came from the Eaft Indies. The flem, when any, is 

 fhort, lateral, woojly and white ; lamelloe very differ- 

 ent from any other Agaric known, and always fplit, 

 turning backwards towards the pileiis. They are 

 finely fibrous within. None of my fpecimens have 

 them branched * ; they are irregularly paired, and 

 feldom inofculate except towards the bafe. The pi- 

 leus is woolly, fcolloped, zoned, and ftriated with fur- 

 rows oppolite to the lamellae. Texture fomewhat 

 leather}'^ and durable. I have been favoured with fpe- 

 cimens from Owhyhee by Mr. Menzies, and from Sierra 

 Leone in Africa by Dr. Afzelius. Mr. B. M. Forfter 

 found feveral on a timber between Shoreditch and 

 Hackney; but from whence it came he knew not. 

 The plant is common in the South of France. 



TAB. CLXXXIV. 

 AGARICUS MiLLUS. 



1 HIS curious Agaric was gathered in Kenfington 

 Gardens, where there were greaf plenty, January 1796. 

 I am not fure of its being a fpecies ; but as it is difficult 

 to make out fatisfadlorily to what it belongs, I could 

 not relilf figuring it. The prickly collar is molt likely 

 to afford a fpecific difference. 



TAB. CLXXXV. 



AGARICUS FLACciDus. 



A DISTINCT fpecies not uncommon in pine woods. 

 Mr. Hunter fliewed me plenty in Lord Mansfield's wood 

 at Hampftead, in the autumn of 1796. This fungus is 

 apt to vary in its proportions and growth. The Itipes 

 is cottony at the bafe, from a quarter of an inch to an 

 inch or more in height, often lateral. 1 he gills are 

 clofe, with fome intermediate ones, but not fufficiently 

 regular to reckon in pairs or regular numbers. The 

 pileus is thin, and refembles tanned leather. It is 

 often prettily ftained or blotched in an advanced Hate. 

 A. mollis Bull, may poflibly be this plant. 



* It (lioulJ feem tl-.at A. hetul'inus, tab 1S2, (fee the end of the defcrip- 

 tion,) may have been received as this plant ; and it is remarkable, that the 

 conflriflion of the gills has been miftaken both in Bulliard's excellent plates, 

 and Batfch, who has conceived them branched. However, Linnseus fays lamel- 

 Jis bifidis, but of A. betuUnus lamellis ramcfis. Sp. PI. 



