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severance of a portion of it, which then falls off as a lid, much 
after the style of Stegia Micis, but oblong not round in shape. 
p the Ceylon specimen the ‘“lids’' are still present; in the 
more ae one from _ Philippines they have all disappeared 
and the fungus looks quite superficial. Occasionally similar 
states can = seen in examining specimens of JZ, Bs a he 
sub-sp. 3, on bamboo canes. In fact, no. 5 forms a link 
nos. 2 and 3. chad ss both the above-mentioned mig a con- 
veniently be classed under the same Les and a truer ae Me 
tation of the facts al probably be 
Sub-species 1. Arundinis. 
2. inquinans. 
a3 3. Bambusae. 
= 4, rhizophilum. 
‘3 5. cireumscissum. 
In corte to i bos there are others which present greater 
differen One group is distinguished by its much ves arger 
spores. “To this Palins Melanconium arundinaceum, Ell. e ; 
mee Torr. Bot. Club, 1897, xxiv. 290, which is *eanttbed as 
ollo 
stules eer: eee about 15x1 mm., lens- 
shaped, covered by ee coloured epidermis which finally 
splits along the ire Spores globose, 15-20 p diam., or ellip- 
soid, 18-22 x 13-16 y»; spakophaten shorter. 
“On dead canes of Arundinaria, rage 
Seve eral o fist species on bainboo have been. Aerie: = differing 
in certain details, but of aheee also no specimens are available, 
viz. 
M. (?) bambusinum, Speg. (Sace. Syll. x. 474). 
M. hysterinum, Sace. eee ee sera: 
M. Shiraianuni, Syd. ~ (Pate! Sy kv. -LODD); 
e latter, which is ae re Coniosporium cig eee 
Bubat (Sace.. Syll. 564), hardly epee = 
pie aes. on usae; nor the two form 
arundinaceum. One cannot but believe that all ea seed 
Species, impinging upon one another at so many points, cou be 
reduced to a much smaller number by critical examination of the 
actual specimens, but without these it is only possible to call 
