“ork ; 3 PuRPLISH. : ; 
rogress of growth only, and are not originally so. «His ¢ sti 
_ brevis,’” is very expressive, and, his character of the pileus is 
pretty exact. Had he referred to Scheff. “3 yinstead of 24, 
which is the violaceus, his readers would have understood him 
better, and his reference to Ray has only seryed to increase the 
misunderstanding. ‘This is one of the Agarics which, as well 
as some of the*Boleti, are much disposed when in pickle, to run 
into the vinous fermentation. - = si Rigs 
Ag. glaucopus. Scheff, Ag. wraneosus. Ball. Plantations, 
Edgbaston 5: gage VA-!* Sedateb, .16i ish= 241 oSgth Sept. 
Var. 2. Gills brown green : stem greenish white. 
2% , Scheff. 42, 2 : 
‘Ag. varius. Scheff. In Packington Park, Warwickshire. 
SF at 
203 
Ag, (Lann.). Gills purple, numerous, 8 in a set: pileusviola’ceus. | 
purple to. brown, convex, edge turned down: stem 
purple,. cylindrical. fe dois . 
_ Ag. stipitatus, pilei margine violaceo tomentoso, stipite 
cerulescente lana ferruginea, #/. suec. 1226. © ee 
Scheff. 3. fig. 1. 54.6, monstrous but not uncommon varieties 
: Bull, 250, and 598, 2-Bolt. 52, tints very deep—Scheff. 
56, monstrous varieties~Mich.74. 1.' Buxb. 4. 22; not 
at all characteristic—Buxb.'4. 11, a monster, but the 
' description agrees—(Buxb. 4.9, certainly not our plant; 
Batsch, 22, very unlike it.) 
Grits fixed ; from pale lilac to deep violet; numerous, 8 in a 
set; long gills sometimes cloven, and a few of them 
rather decurrent. Oe eee 
Piteus purple, or reddish brown, or purple only at the edge, 
soft, smooth, firm, convex, but centrally depressed with 
age, and cracking at the edge, which 1s always rather 
; turned down ; from { inch to 5 inches over, 
Stem solid, cylindrical, purple, bulbous at the base, from 1 to 
4 inches high, and from + to 1 inch diameter. Curtain 
like a cobweb, its fragments sometimes left hanging to 
the edge of the pileus. ‘ Japs 
This species differs very much in size, as well as in its tints. 
In an advanced state the pileus loses its lilac colour and assumes 
a russet hue, yet the gills continue with little or no change of 
colour, Here I must remark, that a mote permanent criterion, 
4s to colour, may be looked for in fhe. than, in any other 
part of the Agarics in general. Major Vetter. 
Pileus \arge, circular, slightly convex, colour various, from 
the deepest purple to a rusty brown. Gills of a beautiful. pale 
Purple, unequal lengths, Sem short, thick, solid, swelling at 
