526 MuRRiLL : The Boleti of the Frost herbarium 



Boletus Murraii Frost. 



Represented by three sheets, containing five good plants and 

 one poor one, all of which Frost refers to '' B. pictiis Peck by first 

 publication." The following footnote under B. pictus in his Cata- 

 logue of Boleti explains the change of name : 



" This species was discovered several years since by the late 

 Mr. Dennis Murray, of Roxbury, Mass., and named Boletus 

 Murraii, B. & C. (C. J. Sprague's MSS.). Under this name I have 

 distributed it. Recently it has been published in the " Grevillea," 

 a London periodical, as Boletus Spragueii, B. & C. Mr. Peck, of 

 the New York Botanical Survey, several months before this latter, 

 published it as Boletus pictus Peck ; therefore his name has the 

 priority." 



Boletus paludosus Frost. 



Seven good plants and two small poor ones, all collected in 

 marshy woods, represent this species. Both the specimens and 

 the description point to B. cJirysenteron, from which it can hardly 

 be distinct. 



Boletus rubripes Frost. 



Two sheets containing four fair to poor specimens collected in 

 pine woods are to be found in the collection. The poor speci- 

 mens and brief description hardly warrant a guess as to its identity, 

 although there is a resemblance to B. Peckii in some of the speci- 

 mens. 



Boletus subchromeus Frost. 



The sheet bearing this name contains seven excellent plants 

 collected in moist woods late in autumn, accompanied by a full 

 description. On another sheet this name was changed to B. 

 Ravenelii B.C., already published for this species. 



Boletus subreticulatus Frost. 



Only one plant is to be found in the collection and this is 

 glued to the sheet with the surface down, and what remains is 

 badly moulded. The description implies a relationship to B. 

 chrysenteron or B. subtonientosus. 



Boletus vinaceus Frost. 



Represented by eight poor moulded plants and a full descrip- 

 tion. Frost refers them to " B. gracilis Peck by first publication." 



New York Botanical Garden. 



