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transferred to other groups as their cycles of development become 

 known, their names then representing only stages in the cycles. 

 All the fungi to be described in this paper have been found by 

 myself in the North-east of Scotland, almost wholly in the pro- 

 vince Dee, along with a large number of other microscopic fungi, 

 new or rare in Scotland. It is evident that much remains to be 

 done ere we can boast of a thorough acquaintance with Scottish 

 Mycology, and most of all among the very numerous forms in- 

 cluded in the groups under consideration. I hope in a short time 

 to publish in this Magazine a revision of the Scotch species in 

 these groups. 



Sph^eropside^e. 

 Dendrophoma phyllogena sp. n. 



In pale dead spots near tips of leaves of Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 

 Pycnidia numerous, subdermal, black, ellipsoid, subpapillate, 

 basidia fasciculate, about 30 to 35 long, by 2 thick at base, 

 hyaline, bearing alternate short branches, each tipped with a 

 hyaline cylindrical sporidium, 8-12 by 1*5-2. 

 Old Aberdeen, in May. 



Ascochyta Lathyri sp. n. 



On dead leaves of Lathy rus sylvesiris. Spots ill-defined, tending 

 to cover the entire leaf; pycnidia numerous, subglobose, de- 

 pressed, diam. 50-100; sporidia hyaline, cylindrical, with ob- 

 tuse ends, 8-10 by 2*5. 



At St Cyrus, near Montrose, in October. 

 A. Vici3B sp. n. 



On pods and leaves of Vicia sepinm. Spots paler and withered, 

 with a rufous border, irregularly rounded. Pycnidia scattered 

 over the spots. 

 Sporidia subcylindrical, obtuse, often slightly curved, granular, 

 yellowish, 13-16 by 2J-3. Allied to A. Fist, but differs in 

 the sporidia too much to allow being referred to it as a 

 variety. 



Near Dunottar, in September. 



A. microspora sp. n. 



Epiphyllous, spots nearly circular, black or dark brown, thickly 

 dotted with globular pycnidia, (diam. 70), which appear pale 

 brown under the microscope ; sporidia subcylindrical, with 

 rounded ends, straight or curved, 5-7 by 1J-2, hyaline. 



On Arctium Lappa, at St Cyrus, in October. On Petasites vub 



