DECADES OF FUNGI. 513 
*Sphæria polymorpha, Ehr.—Gardner, n. 42. 
Peradenia, Ceylon. 
No. 42 is a fasciculate form in an early stage of growth. 
No. 76, a dwarf variety, not perfectly developed. 
189. S. (Cordyceps) Zeylanica, n. sp.; suberosa, clavulis 
lanceolatis compressis levibus atro-laccatis cum stipitibus 
rugosis brevibus confluentibus. 
On dead wood. Ambegamoa, Ceylon. Feb. 1846. 
Hard, 14 inch high, lanceolate, cylindrical, depressed, with 
a rather obtuse apex, even, granulated with the minute in- 
conspicuous ostiola, black, with a ferruginous bloom, con- 
fluent, with a short rugged stem. 
Spores small, unequally elliptic. 
This resembles in form Hypoxylon Lingua, Léveillé, but 
is more nearly allied to S. allantodia, Berk., than which, how- 
ever, it is a much smaller species. I do not find any as- 
signable difference between the spores. 
190. S. Gardneri, n. sp.; suberosa, clavulis simplicibus cy- 
lindricis obtusis rugosis a stipite discretis, ostiolis obtusius- 
culis ; ; Stipite elongato e radice sclerotiiformi oriente, atro 
glabro ; sporidiis brevibus minutis.— Gardner, n. 14. 
On the ground. Peradenia, Ceylon. Oct. 1844. 
Stem 1.2 inches or more high, springing from a sclerotoid, 
elongated but irregular base, sometimes forked, black, 
Smooth, strongly wrinkled longitudinally with little trans- 
verse elevations. 
Head cylindrical, obtuse, perfectly distinct from the stem, 
wrinkled longitudinally, 1-2 inches long, greyish-black ; os- 
tiola scarcely visible without a lens; sporidia minute, short, - 
imperfectly elliptic. 
Resembling Spheria rhopaloides, Mont. ., and SpA. escha- 
roidea, Berk., the latter of which is a Ceylon species. - Lie ve 
w: 
_ the former it differs materially in its minute short spor -> 
— from the latter in its rugged head, which is far less shagreened | fe : ; 
With the ostolla, and is not so neat a species. > 
Mr. Gardner’s collections contain also whee appear to be 7 
imperfect specimens of dms —* n. 113, and a a 
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