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outer perithecial layer separating readily from the context. 

 Perithecia crowded in a distinct peripheral zone, vertically 

 oval, up to 0*4 mm. high, 0*25 mm, diameter, wall hyaline. 

 Asci cyhndric, 70 X 4 pi, eight-, then sixteen-spored. Part- 

 spores globose, 3-4 \i. diameter, or oval 4-5 x 3-3 • 5 [l, 

 hyahne, faintly warted, No. 2361, Peradeniya, 1907 ; 

 No. 4881, Henaratgoda, July, 1916 ; No. 6032, Waga, March, 

 1917. 



Hypocrea brunnea n. sp. Stromata circular, irregularly pulvi- 

 nate, up to 1*2 mm. diameter and 0-6 mm. high, pale red- 

 brown, uniformly coloured, glabrous, not translucent, 

 ostiola not evident, perithecial elevations distinct ; inter- 

 nally white, friable. Perithecia globose, • 2 mm. diameter, 

 wall hyahne or pale yeDowish. Asci 96 X 5 jji. Part- 

 spores globose, 3-5-5 ti, diameter, or cuboid, 4 x 3 ji, 

 spinulose, hyaline ; extruded spores white in mass. On 

 dead wood, Hakgala, April, 1919; No. 6008 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



Somewhat resembles Hypocrea discella, but has incon- 

 spicuous ostiola, larger spores, and a pale perithecial wall. 

 In Hypocrea discella the spores are distinctly greenish - 

 yellow. 



Hypocrea confusa n. sp. (see p. 94) ; Hypocrea rufa Ft., in 

 B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 991. 



Hypocrea albofulva B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 996. 



Hypocrea straminea n. sp. (see p. 97) ; Hypocrea citrina Fr., 

 in B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 997. 



Hypocrea extensa n. sp. Stromata circular, up to 1 cm. 

 diameter, or confluent in irregular patches extending over 

 several centimetres, plane, thin, about 0*3 mm. thick, pale 

 yellow, densely covered with brown ostiola, glabrous, opaque, 

 even ; margin definite, not byssoid, recurved when dry ; 

 internally white, with a yellow cortical layer. Perithecia 

 globose, up to • 1 mm. diameter, or flask-shaped, crowded, 

 wall yellow. Asci, sporiferous part, 42-56 X 3-4 \x, eight-, 

 then sixteen-spored. Part-spores globose, hyaline, faintly 

 warted, 2*5-3 jjl diameter. On a dead branch, Peradeniya, 

 January, 1912 ; No. 3419 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



