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On living leaves of Plantago lanceolata. 

 Tay (Glamis), Dee (near Aberdeen). 

 The following, which are placed under Cylindrosporium in 

 " Mycologia Scotica," do not belong to Melanconiece, 

 but to Hyphomycetes^ and should bear names as below : 

 C. longipes Preuss. (M.i 187) is Chalara longipes (Preuss). 

 0. Senecionis B. & Br. (M.1190), is Ramularia Senecionis (B. 



&: Br.), Sacc. 

 *C. Valerianae Speg. recorded in Cooke's list (634), from Aber- 

 deen (from specimens supplied by me), is Ramularia 

 Valeriance (Speg.), Sacc. 



XLI. LlBERTELLA ( DeSlTl. 



Pustules on stems and branches, irregular in form, long subcu- 

 taneous ; sporidia often at last erumpent in tendrils of 

 various bright colours, long, filiform, falcate ; basidia 

 various in form. 



206. L. faginea Desm., 3892, C.640, M.1181 (sub Nemaspora 



crocea Pers.), (D. & R. Cooke). 



On bark of branches of Fagus sylvatica (Beech). 

 Tay (Dupplin). 



207. L. Rosse Desm., 3894, C.641, M. 1182 (sub Nemaspora 



Rostz). 

 On twigs of Rosa. 



Tweed, Forth, Tay. 



208. L. betulina Desm., 3897, C.642 (R. in Grevtt/ea, 1886, 



p. 126). 

 On bark of Betula alba (Birch). 

 Tay (Glamis). 



XLII. Melanconium Link. 

 Pustules subcutaneous, conoid or discoid, dark ; sporidia pro- 

 duced singly on tips of the basidia, between globose and 

 oblong, one-celled, sooty brow r n, at last erumpent in 

 dark tendrils or clusters, and staining the surface of the 

 food plant. 

 The fungi in this group are mostly spermogonia of Melanconis, 



a genus of Pyrenomycetes. 

 toy. M. magnum (Grev.) Berk., 3946, C.647, M.1175 (D. & 

 R. Greville). 

 "On dead branches of Hornbeam, Sycamore, Sjc."' 

 Forth, Moray. 



