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umbei'-brown, inclining to ferruginous ; pores j^th. of an inch in 

 diameter. 



Nearly allied to H. papyracea, but that is very flexible, and has 

 the pores about half the size of the present species. It is, like 

 that, entirely destitute of fascicles of hairs. I have it from Ja- 

 maica, British Guiana, and Key West. 



30. Favolus induratus, n. s. Pileo reniformi vertice affixo gla- 

 berrimo hepatico, demum indurato ; poris subhexagonis magnis 

 margine attenuato dentato. Salle, no. 23. On wood. 



Pileus 1^ inch broad, 1 inch long, reniforrn, attached by the 

 vertex, which forms a little round disc, liver-coloured, smooth, 

 shining, depressed or convex, sometimes even, sometimes areolate 

 from the contraction of the substance between the pores. Pores 

 large, -^th. °f an mcu across, subhexagonal, sometimes projecting 

 beyond the edge of the pileus, moderately deep ; edge attenuated, 

 toothed, paler than the pileus ; in one specimen the walls are 

 obscurely tomentose, but this is probably accidental. 



This is a fine species approaching to the type of Hexagonia, and 

 especially of //. decipiens, but evidently of a tough fleshy sub- 

 stance when fresh. The colour of the pileus is a rich liver-red. 

 The margin in the largest specimen is slightly waved and lobed. 



31. Favolus tessellatus, Mont. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 1843; Salle, 

 no. 21. On dead wood. 



The specimens are few and in bad condition, and scarcely re- 

 present the normal form of the species. 



32. Favolus cucullatus, Mont. Cuba, p. 378 ; Salle, no. 22. 

 On wood. I have fine specimens of this species from South 

 Carolina. 



33. Laschia delicata, Fries, Ep. p. 499. Laschia tremellosa, 

 Fries, Summ. Veg. Sc. ! ; Salle, no. 61. On dead wood. 



Laschia velutina, Lev. !, is the same thing, as is also the Bra- 

 zilian Fungus in Gardner's Brazilian collection, which I have 

 referred to Exidia fusco-succinea, Mont. Some specimens of 

 Exidia protracta, Lev., approach very near to it. 



31. Irpex maximus, Mont. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 1837; Salle, no.28. 

 On dead wood. 



This species approaches very closely to some forms of Poly- 

 porus hirsutus, and the St. Domingo specimens are scarcely di- 

 stinguishable from an authentic sample of Pol. lutescens, Pers., 

 communicated many years since to Mr. Sowerby. The pores 

 are not more unlike those of Polyporus, than those of P. abie- 

 tinus, pergameneus, and many other species. Dr. Montagne, 

 indeed, referred the plant to Pol. labyrinthicus, Fries, in his 

 ' Fungi of Cuba/ but tbat species belongs to a very different sec- 

 tion. I have therefore referred to the original description of the 



