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which grew from the side of an old pine stump. The tomentum of the 

 pileus is nearly one line thick. Tlie species belongs to the tribe 

 Pulverulenti. 



Boletus glabellus, n. sp. 



Pilevis fleshy, thick, broadly convex or nearly plane, soft, dry, sub- 

 glabrous, smoky-buff, flesh white, both it and the tubes changing to 

 blue where wounded; tubes nearly plane, adnate, small, subrotund, 

 ochraceous tinged with green; stem subequal, glabrous, even, reddish 

 toward the base, pallid above, adorned with a narrow reddish zone or 

 circumscribing line at the tojD; spores oblong, brownish-ochraceous, 

 with a tinge of green when fresh; .0004 to .0005 in. long, .00016 broad. 



Pileus 3 to 5 in. broad; stem 1 to 3 in. long, 5 to 10 lines thick. 



Grassy ground under oaks. Menands. July. 



The species belongs to the Subpruinosi, and is easily distinguished 

 from its allies by the reddish circumscribing line at the top of the 

 stem. This disappears in the dried specimens. 



Boletus variipes, n. sjx 



Pileus from convex to nearly plane, thick, soft, dry, squamulose, 

 punctate-squamulose or minutely tomentose, pale grayish-brown, 

 sometimes tinged with yellow or ochraceous, flesh white, unchange- 

 able; tubes convex or nearly plane, slightly depressed around the 

 stem, small, subrotund, at first white, then greenish-yellow, the 

 mouths dingy ochraceous; stem nearly equal, firm, more or less 

 reticulated, whitish or pallid; sj^ores oblong-fusiform, brownish- 

 ochraceous with a greenish tinge, .0005 to .OOOG in. long, .0002 l)road. 



Pileus 3 to 6 in. broad; stem 2 to 4 in. long, 4 to 12 lines thick. 



Oak woods. Menands. August. 



The species belongs to the Edules. It is separated from B. edulis 

 by its squamulose pileus. This character and its paler stem also sejD- 

 arate it from B. separans. The stem is variable in color, length and 

 degree of reticulation. 



Variety alhipes. Stem whitish, wholly reticulated, the reticulations 

 coarser toward the base. 



Variety 2^cittidipe?s. Stem pallid, slightly scurfy, even or obscurely 

 reticulated toward the base. 



Variety tenuipes. Stem elongated, slender. 



Boletus indecisus, n. sp. 

 Pileus convex or nearly plane, dry, slightly tomentose, ochraceous- 

 brown, often wavy or irregular on the margin, flesh white, unchange- 

 able, mild; tubes nearly plane or convex, adnate, small, subrotund, 



