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fungus, I have named this species Aspergillus {Sterigmatocystis) poly- 

 chromus My best thanks are due to my Assistant Dr. J. A. de 

 Carmo Vaz, for valuable collaboration given to me in the course of 

 this study. 



Aspergillus (Sterigmatocystis) polichromus, speoies nova, fungus 

 saprophiticus, ostendens, cultionis subjectus, coloris variationes secun- 

 dum culcionis actatem uniforrnes, sclicet : albo-niveum colorem in 

 nitio (24 horis), suaviter cinereum (2a. die), suaviter ceruleo (4a. die) 

 et deinceps succesive cinereum, violaceum, ravum (post 2 hebdom.) 

 aquiloalbum. 



Elementa morphologica notabilia : — Conidiophora 601 (micr 

 longa maxime, 112 minime, 275 medie : — Columella} generatim 

 ovoides vel claviformes, ostendentes pigmentum aquilum superiori 

 poloj in vetustate, 10 ad 25/* longae, 4 ad 20 latae, cum sterigmatibus 

 primariis, sc. ovoid, vel lanceolat. 5 ad 10/a longis et 3 ad 4 latis ; 

 et secundarlis sc. ovoid, vel lanceolat. 5 ad 8/* langis et 3 ad 4 latis ; 

 Conidite rotundae 2, 5 ad 5/^ in ambitu ; — Perithecia in cultionibus 

 tantu veteris a 2 saltern mensibus invenmntur, 30 ad 35/^ longa, 

 aliquantulum minus lata, cum ascis rotundis et in unoquoqu 4 

 ascosporis. 



