246 FETCH : 



i^Ecidium ? acanthacearum Cooke. 



Un k'uves of Ju^ticia procumbens L., Kotmale, November, 

 HKio. leg. E. E. Green. 



i^Ecidium echinaceum Berk. 



Ori^rinally dc^^cribcd from leaves of Actinodap/me nwlochina 

 N(>es. There arc no specimens in the crvptogamic herbarium 

 at Peradeniya. but the specimens of Actinodaphne spcciom 

 Nws in the Hakgala collection have furnished innnature 

 examples, while the specimens of Actinodaphne molochina in 

 the IVradeniya herbarium (phanerogamic) bear the character 

 istic galls. Recently collected on Actinodaphne molochina, 

 Xuwara Eliya. Jime, 1911, E. E. Green. 



Galls pulvinate, 2-3 mm. diameter, on the under side of the 

 leaf, bearing conico-cylindrical aecidia about 02 mm. diameter 

 and ()• 5-0-6 mm. high, dark brown, white at the tip, white 

 interiorly, hard and brittle. The aecidia can be removed 

 entire, leaving cylindrical holes in the gall. .Spores subglobose, 

 16-20;x. or irregularly oval or polygonal, 20-32 X 12-20^1,, 

 verrucose, hyaline to dark brown, thick- walled, wall up to 8(j. 

 thick, or 12;jL at the apex. The outer spores (? pseudope- 

 ridium) are dark brown, the inner pale brown or hyaline, but 

 there is a])j)arently no constant difference in size or shape. 

 I have not seen fully ripe, i.e., dehisced, secidia. 



yEcidium elaeagni-latifoliae Petch. 



On leaves of Eloea(/nu,s lot i folia L., Peradeniya, December, 



i:»()s. .iiiiic. i!iio. 



/Ecldium .- bulbifaciens Negcr. 



On leaves ol Loniiit/ni.s sp., IMarch, l'.»l I. Locality '! 



TheCeylonsiK'cies forms hard galls u])to 4 mm. diamet<«r on 

 the leaf. The aecidia are up to 1 nun. high, cylindrical, 

 conical at the ai)ex. and rather haid at first ; then expanding, 

 funnel shaped, with the |)s('iidoperidiuin split and lecurved. 

 The pseudojHTidial cells are arranged regularly in parallel 

 vertical rows, generally oblong, hyaline, equally thick-walled, 

 strongly verrueoKc, with warts and lidges, 34-50 x 18-24[jl. 

 The teeidios pores are verrucoBC, thick-walled, thickened at 

 the ajM-x. 32 4(i • 30-32;x. 



