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appendage, which soon disappears ; in some cases the im- 

 mature spore has a thin appendage at each end, and the 

 mature spore a short, thin, apical appendage. 



On elephant dung, Hakgala, common ; type, No. 5481 in 

 Herb. Peradeniya, December, 1917. 



Sordaria pilosa n. sp. 



Perithecia superficial, scattered, conoid, 0"5 mm. high, 0'3 

 mm. diameter, black, appearing gray when magnified, covered 

 with rigid projecting hairs ; apex straight, papillate. Hairs 

 straight, or curved at the tip, septate, pale purplish -brown, 

 almost hyaline at the apex, equal, or inflated or attenuated 

 above, 64-70 x 4 t^. Perithecial wall with a blackish-brown 

 outer layer, hyaline internally, the outer layer exhibiting 

 areolae when mounted. Asci up to 250 x 15 [>-, cylindrico- 

 clavate, with a long tapering pedicel, eight-spored ; para- 

 physes diffluent. Immature spores cylindric, 60 x 5 [>-. 

 Mature spores oval, black, truncate at the base, 18-22 X 8-10 [>•, 

 with a hyaline basal appendage, sometimes with a short 

 apical appendage, 6 [a long. 



On elephant dung, Hakgala, January, 1918 ; No. 5503 in 

 Herb. Peradeniya. 



Sordaria byssiseda n. sp. 



Perithecia scattered or clustered, ovate, apex straight, 

 attached to the substratum by a dense weft of coarse purple- 

 brown hyphse, 5 ^ diameter, in which the perithecia are 

 sometimes partly embedded; perithecia covered in the upper 

 part with rigid, spreading setse, purple-brown, septate, attenu- 

 ated upwards, regular, up to 90 [>- long, 7 [>- diameter below, 

 4 V- diameter at the apex. Asci cylindrico-clavate, 220 x 20 tit, 

 eight-spored. Immature spores cylindric, 48 x 5 fjt,, with 

 sometimes a thin appendage at each end. Mature spores 

 black, oval, truncate at the base, 12-16 x 6 lit, with a stout 

 basal appendage which sometimes terminates in a fine tail, 

 and sometimes a thin apical appendage up to 10 [jl long ; all 

 appendages soon disappearing. 



On dead wood, Hakgala, December, 1917 ; No. 5507 in 

 Herb. Peradeniya. 



