60 THE BOTANICAL MA GA ZINE. [Voi. xxvi. No. sos. 



appearing as warty black shots with ruptured remains, discal, 

 usually densely aggregate, becoming on the upper surface some- 

 what greyish, 1^—1.5 mm. in diameter, 0.35—0.40 mm. thick, 

 frequently two or even more of them confluent forming a large 

 one, pseudoparenchymatic ; pycnidia, immersed into stroma in 

 one row, commonly ellipsoidal, but globose near the margin, 

 without mouth, 160-200// long, 80-120// broad, colour lighter 

 than stroma, with thread-like hyaline paraphyses (Fig. 5) ; 

 spores, cylindrical with round ends or ellipsoidal, dark brown, 

 16-20 // long, 6-8 /« broad ; basidia, small (Fig. 6). 



On Broussonetia papyrifera Vent. (Peking ; Oct. 1910). 



On Prunus persica S. et Z. (Peking ; Oct. 1910). 



On Morus alba L. (Peking ; May 1911). 



The present species differs from N. Lecanidium (Speg.) Sacc, 

 the only hitherto known species in this genus, in the size and 

 from of its spores, the length of its basidia and presence of 

 paraphyses. 



Actinonema Eosse (Lib.) Fr. Sacc, Syll. III. p. 408 ; 

 SoRAUER, Pflzkrankh. 11. p. 406 ; Engler, Pflzfam. I. 1** p. 

 370 fig. 194. 



On Rosa laevigata Mien. (Fengtai near Peking; Oct 1910). 



Diplodia maura C. ct Ell. Sacc , Syll. III. p. 341. 



On Plrus Mains I.. (Peking ; Jan. 1911). 



Diplodia Mori Westd. Sacc , Syll. III. p. 351 ; Sorauer, 

 Pflzkrankh. II. p. 406 ; Berlese, Fungi moric. fasc. VI, n. 22 

 tab. 52 fig. 10-13. 



On Morus alba L. (Shashi, Hupei ; Oct. 3, 1908). 



Stagonospora prominula (B. et C.) Sacc. vSacc, Syll. III. 

 p. 446. 



On Pirus Malus L. (Peking; Oct. 1910). 



Here this fungus appears commonly on the same leaves as 

 Mycosphaerella Pomacearum Sacc, but the present species can 

 be easily distinguished from the other with the naked eye by 

 its having spots of a deeper colour and with dark brown 

 peripher\^ 



Septoria convolvulina Speg. Sacc, Syll. XVI. p, 966. 



On Calystegia sepium R. Br. (Peking ; Oct. 1910). 



