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3-5 mm. loiigi, extra puberuli. Antherae apice breviter exsertae. 

 Achaenia oblonga, leviter 6-gona, apice late truncata, pubes- 

 centia. Pappus cupularis vel subpatelliforniis, pectinatini multo- 

 divisus. 



■ Somaliland: Ogaden, Dec, Riva 19! between Dagage and 

 Gobeli, May, Ellenbech 1013 ! 



Explanation of Plate, 



A. Shoot of Herderia truncatay Cass. 



Fig. 1, involucre of same, showing the 2 series of bracts, 



the inner connate. 



jy 



9} 



J y 



yy 



J J 



la, one of the free outer foliaeeous bracts. 



2, flower. 



3, longer seta of pappus. 



4, shorter seta of pappus. 



5, style. 



B. Shoot of TriplotaxU stellulifeTa, Hutchinson. 

 Fig. 6, involucre of same. 



6a, three involucral bracts, one of each series. 



j> 



i y 



1 J 



>y 



7, flower. 



8, part of pappus. 



9, base of achene* 



,,10, style. 

 Dissections variously enlarged. 



LXVL— FUNGI EXOTICI : XIX. 



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All the specimens described were collected by Mrs. Burkill in 

 the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, and were accompanied by coloured 

 drawings and notes prepared by the collector. 



Agakicaceae. 



Lepiota semivestitai Massee. 



Pileus e conico-campanulato expansus, subumbonatus, contro 

 squamuloso-squarrosus, marginem versus glabrescens, cameo- 

 V1U09US, expallens, 2 cm. latus. Lamellae confertae, albidae, 

 liberae. Stipes aequalis, cavus, fibrillosus, carneolus, 4-5 cm* 

 longus, 2 mm. crassus; annulus distans, membranaceus, persistens. 

 Sporae obliquae, ellipticae, hyalinae, 5^3" fi. 



Singapore 



M 



Allied to Lepiota caryopJiyUay'Berk, & Broome, a Ceylon species. 



Lepiota carneo=rubra, Massee. 



Pileus carnosuhis', e convexo-campanulato expansus, sub- 

 gibbosus, squamulosus, carneo-ruber, marginem versus pallidior, 

 3-4 cm. latus. Lamellae liberae, confertae, candidae, postice 

 annulato-conjunctae, angustae. Stipes aequalis, fistulosus, fibril- 

 losus, pileo concolor, 6-7 em. longus, 3-4 mm. crassus; annulus 

 flocculosus, albido-carneus. Sporae ellipticae, hyalinae, 6x4 /i. 

 Basidia clavata, 30x7 — 5 /x. 



Singapore. On the ground, E. M. Burkill 136. 



Allied to Lepiota biornata, Berk. & Broome. 



