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or dragged out by insects. In a gatliering froni Hakgala the 

 capillitium tlireads are practically smooth, and the spiral 

 bands are more numerous and closer together tlian usual ; 

 the spores are badly developed, but they are more closely 

 reticulated than is normal, and have almost no border. In 

 other gatherings the capillitium is spinose with crowded 

 spines up to 8 i^ long in some parts, while on other parts they 

 are scarcely visible. 



Peradeniya, Hakgala, Yatiyantota, Talawakelle, Hunu- 

 galla, &c. 



Order II. — Arcyriace^. 



Areyria ferruginea, Saut. 



Hare. A single gathering of about twenty, somewhat 

 weathered, sporangia with typical capillitium and cup ; spores 

 8 to 12 /J diameter, minutely warted, pale red. 



Peradeniya. 



Areyria albida, Pers. 



Areyria cinerea, P., in B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 774. 



Thwaites' 116 (B. & Br. 774) is the cylindric ochraceous 

 form; total height, 3 mm. ; sporangia 1*8 mm. high, 0*6 to 

 0*7 mm. diameter. A very common species ; usually pale gra,y, 

 sometimes with a greenish tint when fresh, often ochraceous ; 

 generally cylindrical ; often with clustered, adhering stalks 

 (= Areyria digituta, Rost.). 



Peradeniya, Talawakelle, Hunugalla Pattipola, Hak- 

 gala, &c. 



Areyria globosa, Schwein. 



A cluster of about a dozen sporangia on a dead leaf at 

 Peradeniya. Total height about 1 mm. ; sporangia 0-5 mm. 

 diameter, gray ; stalks grayish-brown, 0'4 mm. high, 0"06 mm. 

 diameter, hollow, filled with spore-hke cells, minutely furrowed, 

 sometimes arising from a small circular hypothallus; cup, 

 one-quarter to one-half the height of the sporangium, hemi- 

 spherical, smooth ; capillitium attached to the cup, gray in 

 mass, threads 4 f^ diameter, spinulose, the spines spirally 

 arranged ; spores 6 to 7 A* diameter, with a few minute warts. 



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