POLYSTICTUS BAURII, FROM W. SMALL, AFRICA 



(Fig. 1043). Pileus alutaceous, glabrous, tapering to a short dilated, 

 glabrous stipe. Pores minute, alutaceous. This is another case 

 where we fit a plant to an old description, when no specimen is known, 

 rather than to propose a new name. The plants answer the descrip- 



Fig. 1043. 



tion fairly well, excepting that the plants evidently did not grow 

 horizontally, but they might do so. They came from the same 

 country, and it is better to put an old name into use than to propose 

 a new one. In this sense Polystictus Baurii belongs to Section 13 

 of our Stipitate Polyporoids. 



POLYSTICTUS VIBECINUS, FROM W. SMALL, AFRICA 

 (Fig. 1044). W G disposed of this species in our Stipitate Polyporoids 

 as "No type exists. From description it is close to grammocephalus." 

 We have resurrected the name and apply it to this plant, which is 

 better than to propose a new name, though, of course, it is not certain. 

 It came from the same country, however, and fits fairly well the 

 description. 



Fig. 1044. 



Pileus alutaceous, with a smooth, striate surface. S.tipe lateral, 

 short, dilated, of a soft texture, and the substance seeming to overflow 



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