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short spreading points at a greater angle than the lower 

 branches, points rather obtuse. Fasciculate, in clusters up 

 to 3 cm. diameter. 



On the ground, Henaratgoda, July, 1916 ; No. 4840 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



Pistlllaria actiniceps n. sp. 



White, subtranslucent, up to 1"5 mm. high, 0"3 mm. 

 diameter at the base, expanding upwards to 0'6 mm., some- 

 times shghtly lobed above, covered everywhere, or sometimes 

 only in the upper half, with upwardly-directed or radiating 

 spicules. Spicules up to 200 jx long, hyaline, thick-walled, 

 generally smooth, occasionally encrusted. Basidia clavate, 

 13 X 5 [t-, two-spored ; sterigmata 8 [i high, 2 [i diameter 

 below, conical to half their height, then linear, curved. 

 Spores hyaline, globose or broadly oval, 8-12 [i diameter. 



On dead stems of Bracken (Pteris aquilina) and Ruhus, 

 Hakgala, December, 1917 ; No. 5508 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Tremellacex. 



Sirobasidium Brefeldianum A. Moll. 



On a dead branch, Hakgala, December, 1917 ; No. 5510 in 

 Herb. Peradeniya. 



USTILAGIN ACE^ . 



Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Tak. 



On Oryza saliva Linn., BaduUa, March, 1918 ; No. 5553 in 

 Herb. Peradeniya. 



Uredinage^. 



Uromyces Anotidis n. sp. 



On Anotis RichardioMa Hk. f., Hakgala, April, 1917. 



^cidia crowded, hypophyUous, covering the whole leaf, up 

 to 0*25 mm. diameter, exoperidium white, well-developed, 

 recurved. Exoperidial cells polygonal, 32-34 x 12-20 ^, 

 verrucose with close-set ridges and warts. iEciospores oval or 

 subglobose, contents orange, wall hyaline, minutely verrucose, 

 16-22 X 12-16 t^. Affected plants dwarfed, thickened, and 

 etiolated. 



