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In Herb. Moiitagne there is a collection from Guiana, Ascher- 

 sonia guianensis Mont. (Ann. Sci. Nat., Ser. 3, vol. II., p. 122), 

 which probably represents the Aschersonia stage of this species. 

 It is labelled, on the exterior of the envelope, " Aschersonia guya- 

 nensis Montg., ad folia. Guiana. Leprieur," while inside is the 

 inscription, " Sphseria ? floccis luteis context is intricatis, conidiis 

 rainutissimis inspersis. Sporidiis non investigatis. A.d folia. D. 

 Leprieur." There are two specimens of the Aschersonia, with a 

 large Lecanium on the same leaf. They are brick-red, yellow 

 within, conico-convex, or convex, apex flattened, up to 4 mm. 

 diameter and 1 * 5 mm. high. The ostiola are in general arranged 

 more or less regularly round the stroma on the sloping face, 

 towards the margin ; they are oval, very large, and vertically 

 elongated ; some, however, are situated on the flattened apex 

 of one spechnen. The specimens appear to be sterile. Montagne 

 stated that he had not been able to find the spores. 



Distribution. — (Type) — Canzeroons, Lolodorf, and Bipindi, in 

 Herb. Berlin. Var. brasiliana — Brazil, THe 2613 in Herb. Berlin 

 and Herb. Kew ; Ule 3036, Puttemans 708, Dr. Huber on Vismia, 

 Para, Baker on Vismia, Para, in Herb. Berlin. Costa Rica in 

 Herb. Berlin. Surinam in Herb. Kew (Corticium caulium). 

 ? Guiana in Herb. Montagne. 



Figures. — Plate 2, fig. 10, ea; type of Hypocrella camerunensis . 

 X 5 ; Plate 2, fig. 13, ex var. brasiliana, x 2 ; Plate 4, fig. 12, 

 Hypocrella camerunensis, section, x 3 ; Plate 4, fig. 13, var. 

 brasihana, section, x 4. 



Hypocrella ceramichroa (B. & Br.) Fetch. — Stromata 

 I'5-IO mm. diameter, and up to 5 mm. high, two-thirds 

 globose, or hemispherical, or conico-pulvinate with an expand- 

 ed base, smooth, or, in large specimens, irregularly furrowed ; 

 hard ; scarlet, dotted with slightly projecting black or dark 

 ostiola, internally yellowish with a red peripheral zone ; 

 glabrous. Perithecia scattered, flask-shaped with a long 

 neck, up to 0*6 mm. deep and 0*25 mm. diameter ; asci 170- 

 180 X Sjjl; part-spores narrow-oval, ends obtuse, 6-8 x 1*5- 

 2 {jL. Pycnidia scattered, cylindric or oval ; pycnospores 

 narrow-oval, ends pointed but not tapering, 6-8 X 2 [x. Hypo- 

 xylon ceramichroum B. &. Br., Jour. Linn. Soc, XIV., p. 120 

 (1873) ; Qlaziella ceramichroa (B. & Br.) Cooke, Grevillea, XI., 

 p. 83 (1883) ; Hypocrella ceramichroa (B. & Br.) Fetch (in 

 part), Ann. Ferad., IV., pp. 427-431. 



Part of the type specimen of this species (Thwaites 1092) is in 

 Herb. Kew, and the remainder in Herb. Peradeniya. It was 

 collected on a Lecanium on the stem of a Smilax at Peradeniya. 

 The majority of the specimens are immature ; the stromata are 

 hemispherical or two-thirds globose, smooth, irregularly furrowed 



