NEW CEYLON FUNGI. ■> 



tectis, 90-180 ^ diam., 60-70 ft alt. : ostiolis circa 

 10 fi diam. ; sporulis lineari-ovatis, hyalinis, utrinque acu- 

 fcis, 6-8 x 2 n ; basidiis circa 10 j* long. 



Perithecia black, minute, lenticular, prominent, covered 

 by the epidermis except at the ostiolum, 90-180 fj. diameter. 

 60-70 j/. high, diameter of ostiolum about 10 /j.; spores 

 linearoval, hyaline, sharply pointed at both ends, 6-8 x 2 ^ ; 

 basidia about 10 p. long. 



On yellow scaly patches on younsr branches of Wrythrina 

 UtJwsperma . 



Phyllosticta ramicola. — Peritheciis 1--25 mill, 

 diam., nigris. epidermide velatis, confertis, subpromi- 

 nulis, lenticularibus, 75-140 ft alt. : sporulis angust 

 ovatis, utrinque acutis. viridi-hyalinis, saepe biguttulatis, 

 8-12 x 2-3 fi. cirro albido tenui expulsis. 



Perithecia *l-'25 mm. diameter, black, sub-epidermal, 

 crowded, slightly prominent, lenticular. 75-140 n high ; 

 spores narrow-oval with sharply pointed ends, 8-32 x 2-3 

 n, greenish-hyaline, often fcwo-guttulate, issuing in a fine, 

 white, tendril. 



On green stems of Herm brasiliensis, causing dark brown 

 patches which later become gray. 



Phoma hevess. — Peritheciis nigris. gregariis, immersis. 

 subprominulis. semi-globosis, -l-*2 mill, diam.; sporulis 

 ellipticis, hyalinis, 4-5 x 2 fi. cirro viridi-flavo expulsis. 



Perithecia black, hemispherical, gregarious, immersed, 

 slightly prominent, •] -2 mm. diameter; spores, elliptical, 

 hyaline, 4-5 x 2 p, extruded in a greenish yellow tendril. 



On branches of Hevea brasiliensis. 



Sphasronasma album. — Peritheciis semi-immersis, 

 globosis, hyalinis, 140-260 p diam., in rostellum hya- 

 linnm. striatum productis ; rostellis 250-800 /' long., basi 

 80-160 n diam., apice 40-80 n diam.,apice fimbriato ; sporulis 

 ovatis, hyalinis, continuis, 7-11 x 4 \i. 



