ON HYM ENOCH TE AND ITS ALLIES» 
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Sect. i. Hymenial hairs scattered. 
1. Hymenochcete (Veluticeps) Archeri (Berk.) 
Stereum Archeri , Berk, in Flora of Tasmania. 
Hairs dense, sub-flexuous, *06 x ‘005 mm. 
Tasmania. 
2. Hymenochaete (Veluticeps) vinosa (B.) 
Corticium vinosum , Berk, in Herb. 
Hairs acute, sub-flexuous, -08 X *000 mm. 
Australia. 
Sect. ii. Hymenial hairs in fascicles. 
3 . Veluticeps Berkeleyi, Che. 
Hymenochcete veluticeps , B. & C. in Cuban Fungi, No. 415. 
Tufts of flexuous brown hairs, about *15 -*2 mm. high. 
Cuba. 
4. Veluticeps hispida ( B .), Che. 
Hymenochcete hispida , Berk, in Herb. 
Tufts of flexuous hairs honey-coloured, about *18 mm. high. 
5. Veluticeps setosa (B.), Che. 
Hymenochcete setosa , Berk, in North Amer. Fungi, No. 246. 
Tufts of flexuous hairs, dark brown, about T6-T8 mm. long. 
Fascicles of smaller diameter at the base than in preceding 
species. 
United States. 
6. Veluticeps crocicreas (B. $Br.), Che. 
Hymenochcete crocicreas, B. & Br. in Journ Linn. Soc. xiv., p. 
615. 
Fascicles of hairs very short and conical, about *05 mm. long. 
Ceylon. 
SPECIES EXCLUDED. 
Hymenochcete noxia , Berk, in Herb. Substance wholly fibrous, 
without setae. Samoa. 
Hymenochcete agglutinans , Ellis. No setae found in any authentic 
specimens examined. United States. 
Hymenochcete Carter i , Berk, in Herb. No setae. Substance 
spongy. The only specimen is poor, and partly destroyed by 
insects. Spores oval, amber-coloured, *007 X '005 mm. Bombay. 
Hymenochcete leprosa, Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat. v. (1846), p. 152. In 
the only authentic specimen, no setae found. United States. 
Hymenochcete conspurcata, B. & C. in Herb. No setae found in 
the type specimen. Venezuela. 
Hymenochcete frustulosa, B. & C. in Cuban Fungi, No. 428. No 
setae found in authentic specimens. Cuba. 
Hymenochcete siparia , B. & C. in Cuban Fungi, No. 424. No 
setae found in original specimens. Cuba. 
Hymenochcete muscicola, B. & C. in Cuban Fungi, No. 425. No 
setae ; probably a resupinate Thelephora. Cuba. 
