AJUDITIOISS TO CEYLON FUNGI (ll.). 305 



of dense, more or less stellate masses united by thinner areas of 

 parallel hyphae 6 [a diameter. Asci narrow-clavate, eight- 

 spored, spores biseriate, 125 X 10 [jl ; paraphyses numerous, 

 filiform. Spores pale fuscous, fusoid, one then three septate, 

 constricted at the median septum, median septum prominent, 

 the other two indistinct, ends rounded, 24—30 X 4 '5-5 i^. 



On dead stems of Amomum, Hakgala, December, 1017; 

 No. 5527 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Massarina biconica n. sp. 



Perithecia immersed, scattered or occasionally confluent, 

 globose, 025 mm. diameter, ostiola not projecting. Asci 

 cylindrico-clavate, thick-walled, shortly pedicellate, spores 

 obliquely uniseriate, 90 X 20 ^i ; paraphyses numerous. 

 Spores greenish-hyaline, with a gelatinous outer coat, three 

 septate, strongly constricted at the median septum, less 

 strongly at the other two, biconoid, with ends acuminate, 

 obtuse, or fusoid, 24-32 X 7-12 \j.. 



On dead branches of Hevea brasiliensis Muell.-Arg., Gan- 

 garuwa, February, 1917 ; No. 5006 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Leptosphaeria Molleriana Aim. & de Cam. 



On Cocos nucifera L., Delwita, June, 1918 ; No. 5750 in 

 Herb. Peradeniya. 



Ceratostomaceae . 



Lentomita ovalis n. sp. 



Perithecia immersed, laterally oval, up to 0*4 mm. diameter, 

 0*25 mm. high ; wall brown, membranous ; ostiolum project- 

 ing, cylindric, more or less straight, black, up to 0"75 mm. 

 long, 66 [A diameter, composed of parallel hyphse. Asci 

 clavate, eight-spored, spores biseriate, sporiferous part 34 X 

 6 f-. Spores narrow-oval, one septate, not constricted, 

 hyaline, 8-10 X 2-3 (J^. Paraphyses numerous. 



On dead herbaceous stems, Hakgala, April, 1917 ; No. 5342 

 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



ValsacesB. 



Eutypa conjuncta n. sp. 



Stroma linear or circular, up to 1 mm. diameter and 0*4 

 mm. high, partly embedded in the wood, and elevating the 

 bark, consisting of three or four confluent perithecia in the 



