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488. Polyporus contiguus Fr. (389, 653). 
Herb. Kew contains both Thwaites 389 and 653, 
probably two different species. In Herb. Peradeniya 
is a sheet marked P. contiguus, but bearing the 
Thwaites’ numbers 209, 653, the former of which should 
be P. epimiltinus ; it contains two pieces of 653, and 
eleven pieces of P. epimiltinus. 653 has shallow 
pores, which are lined with brown tapering setæ up to 
64 long ; 389 has no setæ, but the edges of its pores 
bear numerous processes composed of fascicles of 
hyphæ. 653 appears to differ from P. contigua Fr. 
in its shallower pores, which are 0*2-0 *3 mm. diameter 
and up to 0*4 mm. deep. 
489. Polyporus variolosus B. & Br. (650). 
Specimens in Herb. Kew and Herb. Peradeniya. 
490. Polyporus melleus B. & Br. (535 in part). 
In Herb. Kew, the type is marked “133 and 535, 
February, 1869.” The corresponding sheet in Herb. 
Peradeniya does not contain this species. 
491. Polyporus diversiporus B. & Br. (535 in part). 
The type in Herb. Kew contains two species, P. 
diversiporus and P. Peradeniæ (or P. personatus ?). 
In Herb. Peradeniya is a sheet marked “ 133, 535, 650,” 
which bears two pieces of P. diversiporus, two of P. 
variolosus, and one of P. personatus. 
492. Polyporus niger Berk, var poris minoribus (261). 
Poria niger B., var ß., Thwaites, Ceylon, 1854, is 
Polyporus vinosus Berk., in Herb. Kew. Three pieces 
(Thwaites 261) sub P. niger in Herb. Kew are P. 
Ravenalæ. 
493. Polyporus Ravenalæ B. & Br. (261). 
In Herb. Kew, Thwaites 261 is marked “ Polyporus 
niger var. y : on petioles of Ravenala.” It is on a palm, 
not on Ravenala. All the specimens of Thwaites 261 
are marked P. niger by Berkeley, but Cooke’s Ceylon 
specimens (ecrHerb. Berkeley) are labelled P. Ravenalæ. 
This species was collected by vonHöhnel at Peradeniya, 
and recorded by Bresadola. 
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