and some allied Species. Ill 
The plant still remaining in Sir W. J. Hooker’s herbarium, though some- 
what injured by insects, is marked by Dr. Klotzsch Lentinus villosus, but it is 
neither the species described under that name in his MSS. nor that so sent 
to Fries. Whether or not there has been any mistake as to locality I cannot 
say, but there are no specimens marked as coming from New Orleans in Sir 
W. J. Hooker’s collection. It will be observed, that my description does not 
accord with that of Fries as regards the colour of the pileus and stem, but 
Mr. Gardners plant is in a more perfect condition, and the under colour 
of the pileus and stem varies according to cireumstances. Specimens which 
have been much exposed to the weather acquire a dark tinge; and their con- 
dition before being submitted to pressure, whether more or less saturated with 
moisture, makes some difference. ‘The accompanying figure will indicate in a 
great measure the differences, which are stated at length under the following 
species. 
3. Lentinus SCHOMBURGKII ; pileo tenui latè infundibuliformi repando cervino 
floccis mollibus fasciculatis leviter crispatis pallidis vestito demüm medio 
subglabrescente sericeo-striato, stipite zequali sublurido parcé furfuraceo 
apice sericeo, lamellis confertis tenuibus decurrentibus posticé anastomo- 
santibus pallidé cervinis eglandulosis acie denticulatis. (Tan. IX. fig. 3.) 
Hab. On dry wood. British Guiana, Schomburgk in Hook. Herb. 
Pileus 14 inch across, thin, rigid and coriaceous when dry, broadly infundibuliform, with 
the border arched and the extreme edge slightly incurved, fawn-coloured, clothed with 
pale, fasciculate, slightly-curled flocci, at length comparatively smooth in the centre 
and sericeo-striate. Stem $ of an inch high, 1j line thick, fawn-coloured like the 
pileus, but with a dingy hue, slightly furfuraceous below; sericeo-striate above. Gills 
crowded, narrow, thin, of a pale fawn-colour, decurrent, slightly anastomosing behind ; 
edge thin, denticulate ; surface quite free from glands. 
This species is nearly allied to L. tener, but it is smaller, more rigid, the 
hairs on the pileus are less coarse, the gills are thinner, more closely set, and 
they have no glands upon them. There is besides a peculiar dull appearance 
about those of L. tener, which at once distinguishes them. 
4. Lentinus nigripes, Fries, Syn. Lent. p. 4; Epicrisis, p. 387. Klotzsch in Linn. 
vol. viii. p. 479. 1833. (Tas. IX. fig. 4.) 
