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* Polyporus (Placode™ ei) plebeius, Berk. ; pallidus, imbricates, pileo dimidiato pulvinato subtiliter 

 pubescente azono suberoso hymenio concavo, poris minutis punctiformibus, acie obtusa. 



Var. a ; margine acuto. 



Var. /3 ; margine obtuso. 



Hab. On dead wood. Var. a. Himalayas. Var. /3. New Zealand, Colenso. 



Pale, imbricated, corky. Pileus 2 inches across, 1 inch long, dimidiate, pulvinate, zoneless, generally even, 

 very minutely pubescent, rigid ; substance zoneless. Pores minute, T ^ s of an inch across, punctiform ; edge obtuse. 

 — A miniature likeness of P. fraxineus. The pileus is generally even, but sometimes there is a strong groove, and 

 sometimes a few rugged elevations. In the New Zealand form, the older parts are more inclined to assume a spu- 

 riously laccate appearance. P. vulneratus, Lev., is closely allied, but thinner than either form, and blood-stained 

 behind. 



11. Polyporus avMralis, Fr. Up. p. 464. 

 Hab. On dead wood, Bay of Islands, I. B. 11. 



* Polyporus salicinus, Pr. 



Hab. On dead wood, Dusky Bay, Menzies, with Hypoxylon annulatum, as also from the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



12. Polyporus igniarius, Pr. Ep. p. 466. 



Hab. On trunks of trees, Bay of Islands, /. 1). H. 



It does not seem to be generally known that the spores in this species are white, as also in P. dryadeus,—n 

 certain distinction from P . fomentarius and some other species, in which they are of a dark ferruginous tint. The 

 New Zealand specimen is clothed here and there with a delicate minute tawny velvety coat, but without exhibiting 

 the characters of P. fulvus. 



* Polyporus (Placodermei) hemitephrus, Berk. ; pileo ungulseformi concentrice sulcato e fusco-purpureo 

 cinerascente subtilissime tomentoso, contextu lignicolore, hymenio concavo albido, poris punctiformibus 

 steatosis. 



Hab. On trunks of trees, Colenso. 



Pileus ungulate, with two or three deep furrows, most minutely tomentose, purplish-brown, becoming in parts 

 cinereous ; substance firm, corky, zoned, wood-coloured, tawny beneath the hardened cuticle. Hymenium concave, 

 white. Pores punctiform, slightly stratose.— Combining the characters of P . fomentarius and P. fraxineus, but 

 more nearly allied to the latter. I have seen only a portion of a specimen, and therefore do not give the dimensions, 

 which are apparently those of the former species. 



13. Polyporus cinnabarinus, Pr. Up. p. 473. 



Hab. On dead wood, Colenso ; Bay of Islands, I. D. R. 



14. Polyporus hirsutus, Pr. Ep. p. 477. 



Hab. On dead wood, Colenso ; Bay of Islands, /. B. H. 

 There is a resupinate state, as well as the ordinary form. 



15. Polyporus velutinus, Fr. Ep, p. 478. 

 Hab. On dead wood of Podocarpus, Colenso. 



The specimens are not in their normal state, but they approach nearer to P. velutinus than to any of the allied 

 species, of all of which I have an immense series, from Pries. 



16. Polyporus versicolor, Pr. Ep. p. 478. 



Hab. On rotten logs in watercourses, as at Cape Kidnapper, Tehawera, etc., Colenso. 



