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Polyporus xerophyllaceus , Curr. Linn. Trans., Ser. 2, Yol. i, p. 
120 (not Berk.). 
Ad truncos. Andaman Islands, Perak, Australia. 
Without the numerous dark, concentric zones of P. xerophylla- 
ceus , Berk. ; thicker, and of a more tawny colour. Pores twice as 
large, and habit coarser, and very different. 
552. Fomes (Laevigati) oblinitus, Berk. Herb, Kew. 
Pileo suberoso-lignoso, convexo-applanato, reniformi, glabro, 
sublasvi ; zonis inconspicuis concentricis variegato, rufo-brunneo ; 
margine obtuso, subtus sterili, contextu ligni-colori; poris minutis, 
subrotundis, a?qualibus (i mm. diam.), ochraceo-pallidis. 
Ad truncos. Mauritius, Australia. 
Pileus 2-3in. diam., l-jin. thick behind, sometimes almost 
laccate. 
558. Fomes (Laevigati) semi-laccatus, Berk. in Herb. 
= Polyporus zonalis, var. semi-laccatus, Berk, in Linnean 
Journal , Vol. XVI., p. 46. 
569. Fomes (Resup.) txopicalis, Cke. Girev, xiii. 32. 
Effusus, crassus, induratus (10-20 unc. long, 3-4 unc. lat.) ; 
margine atro, sterili, contextu fusco. Hymenio pallido, poris 
obliquis, plerumque stratosis, regularibus, rotundatis (5--^ mm. 
diam.), dissepimentis crassiusculis, rigidis. 
On logs. Demerara. 
Resembling some forms of Fomes obliquus , often one inch in 
thickness, and extending to three or four feet in length. 
604. Folystictus (Disci) siennaecolox, Berk. 
Pileo coriaceo, piano, zonato-sulcato, rufo-brunneo (siennascolori), 
glabro. Stipite brevissimo, laterali, discoideo, concolori. Poris 
minutissimis, rotundis, punctiformibus, pallidis. — Polyporus 
sienncecolor , Berk, in Herb. 2379.* 
Ad truncos. Ceylon, Brazil. 
About the same size as P. flabelli formis, but smooth and of one 
colour. 
620. Polystictus (Disci) caxyophyllaceus, Berk. Sf Curt. 
Pileo membranaceo, applanato, cuneiformi, postice in stipitem 
attenuato, laBvi, glabro, caryophyllaceo vel purpureo-atro, margine 
acuto, serrulato, pallidiore. Stipite tenui, fusco, cylindrico, ad 
basim disciformi. Poris curtis, eequalibus, subrotundis, prope 
marginem obsoletis. — Polyporus caryophyllaceus , B. & C. in Herb. 
No. 2407. 
Ad truncos. Venezuela. 
A small species, but little exceeding an inch in length, of which 
the '^qm^Dtcupies one-third. 
>6^5. Foi^tltctus (Fxolif.) Kurzianus, Cooke. 
Pileo ochraceo-albo, membranaceo-coriaceo, conchiformi, tenui, 
reniformi, convexo, postice imbricato, pubescente, glabrescente, 
zonis concentrici^ angustis obscurioribus notato, stipite brevissimo, 
/Wfrenio contextuque concolori. Poris irregularibus, 
