30 PARKIN : FUNGI PARASITIC 



The bright orange stroinata consisted of a thickened rim 

 and a raised central crown, thus somewhat hat-shaped. The 

 largest measured as much as 7*5 mm. in diameter : the 

 medium ones 4*5 mm., and some of the small ones 2*5 mm. 

 The rim is dotted over with dark brown spots, the openings 

 of the perithecia ; sometimes these spots may extend a short 

 way up the crown. The colouring is not quite uniform, the 

 rim being nearer red, and the crown nearer yellow. The 

 interior of the stroma is light yellow. 



The flask-shaped sunken perithecia measure 400-440 1* in 

 depth and the narrow asci 103 x 7*3 (fig. 24). 



The ascospores were perhaps thread-like, but they had 

 split up in short rods 6-7 x l*5/x. 



No pycnidia could be observed in the stroma, so this latter 

 was solely in the ascus-stage. 



This Hypocrella is evidently quite distinct from the Java 

 one, H. Raciborskii, Zimm., as the perithecia are Justin 

 the reverse position; if new to science, as it appears to be, 

 it might receive the name of Hypocrella coccophila or 

 Lecanii. 



2. — On Ohionaspi8 uitis on leaves of Loranthus, sp., 

 Horton Plains, Sept., 1900. 



The material was scanty, consisting in all of seven pale 

 buff or whitish stroinata. Only one of these possessed 

 perithecia. The others were in the conidial (Aschersonia) 

 condition. The somewhat flask-shaped perithecia measured 

 500/i deep and L60/i in the broadest part. The asci were 

 apparently immature with thread-like spores forming in 

 them. 



3. — On Lecanium, Hp., on lower surface of leaves of Gelo- 

 niwn lanceolatum t J'undalu-oya, Nov., 1898. 



The conidial stages of this distinct and peculiar fungus 

 are described under the Fungi imperi'ecti. 



Sunk in the upper part of an old black stroma occurred 

 fiask-shaped perithecia with slender asci full of sporules 

 <|uit<^ small and cylindrical, resulting nioHt likely from 



