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SHORT NOTEiS. 



DlSCOMYCETES Fl". 



Sarcoscypha coccinea Jacq. Kivata Forest, Euwenzori, 8-9000 

 ft., May, Elliot, 201. — Europe, N. America, S. Africa. 



Lachnea scutellata Gill. Euwenzori, Elliot. — Europe, N. 

 America, Java, Tasmania. 



Dasyscypha bicolor Fuck. On old sticks, Euwenzori, 6000 ft., 

 May, Elliot, 162. — Europe, N. America. 



Velutaria subsessilis, n. sp. Cupulis gregariis, turn sessilibus 

 turn brevissime stipatis, discretis vel confluentibus, usque ad ^ mm. 

 latis, extus pulveraceo-tomentosis brunueo-flavis, disco piano cavi- 

 usculove fusco ; ascis stipitatis, clavatis, 8-sporis, 180 x 15 /x ; 

 sporis lineari-ellipticis, utrinque parum attenuatis, 4-septatis, hya- 

 linis, 30 X 5 /x. 



On old bark, Euwenzori, 6600 ft., May, Elliot, 136. Tbis species 

 differs from others in the genus in the possession of a short stalk. 

 In other respects it is a typical Velutaria. 



Hyphomycetes Mart. 



Coniosporium pulvinatum, n. sp, Acervulis linearibus, 

 J-1 uuc. longis, atro-fuscis, pulvinatim emersis, erumpentibus ; 

 conidiis lenticulari-compressis, 10 fx. diam., fuligiueis. Ad Bambu- 

 sarum caules, Kivata, Euwenzori, 9-10,000 pad., Elliot, 192. 



Stilbum Kalchbrenneri Sacc. Matochukos, Elliot, 27. — 



S. Africa. 



Mycetozoa, 



DiACH^A elegans Fr, Euwenzori, in forest, Elliot, 183. 



DiDYMiuM farimaceum Schrad., var. minus. Euwenzori, forest, 

 8000 ft., Elliot, 183. It has coarser capilitium and larger spores 

 than in the typical minus. 



Stejionitis splendens Eoxb., var. genuina. Eubaga, Euwenzori, 

 10,000 ft., Elliot, 251. 



SHORT NOTES. 



SoNCHUs PALUSTRis PLANTED IN SussEx. — It has recently come 

 to my knowledge that Sonchus pahistris has been planted near 

 Newhaven. It is worth putting the fact on record. — 0. C. Druce. 



A NEW Bromus. — Bromus interruptus mihi. Panicula, florem 

 et fructum gerens, erecta angusta evidenter internipta. Palea 

 superior et interior (gluma florens superior) paene ad basin in binas 

 angustas lanceolatas partes. Syn. B. mollis var. internipta Hackel 

 in Rep. But. Ex. Club, 1880, p. 240. A more detailed description 

 will appear later in this Journal. — G. Claridge Druce. 



EosA MOLLIS Sm., var. glabrata Fries. — In this Journal for 

 1888, p. 67, Scheutz described a rose gathered by the Eev. E. F. 

 Linton at Strome Ferry, Eoss-shire, and named it as above. This 

 form is not uncommon in at least one part of the west coast of 

 Inverness-shire, where I have watched it for some years. I could 

 not think it to be other than a form of R. tomentosa, and this year 

 sent several specimens, including some in ripe fruit, to Prof. Crepin, 



