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PETCH 



Septoria graminum Desm. 



On Poa annua L., Hakgcalti, April, 1917 ; No. 5161 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



Leptostromatacex . 



Asterostomella AberiaB n. sp. 



Chiefly epiphyllous. Mycelium suioerticial, stout, 5 ^ 

 diameter, regular, not constricted ; hyphopodia one septate, 

 straight or curved, up to 16 ^ long, with a basal cell 5 ^ 

 broad, 3 ^ high, and an ovoid or cylindric apical cell about 8 [x 

 diameter, attenuated towards the tip. Pycnidia scutate, 

 cover radial, splitting radially and disap^Dearing, except at the 

 margin, fuscous, 55-70 [j, diameter. Spores pyriform, or 

 more usually turbinate, rounded above, contracted shortly 

 below the apex with well-defined angles and tapering to 

 the base, obtuse or acute at the base, black-brown, with a 

 transverse hyaline band, 14-17 X 9-10 [k . 



On Aberia Gardneri Clos., Peradeniya, June, 1919 ; No. 6002 

 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Excipulacese. 



Phaeodiscula Cudranise n. sp. 



Sjiots yellow. Pycnidia epiphyllous, clustered, subepider- 

 mal, flat, circular, up to 2*5 mm. diameter, 60 [jl thick, upper 

 and lower layers black ; upper layer splitting off. Basidia 

 short, 12 [i, long ; spores pale fuliginous, oval or oblong-oval, 

 ends rovmded, 3-5 X 2-2*5 [i,. 



On leaves of Cudrania javanensis Tree, Hakgala, April 

 1917 ; No. 5081 in Herb. Peradeniya. Perhaps identical 

 with Hymenopsis Cudranise Massee (not seen). 



Melanconiaceae. 



Gloeosporium Holstii P. Henn. 



On leaves of Tabernasmontana dichotonia Roxb., Peradeniya, 

 June, 1918 ; No. 5883 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Glceosporium Litseae n. sp. 



.Spots circular, brownish-gray, about 1*5 cm, diameter. 

 Acervuli hypophyllous, erumpent, scattered, pale brown, 



