196 Rev. M. J. Berkeley on some Fungi from St. Domingo. 



24. Polyporus velutinus, Fr. Ep. p. 478; Salle, no. 39 (in part). 

 On dead wood. A few specimens intermixed with Trametes occi- 

 dentalis. 



25. Polyporus elongatus, Berk, in Hook. Lond. Journ. vol. i. 

 p. 149 ; Salle, no. 38. On dead wood. 



The specimens are of a beautiful fawn-colour and a more shi- 

 ning aspect than others, but I am unwilling to separate them 

 specifically. The figure of P. flabellum in the ' History of Cuba ' 

 is an exact representation of them, though my authentic speci- 

 mens accord more closely with other samples of P. elongatus, 

 which is a most widely diffused species. 



26. Polyporus (Eesupinatus) vinctus, n. s. Totus resupinatus, 

 centro crassiusculus margine tenuis subliberatus supra sanguineo- 

 tinctus ; poris minimis pallidis contextu lignicolori. Salle, no. 34. 

 On dead wood. 



Spreading for many inches over the decayed wood, 2 lines or 

 more thick in the centre, very thin at the extreme margin, where 

 the upper surface is separable, smooth, and stained with blood- 

 colour. Pores scarcely visible to the naked eye, pallid, a line or 

 more long ; dissepiments thin ; substance wood-colour. 



I have no species in my collection at all resembling this. 

 No. 37 is a form of the same species, with the whole substance 

 thinner and the margin lobed. The liberated portions are not 

 stained as in the thicker form. 



27. Trametes hydnoides, Fr. Ep. p. 490 ; Salle, no. 30, no. 72 

 (Mycelium). On dead wood. 



28. Trametes occidentalis, Fr. Ep. p. 491 ; Salle, no. 20, 39 

 (in part), no. 31 (forma resupinata). On dead wood. A very 

 variable species, approaching in some of its forms to Pol. hirsutus 

 or its allied species. The specimens with a spongy coat are 

 nearest to the type ; the others are rather referable to P. velu- 

 tinus, as it occurs in tropical countries with a yellowish textui'e. 



29. Hexagonia variegata, Berk. Ann. of Nat. Hist. vol. x. 

 p. 380; Salle, no. 21. On dead wood. A common species in 

 Central America and neighbouring countries. 



Characters of this species were not published in the place 

 quoted above, because it was supposed by Dr. Montagne to be a 

 form of his H. aculeata. Having however seen specimens from 

 various quarters, I am now convinced of its being distinct, and 

 therefore remedy the previous omission. 



Pileo tenui coriaceo dimidiato rugoso crebri-zonato multicolori 

 velutino ; hymenio umbrino poris mediis. 



Pileus 4 inches or more across, thin, coriaceous, rough with 

 radiating wrinkles repeatedly zoned, with rich tints of chocolate- 

 brown, chestnut, &c; margin undulated or lobed, generally paler ; 

 clothed with short velvety down. Hymenium and substance 



