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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Fungi. 



17. Polyporus (Inoderrnei) catervatm x Berk.; e resupinato liberatus, vertice demum elongate affixus, 

 confluens, supra sericeo-striatus, poris minoribus irregularibus, dissepimentis tenuibus, acie dentieulata. 

 (Tab.CV. Fig.l.) 



Hab. On split stems of Podocarpus spicata, Mission Station, Colenso. 



Forming dull white patches, consisting of very numerous, laterally confluent pilei, each of which is from j—i 

 an inch broad, and attached by the elongated vertex ; above sericeo-striate ; margin often lobed. Hymeninm of 

 the same colour as the pileus. Tores minute, irregular ; dissepiments thin ; edge acute, somewhat toothed. — Re- 

 sembling in habit P. concrescens, but allied to the true P. wiembranaceus, Swartz. It is a very singular species. — 

 Plate CV. Fig. 1. P. catervatus, Berk., natural size. 



18. Polyporus (Resupinatus) diffissus, Berk.; carnosus, ruber, carne tandem divulsa, poris parvis, dis- 

 sepimentis tenuibus, acie membranacea dentieulata. 



Hab. In the charred inside of a Fagus, Colenso. 



Resupinate, effused, fleshy, of a bright red, at length tearing away from the matrix, and leaving part of the sub- 

 stance behind. Pores small ; dissepiments thin ; edge membranaceous, slightly toothed. — This is probably a resu- 

 pinate form of some Anodermeous species, which has not at present been observed. Its bright colour, however, 

 makes it very remarkable, on which account it is inserted here, though the specimen is by no means in a satisfactory 

 state. 



* Polyporus (Resupinatus) leucoplacus, Berk. ; candidus, rigidius cuius, tenuis, limitatus, poris parvis 

 punctiformibus, dissepimentis crassis, acie obtusissima pulverulenta. 



Hab. On dead sticks, Colenso. 



White, effused, but limited by an abrupt, free, narrow, nearly smooth. border, thin, rather rigid. Pores puncti- 

 form, about y™ of an inch broad ; dissepiments thick, edge flattened, minutely pulverulent. — Distinguished from 



P. medulla, Panis, by its thin substance, and from P. xanfholoma, Schwein., by the absence of any yellow tinge, 

 especially as regards the margin. 



19. Polyporus vaporarius, Fr. Pp. p. 487. 



Hab. On dead wood, as in the forest beyond Teliawera, Colenso. 



Gen. X. D^DALEA, Pers. 



Fori adulti labyrinthiformes 1. lacerato-dentati. Hymenophorum inter poros omnino immutatum. 

 in tramam cum pilei substantia persistenter similarem descendens. 



Differing from Polyporus, not only in its sinuated pores, but in the nature of the trama. (Name from 

 SmSaAos, in allusion to the labyrinthiform pores.) 



1. Dsedalea confragosa, Fr. Pp. p. 493. 

 Hab. On dead wood, Bay of Islands, /. D. II. 



Precisely the British species, as found at Bristol by Mr. Stephens. 



2. Dsedalea pendula, Berk. ; imbricata, coriacea, pileis bursseformibus pendulis dorso verticeque affixis 

 zonatis pallide gilvis, floccis rigidiusculis umbrinis breviter strigosis vestitis, hymenio lilacino-gilvo parce 

 poroso, dissepimentis irregularibus. (Tab. CV. Fig. 4.) 



Hab. On dead wood, Ngawakatatara, Colenso. 



Imbricated, coriaceous. Pilei H inch broad, 1 inch long, pendulous, bursseform, pale reddish-grey, tinged with 

 lilac, sparingly zoned, clothed with short, strigose, matted brown hairs ; margin tomentose. Hymenium tinged with 

 lilac and reddish-grey, sparingly porous, with irregular, tooth-like dissepiments, which are finely setulose. — This, if 

 fully grown, is scarcely a Dcedalea in its characters, having more the hymenium of a Radulum ; but it is evidently 



