424 Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Rev. M. A. Curtis on new 



more plicate, forked in front, and their spores far more minute. 

 The substance also is of a brighter colour, as indeed is the whole 

 plant. The gills are much like those of a Cantharellus. 



20. Paxillus reniformis, Berk, and Rav. MSS. Pileo reni- 

 formi dense tomentoso brunneo-pallido ; stipite obsoleto ; lamellis 

 latissimis primum albidis demum e sporis brunneo-ferrugineis. 

 Rav. no. 1508. On oak rails, Sept., Sulphur springs. North Ca- 

 rolina, H. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Subimbricated. Pileus 1-3 inches across, light brown, reni- 

 form, densely tomentose. Stem obsolete ; gills very broad, at 

 first whitish, at length discoloured by the subferruginous broadish 

 spore. 



This species has somewhat the habit of P. panuoides, but dif- 

 fers in the nature of the pileus and the differently coloured gills. 



21. Hygrophorus Juematocephalus, n. s. Pileo convexo umbi- 

 licato sanguineo ; stipite cavo compresso subrubro ; lamellis 

 crassis adnatis flavis. Curt. no. 2893. On the ground in pine 

 woods, Aug., South Carolina, H. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Pileus 1-2 inches across, fleshy, brittle, convex, umbilicate, 

 blood-red. Stem 1-2 inches high, |-2 lines thick, attenuated 

 downwards, brittle, hollow, compressed, reddish above, becoming 

 pale or yellow below. Gills ventricose, adnate, broad, thick, 

 irregular, yellow, interstices even. Spores white, elliptic. 



Allied to H. cinnabarinus, but differing in colour, in the adnate, 

 not truly decurrent gills, and in the more regular, much larger 

 spores. The hymenium in large specimens, when dry, has exactly 

 the appearance of that of Peziza awantiaca. A variety of H. 

 cinnabarinus occurs with strongly veined interstices. 



22. Hygrophorus nitidus, n. s. Pileo convexo umbilicato vis- 

 coso e flavo pallescentij stipite fistuloso viscido; lamellis flavis 

 decurrentibus. Curt. no. 2878. On earth in damp swamps, 

 Sept., South Carolina, H. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Pileus J-1 inch across, convex, umbilicate, brittle, viscous or 

 humid, dark yellow, paler in drying; substance very thin. Stem 

 3-4 inches long, slender, viscid, dilated above, of the same colour 

 as the pileus, fistulose. Gills yellow, arched and ventricose, de- 

 current, interstices venose. Allied to H. Cantharellus, Fries. 

 In colour, though darker, it resembles H. ceraceus, but the habit 

 is very different, and the gills more decidedly decurrent. 



23. Hygrophorus Ravenelii, n. s. Csespitosus subcarnosus ; 

 pileo convexo humido aurantio glabro ; carne flava ; stipite fragili 

 fistuloso flavo deorsum candido j lamellis emarginatis ventricosis 

 pileo dilutioribus. Curt. no. 2889. On the earth in damp places, 

 Sept., H, W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Csespitose. Pileus 1^-2^ inches across, convex, smooth, moist, 

 orange-red; flesh very thin, yellow. Stem 4-5 inches high. 



