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cially in the texture of the upper surface of the pileus, which 

 is glossy and velvety, rather than truly hairy, with obsolete 

 closely placed zones. 



Fig. 1, Portion of the upper-side, and fig. 2, Portion of the 

 under-side : — slightly magnified. 



[TAB. LXXXVL] 



SIMBLUM PERIPHRAGMOIDES. 



Crypt. Fungi. Ord. Angiogastres. Nees, Fries. Subord. 



Phalloide^. Fr. 



Gen. Char. — Simblum. Klotzsch, MSS. Volva sessilis, radi- 

 culosa, rotundata, receptaculum includens, in 2-3 parti- 

 bus inaequalibus rumpens. Receptaculum amplum, sub- 

 globosum, cum stipite contiguum et concretum, liquorem 

 mucosum continens, massa farinacea sporidifera intermixta. 

 Stipes dein fistulosus, a volva distinctus, lacunosus, striatus, 

 integer, in capituluni hemisphaericum e ramis cancellato- 

 anastomosantibus, crispis, obliquis confluens. — Genus 

 inter Pkallos, Lysuros, et Clathros medium. Nomen ab 

 c-ifAjixov, favus. 

 Simblum periphragmoides. Klotzsch, MSS. (Tab. LXXXVL) 

 Hab. Apud terram, ad " Bois Chery" Insulae Mauritii. 



Z)a« Telfair. 

 Volva albida, vaginata, 3-4-fida. Stipes 3-4 uncias longus, 2 

 uncias latus, valde cellulosus, mucosus, fistulosus, striatus, 

 flavescens, capitulo sen receptaculo terminatus. Recep- 

 taculum hemisphaericum fere globosum, cancellatum, are- 

 olis pentagonis ad margines pulcherrime crispatis. Spo- 

 ridia pulposa, atro-virescentia. Klotzsch. 

 This remarkable plant was discovered at Bois Chery in 

 the Mauritius, and an excellent coloured drawing, made on 

 the spot, together with specimens both dried and preserved 

 in spirits, were obligingly sent to me by Mrs. Charles Telfair. 



