306 FETCH : 



linear, and up to eight in the circular forms ; a thin layer of 

 mycelium underlies the bark and unites the groups of peri- 

 thecia ; no definite black hne in the wood. Perithecia • 3-0 • 4 

 mm. diameter, usually angled by mutual pressure, vertically 

 compressed. Ostiola projecting in clusters, slightly elevated 

 above the bark, up to 0*6 mm. high, cylindric, slightly 

 inflated at the apex. Mass of asci and spores fuscous. Asci 

 clavate, attenuated into the tapering pedicel, eight-spored, 

 spores biseriate, sporiferous part, 10-12 x 4 [x. Spores 

 cylindric, curved, greenish-hyaline, 3-4 x 1'5 (Ji.. 



On branches of Gedrela serrata Royle, Haputale, Novem- 

 ber, 1917 ; No. 5512 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Peroneutypa variabilis n. sp. 



Perithecia scattered or clustered, 0'4-0'5 mm. diameter, 

 immersed in the wood, sometimes in groups of up to six ; 

 ostiola projecting, solitary or in small groups, black, cylindric, 

 0*7-2 '5 mm. high, 0*1-0 '2 mm. diameter. Asci clavate, 

 with a tapering pedicel, eight-spored, sporiferous part 12-18 

 X 3 [X. Spores greenish -hyaline, cylindric, curved, 3-5 X 

 1-5-2 tx. 



On dead herbaceous stems, Peradeniya, February, 1918 ; 

 No. 5517 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Melanconiella stellata n. sp. 



Stromata scattered, immersed in the cortex, subconoid, 

 0*75 mm. diameter, composed of up to eight, thin-walled, 

 loosely united perithecia, and crowned by a cylindric, parenchy- 

 matous column, 0*4 mm. diameter, which just projects above 

 the bark and divides above into four or five wedge-shaped 

 lobes. Perithecia up to 0*3 mm. diameter, angular; stroma 

 in horizontal section crenate, with one common ostiolum. A 

 black line in the cortex above the stroma, extending laterally 

 indefinitely ; no black line in the wood. Perithecial wall thin, 

 pale brown or hyaline. Asci cylindric, shortly pedicellate, 

 eight-spored, spores obliquely uniseriate, 100-110 X 10-12 (x ; 

 paraphyses numerous. Spores oval or oblong-oval, one 

 septate, not, or slightly, constricted, ends obtuse, brown, wall 

 and septum thick, minutely verrucose, 10-15 x 5-6 [>-. 



