A PETCH DESCRIPTIONS OF 



quadrisporis, L80-210 x 3» >-.">.'> /( : sporidiis in medio asco 

 maturato aggregatis, cymbiformibus, 00-105 x 12-15 /*.pri- 

 mnm viridi-hyalinis, continuis, plasmate angnlata, in gutta 

 alto exptdsis, deinde fuligineis. 7-11 septatis. 



Perithecia immersed. separate, 1 mm. diameter, or united 

 in crimps forming a black carbonaceous stroma, 3-5 mm. 

 diameter, produced above into a conical neck which projects 

 •75 1*5 mm. above the surface ; ostiola distinct, circular: 

 asci cylindric, narrowed towards the truncate apex, on a 

 curved pedicel, four-spored, 180-210 x 30-35 /j ; spores 

 collected in a bundle in the centre of mature asci, cymbi- 

 form, 90-l"5 x 12- !5/i, atfirsi greenish hyaline, continuous, 

 with the contents in large angular granules, extruded in 

 a white globule, afterwards becoming fuliginous, 7-11 

 ite and producing up to six germ tubes on germination. 



In branches of Thea viridis, forming black thorns 

 arranged in almost straight lines along the branch. 



Nectria diversispora. — Peritheciis '25 mill, diam., 

 solirariis vel agglomeratis. nnllo Btromate, rubris, subdia- 

 phanis, granulatis : ostiolis conicis, ochraceis : paraphysibus 

 LinearibuB : ascis 80-100 x 10-15 /« : sporidiis oblique 

 monostichis, hyalinis, 11-13 x 4-5 /*. aniseptatis, medio 

 strictis, Btriatis, ovatis, apicibus obtnsis, locnlis sa^pe 

 insaqualibus, apicibus sa^pe rotundatis. 



Perithecia *25 mm. diameter, solitarj or in small groups 

 without an\ stroma, rod. Bemi-transparent, rough with 

 minute papilla ; ostiolum conical, ochraceous ; piraphyses 

 linear; asci 80-100 x 10-15/i; Bporea obliquely uniseriate, 

 hyaline, 11-13x4 ."> , t , one-septate, constricted at the septum, 

 oval, ends obtuse, wall striate, one cell often larger than the 

 other, and one or both ends often rounded i ii n circular 



arc. 



<>n dead bark of Hevea brasiliensia and on dead stems of 



/ n riil is. 



Phyllosticta erythrinae. — Peritheciis nigris, minutis, 

 lenticnlaribus. prominentibns, epidermide excepto ostiolo 



