124 The Scottish Naturalist. 



On dead fruits of Fraxinus excelsior (Ash). 

 Tay, Dee. 

 Like the last, very close to, if not identical with, P. her- 

 barum. 



d. On Monocotyledons. 



*Z3- typharum, Sacc, 977, C. 154- (D. and R. Trail, no 



previous record for Scotland.) 

 On dead leaves of Typha latifolia, near Aberdeen, along 

 with Leptosphaeria typharum, of which it is probably the 

 spermogonium. , 



Dee. 

 Pycnidia scattered, minute, but rather prominent, sub-spherical, 

 dark, opening through ostiola, which are nearly as long as 

 the pycnidia ; sporidia 3-4 by J-i, sub-cylindrical, rather 

 curved, hyaline. 

 *34- P. neglecta, Desm., 982. (D. and R. Trail, Sc. Nat., 1887,. 

 p. 90.) 

 , On dead stems of J uncus effusus, near Aberdeen. 

 Dee. 

 Pycnidia wide apart, subcutaneous, but rather prominent, shortly 

 papillate, black ; sporidia oblong, 4-5 by i-|-2, hyaline. 



e.. On Vascular Cryptogams. 



35. P. epitricha (B. and Br.), Sacc, 1005, C. 155, M. 1106. 

 (Sub Sphaerops is epitricha, B. and Br.) (D. Fergusson.) 

 On dead stems of Equisetum palustre. 

 Dee (Glaslaw). 



II. Macrophoma (Sacc.) B. & V. 



(Sporidia 15 long and upwards, otherwise as in Euphoma.) 

 36. P. (M.) malorum, Berk., 908, S.M. 2175. Sub Sphaeropsis 



malorum, Berk.) (D. Keith.) 

 On stored apples, in Forres. 

 Moray. 



37. P. (M.) Strobi (B. and Br.), 603, C. 82, S.M. 3067. (D. 



Stevenson, R. in Grevillea, xiv. 1885.) 

 On leaves and cones of Pinus Strobus. 

 Tay (Glamis). 



38. P. (M.) cylindrospora, Desm., 761, C. 93, M. 1103. 



