320 PETOH : 



Hypothallus white, distinct; spores 0005- 0006. Resem- 

 bling in habit L. applanata, B. 



663 is immature Dictydicethalium plumbeum, Rost., in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



783. L. tenuissima, B. & Br. Tenuissima, rufa, nitida, 

 glaberrima, minutissime reticulata ; margine primum 

 byssoideo ; floccis aculeatis ; sporis globosis hyalinis (No. 324). 

 On dead bark. Spores 0003 in diameter. 



324 is DictydicBthalium plumbeum, Rost. (bases only), in Kew 

 1665. 



ALWI8IA, B. & Br. 



Peridium subcoriaceum , fusiforme, glabrum, demum apice 

 stellato-fissum vel plura in apice stipitis communis insidentia 

 flocci irregulares, deorsum dilatati, sursum angustiores furcati ; 

 sporae subglobosae, nucleo magno Isevi. 



784. A. Bombards, B. & Br. (No. 626). On decayed wood. 

 Gongolla forest, July, 1864. A highly curious fungus with the 

 habit of Trichia rubiformis, with, however, very dififereiit 

 fiocci, some of which are obtuse, resembhng those of Rhino- 

 trichum, and apparently bearing the spores about 1/10 of an 

 inch high. Peridia seated on six or eight together on the top 

 of the common stem, dark purple, black, or brown. 



626 is Alioisia homharda, in Kew 1000, and in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



874. Oeratium arhiscula, B. & Br. Niveum, e basi simplici 

 fastigiato-ramosum sporis latis ellipticis (No. 159). On very 

 rotten wood. It occurs also in Bombay. Quite simple below, 

 and then fastigiate and laterally confluent : spores 0004- 

 •0006 long. 



159 is Ceratiomyxa mucida, Schrcet., /3 flexuosa in British 

 Museum 1581, and in Herb. Peradeniya. 



875. C. hydnoides, A. and S. (Nos. 51, 141, 225). On 

 rotten wood. Nuwara Eliya. Spores -0005 long. In other 

 specimens 0004- -00045. 



51 is Ceratiomyxa mucida, Schroet., var ex in British Museum 

 1572. 



225 is Ceratiomyxa muoida, fi in Herb. Peradeniya. 

 141 is not in any of the quoted collections. 



