Diagnosis. — Perithecia in little clusters, conico-globose, 

 papillate, red ; asci cylindric-clavate, 8-spored ; spores 

 hyaline, cylindric-oblong, i-septate, slightly constricted at 

 the septum. 



Halsted : New Jersey Agric. College Expt. Station 

 Report, 1 891, p. 281. 



MASSEE : Text Book of Plant Dis., p. 132. 



Nectria sp., causes a canker disease of Hevea brasiliensis 

 (Para rubber) in Ceylon. 



Calonectria flavida, Massee, may occur along with 

 Nectria Theobromce on the cankered stem of cacao or 

 without it. 



Calonectria gigaspora, Massee, has been described from 

 Trinidad as occurring in the channel made by the moth- 

 borer in the stem of the sugar cane. 



HART : Trinidad Bulletin, 1901, p. 335. 



MASSEE : Kew Bulletin, 1906. 



Nectria gigantospora, Zimmermann, is recorded as a 

 parasite on the leaves of Ficus elastica in Java. 



Diagnosis : — Spots brown ; perithecia scattered, round, 

 300 by 200 microns, red-cinnabar ; asci clavate ; spores 

 constricted at the septum, truncate at both ends, curved, 

 50 by 9 microns. 



Zimmermann : Bull. Instil. Bot.,Buitensorg, 1901, p. 15. 



Nectria striatospora, Zimmermann, was originally 

 described on the bark of the cacao plant in Java ; it is also 

 of common occurence in Ceylon. 



Diagnosis: — Perithecia superficial, globose, gregarious, 

 blood-red, with a papillate ostiole, '4 by "3 mm. ; asci 

 100 microns long ; spores oblong-ellipsoidal, obtuse at 

 both ends, slightly constricted at the septum, 23 by 9 

 microns, with the walls longitudinally striated. 



Nectria camcrunensis, Appel and Strunk, has been 

 reported to occur on fruits of cacao in the Cameroons. 



Diagnosis : — Perithecia fleshy, gregarious, yellow, 

 globose-ovoid, *2-*3 mm. diameter ; asci clavate, with a 

 slender stalk, 60-75 by 12 microns; spores fusoid, acute 

 at both ends, not constricted, distichous or obliquely 

 monostichous, 12-15 by 3-4 microns. 



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