flora Briianica, according 

 to the Linnaean fyftem ; and, in feveral other refpecls, on a more eligible plan than 

 any that has appeared hitherto. 



It was Mr. Flintoff who made microfcopic obfervations on the Clathrus coc- 

 cineus, as mentioned in the introduction to this work ; though I inadvertently faid, 

 they were made by Mr. Robson ; not paying a proper regard to the fignature, till 

 after the fheet was printed ofF. 



