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stipe equal, stout, solid, auuulate, subconcolorous, sometimes 

 stained with yellow, slightly reticulated at the top ; annulus 

 and flesh yellow ; plant sometimes csespitose. 



Height 4-6', breadth of pileus 3-5', stipe 6"- 9" thick. 



Low woods. North Elba. August. A noble species. 



Large specimens sometimes have a subrnarginal groove or 

 concavity on the pileus. Dedicated to Hon. G. W. Clinton, 

 than whom there is no more ardent lover of botany nor more 

 devoted friend of science. (Plate 5, figs. 1-5.) 



5. Boletus Elbexsis n. sp. 



Pileus convex, sometimes gibbous, smooth, viscid when 

 moist, dingy-gray tinged with flesh- color, obscurely streaked 

 and reticulated with darker hues ; tubes nearl}^ plane, attached, 

 subdecurrent, rather large, angular, compound, whitish, 

 becoming ochraceous-brown ; stipe equal, solid, annulate, 

 concolorous below, white above the annulus, the top slightly 

 marked by the decurrent walls of the tubes ; flesh white. 



Height 4'- 5', breadth of pileus 2'-4', stipe 4"- 6" thick. 



Low ground in woods and their borders. North Elba. 

 August. 



Related to B. lariciiius, but our plant is not at all squa- 

 mose, nor does it have the stem pitted. The pileus, from its 

 markings, sometimes has the appearance of being pitted or 

 slightly eaten on its surface by insects. 



6. Boletus flayidus Fr. 



Pileus convex or expanded, viscid when moist, smooth, 

 yellow ; tubes plane or slightly convex, attached, rather large, 

 angular, compound, honey-yellow ; stipe rather slender, nearly 

 equal, solid, dotted, not annulate, yellow or brownish ; flesh 

 whitish, inclining to yellow. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus 2', stipe 2"- 4". 



Woods and open places. Common. August - October. 



Sometimes the pileus is dotted and streaked with red. The 

 veil is very fugacious, so that the stipe is seldom found with 

 an annulus. Sometimes drops of juice or moisture are seen 

 on the tubes and stipe. These turn black with age. The 

 fingers are stained in handling the plant. Edible. 



7. Boletus colltnitus Schceff. 



Pileus convex, viscid when moist, grayish-white, more or 

 less tinged with rusty-red or yellow ; tubes plane, attached, 

 not large, some of them, at least, divided, whitish, becoming 

 yellow ; stipe equal, solid, firm, not annulate, whitish, dotted 

 with reddish-brown ; flesh white. 

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