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described and figured Peziza citrina Penz. and Sacc., which 

 appears from their account to be identical with P. epispartia 

 B. & Br., but I have not seen the type. 



(5) Podaxon. 



The occurrence of species of Podaxon round (? on) termite 

 nests has been laio\\'n for very many years. The fact was 

 well known to Berkeley, apparently on the evidence of 

 specimens from South Africa in the Linnrean Herbarium. He 

 subsequently recorded the same species, Podaxon carcinomalis 

 Ft., from " ant-hills " in Queensland. In Ceylon Podaxon is 

 rare, at least over the central and southern parts of the Island, 

 and I have never collected it. But it occurs in the dry 

 northern and eastern regions, specimens havmg been sent to 

 me from Mannar and Trincomalee, where it grows in sandy 

 soil. As the investigations of Cej'lon termite nests have been 

 carried on chiefly in the Central Province, there is nothing to 

 record with regard to Podaxon. In certain parts of India 

 Podaxon is common, but it has never been associated with 

 termite nests. 



In Madagascar Jumelle and Perrier de la Bathie found a 

 species which they named Podaxon termitophilum , round and 

 at a little distance from termite hills. It never appeared 

 further than 1 or 2 m. from the hill. These authors reject 

 the idea that the Podaxon is in any way connected with 

 the fungi in the termite nest, but they rightly remark that its 

 occurrence is unex})ected, since Podaxon is supposed to favour 

 sandy soils, whereas their species grows on very compact 

 laterito. In their latest paper, however, they record that the 

 Podaxon grows in the neighI)ouriiood of nests which do not 

 contain fungi. i.< .. the nests in the open, not the nests in or near 

 woods, a fact whicii definitely precludes any association of 

 Podaxon with the fungi in the nest. 



(6) Neoskofitzia termiium v. Ilohnel. 



This species was discovered by von Holmel in Java on 

 pieces of termite comb lying on the ground. He statt^s that 

 he subsequently obtained it constantly on combs under bell 

 glasses, and hence regards it as a termite fungus, i.e., one 



