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696. Fomes p alius. Berk. fy Mont. Berk. Dec. 13. Sacc. 
Syll. 5461. 
Small, rather imbricate, laterally confluent, hard ; pileus 
dimidiate, extended, semi-orbicular, concliate, delicately velvety 
above and minutely concentrically zoned, bay brown, as well as the 
hymenium ; margin acute, rather rough ; pores and substance 
ferruginous brown, angular, with grey mouth. 
On branches of jasmin. Queensland. 
Substance rhubarb colour or ferruginous. 
697. Fomes lineato-scaber. B. <j- Br. Linn. Trans, it., 
59, t. 11, /. 1. Sacc. Syll. t. 5165. 
Pileus dimidiate, descending behind, rigid, brown (10 c.m. 
broad, 6 c.m. long) ; margin pallid, frequently zoned, lineate 
radiate, rough; hymenium rhubarb colour; pores punctiform, 
dissepiments obtuse (300 y diam.). 
On trunks. Queensland. 
698. Fomes spadiceus. Berk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1839, 388. 
Sacc. Syll. 5466. 
Hard, coriaceous, or corky ; pileus thin, bright-brown, minutely 
velvety, closely zoned (3 c.m. long, 6 c.m. broad) ; hymenium 
ferruginous, cinnamon ; pores minute, rounded, cinnamon, becom- 
ing whitish. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
699. Fomes inflexibilis. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1856, 199.— 
Polyporus recurvus. Berk. Sacc. Syll. 5468. 
Pileus hoof-shaped, brown, cristate, sulcate, quite hard (5 c.m. 
broad) ; substance ferruginous ; hymenium umber ; pores puncti- 
form. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
700. Fomes linteus. Berk. U.S. Expl. Exp. No. 96. Sacc. 
Syll. 5470. 
Hard, heavy; pileus dimidiate, sulcate, radiately cracked, brown, 
rendered pale by a whitish villosity; margin thin; substance 
ferruginous ; hymenium cinnamon ; pores minute, punctiform. 
On bark. Queensland. 
701. Fomes pectinatus. Klot. Linn, vm., 485. Sacc. Syll. 
5499. 
Pileus corky or woody, hard, triquetrous, above concentrically 
lamellate-plicate, tomentose, scurfy, ferruginous brown (2-| c.m. 
or more across) ; margin naked ; pores small, short, obtuse, 
gilvous. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
702. Fomes rubiginosus. Berk. Ann. Nat. Ilist. m., 324,= 
Polyporus Laureacii. Berk. FI. Tasrn. ii., 254. Sacc. Syll. 
5473. 
Horizontal, solid, sessile, thin, zoned, rugose, minutely velvety 
when young, ferruginous, when old tinged with brown ; margin 
