102 *" Murrill: Polyporaceae of North America 



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Brazil. The pileus is said to be nine inches broad, five inches long 

 and as thin as paper, resembhng most a species gathered by Schom- 

 burgk in Brazil communicated by Berkeley to Montagne under 

 the name of Hexagona varicgata, but considered by him only a 

 non-setose^state of his Hexagona aaikata, 



A specimen in the herbarium of the Agricultural Department 

 at Washington, collected by Wright in Nicaragua and labeled 

 Hexagona papyracea Berk., differs from plants ordinarily called 

 Hexagona variegata in its thinner, flexible pileus and smaller, stag- 

 colored pores. There is such a specimen also in the herbarium of 

 the New York Botanical Garden collected in the Peruvian Andes 



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Both of these 



specimens, however, are only van memh^anacea of Hexagona 

 variegata, as type plants at Kew show. 



Hexagona cingulata Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. Bot. 2: 200. 

 1844. Described from material collected in Hispaniola as follows : 



" Pileo coriaceo reniformi membranaceo nudo zonato pallide 

 cinereo nitente, alveolis mediis fuscis e rotundo hexagonis intus 



cinereis.** 



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''Petite espece reniforme, nue, zonee, de couleur pale cendree, 

 et brillante, large de 2 a 4 centimetres ; s^^s alveoles sont parfaite- 

 ment regulieres, de moyenne grandeur, fauves, obtuses a la marge, 

 et cendrees a Tinterieur." 



From the above description this species can hardly be different 

 from Favolus temds (Hook.). 



Hexagona leprosa Fr. Nov. Symb. 101/ 185 1. Described as 



follows : 



*' Pileo suberoso crasso pulvinato laevigato leproso-pruinoso 

 umbrino, alveolis profundis amplis acutis fusco-umbrinis, intus 

 nudis." 



. *' In Insula San Jan, Indiae occidentalis. Oersted." . 



Plants of this name at Kew are very distinct from other North 

 American species, being much thicker and having much longer 

 tubes, reminding one somewhat of a wasp's nest. Further study 

 is necessary before their exact relations are known. 



Hexagona unicolor Fr. Nov. Symb. loi.. 1851. Described 



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from "America calidiori" as follows : 



'* H. unicolor^ dilute ferruginea, pileo coriaceo rigido subflexili 

 appl^nato concentrice sulcato glabro, alveolis mediis vadosis 

 angulatis.** 



