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2'5-3 em. alta, extus fuliginosa, pilis brunneis septatis apice obtusis 
4-10 » crassis vestita, intus subhyalino-gelatinosa. Discus planus, 
sordide flavidus, margine tumido cinctus. Asci cylindnici, circa 
360 x 10-15 mw, pars sporifera circa 160 ». Paraphyses hyalinae, 
filiformes, apice vix incrassatae, heel superantes. Sporae hyalinae, 
ellipticae vel fusoideae, primo utrinque obtuse apiculatae, episporio 
maturitate minute granuloso, 830 x 12-15 » 
S. Nigeria. Western Provinces : Siasiniitys on wood, C. 0. 
Farquharson, 1 
This species somewhat resembles S. camerunense, P. Henn., but it 
differs in growing on wood, and in the hyaline, slightly rough spores. 
The spore-characters also distinguish it from other species with the 
same habitat, such as Bulgaria Urnula, Henn. and S. javanicum, 
Rehm. 
DEUTEROMYCETACEAE. 
Monilia carbonaria, Cooke in Grevillea, xv. 1886, p. 17. 
Widely distributed throughout the Colony on all ae of vegetable 
refuse, especially if siete 
This s to occur throughout the Tropics on burn 
wood, ete. It was first described from New Zealand, on burnt oer 
and has been received at Kew from ae as well as from 
Nigeria. In the Malay States it appears to be common, but it has 
hitherto been recorded in Malay Piers fise ide the erroneous name 
of Oospora gilva, B. et Br., which is an entirely different plant. 
Through the courtesy of Mr. F. T. Brooks I have examined the 
Malayan fungus, which he mentioned under the name of Oospora gilva 
in Bull. 21, Dept. of Agric., Fed. Malay States, p. 23, and which he 
informs me is so understood by Malayan mycologists generally. It 
proves to be specifically identical with the Nigerian fungus, and has 
no resemblance to Oospora gilva. e name Oospora gilva ‘also appears 
in the Philippine eee but whether a similar mistake has been made 
there I am unable to say, as I have seen no Philippine specimens. 
dller connected the Brazilian fungus with an ascigerous s stage, 
which he called Melanospora erythraea. No ascigerous “form has as 
yet been identified as belonging to Monilia carbonaria. Moller also 
states that the fungus is most common in the wet season, whereas the 
contrary is the case in Nigeria. It cannot therefore be assumed that 
the species are identical, but they are obviously very close.* 
* Since the above was written a collection of slides brought home by 
Mr. A. Sharples, i al _ the Department of Agriculture, ig 0 
Malay peng has mined. Am aoe these was one labelled 
variations observed are 20-27 x 10-14 u. The shape of ona nn spores, and 
the longitudinal striations of the spore membrane, are the same as descri ibed 
by Miller (Lc. p. 76). It seems certain that slinceiionn erythraea is a 
widely distributed fungus in the Tropics, but the perfect stage has so far 
only been obtained in culture. 
