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Tropica, Arrica. Southern Nigeria: Oban, Mrs. Talbot. 
A very beautiful and distinct species, characterised by the purple 
colour of every part, and by the densely squarrosely scaly pileus 
and stem 
Lenzites adusta, Massee. 
Pileus horizontalis, dimidiatus, antice semi-orbicularis, coriaceo- 
subcartilagineus, plus minusve flexilis, margine subincurvo acuto, 
superne dilute brunneo-fumosus, minute adpresseque puberulus vel 
glabratus sed tactu fere velutinus, 8-9 cm. latus, contextus fibrosus, 
pallidus. Lamellae oie coors ochraceo-flavae, ‘rigidulae, radiantes, 
usque ad marginem productae. Sporae ellipsoideae, oblique apicu- 
latae, hyalinae, 7 x 4°5 fe 
InprA. Bengal : S. Hutchings. Presented by - 
Mr. C, G. Lloyd. Most neal allied to Lenzites seid Berk, ; 
which is also an Indian specie 
POLYPORACEAE. 
Polyporus indicus, Massee. 
Pileus maximus, suborbiculatus, applanatus, i Ba sub- 
concentrice ac subradiatim undulatu us, fissus (an pilei duo pleuroti 
dorso connati ?), margine acuto, sordide rufo-brunneus, versus mar- 
ginem aureo-flavidus, glaber, 25-30 cm. diametro ; contextus sub- 
eroso-fibrosus, cinnamomeus, circa 1 cm. crassus. Stipes centralis, 
breviusculus, crassus, fusco-brunneus. T'ubuli tla ore 
rotundato angulato, 1 em. longi, marginales breviores 
India. Baroda: on the ground, probably attached ie sigs 
wood or roots, B. Cavanagh. Presented by Mr. C. G. Lloyd. 
A remarkably fine and very distinct species not closely allied to 
any known a but suggests affinity with Polyporus Schweinitzit 
and its allies 
Polyporus cass, Massee. 
ileus coriaceus, tenax, glaber, banibcktceina. rubro-brunneus 
vel gilvus, 5-6 cm. latus. Stipe $ centralis, rectus vel i incurvus, circa 
2 cm. longus. Port curti, minuti, inaequales, decurrentes, cinna- 
momeo-lutescentes, pallidi. — eylindpuesb-cllipackdeae, ntrinque 
pe hyalinae, 12-14 x [. 
fone AMERICA. Louisia ana: on wood, J. B. Ellis 800% 
Berk. & Curt., differing more especially in the elongated spores. 
ce cridonetin the spores are sub-globose, avera 4p. 
This feature of distinction was detected by Mr. G. C. Lloyd, who 
is now engaged in a critical study of the Polypereae in the Kew 
Herbarium. 
SPHAERIACEAE, 
Nectria theobromicola, Bancroft. 
Perithecia gregaria, globosa, salmonicoloria, hypothallo aurantiaco 
insidentia, 280-300 yu diam otra: Asci_ cylindraceo-clavati, breve 
stipitati, octospori, 80- 90 x 8-10 p, paraphysibus filiformibus 
obvallati. Sporae distichae vel monostichae, elliptico-oblongae, 
utrinque obtusae, 1-septatae, ad septum constrictae, 16-20 x 6 mu 
