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pencil sketch of a Lyswrus by the late F. M. Bailey, on which he 
noted that the arms had a “‘rose-coloured border.’’ 
Tt seems, therefore, that L. australiensis, though typically 
eutirely white except for the gleba, may occasionally vary in 
the direction of developing some colour in the arms of the 
receptacle. 
On the 
usually distinctly reddish arms. An entirely white form, how- 
ever, has been recorded from Mecklenburg, Germany, and named 
M 
But except for this colour difference, the plants appear to be 
indistinguishable, and it seems more probable that they represent 
geographical forms of one species. In view of the fact that the 
-@ ; 
L. Gardneri, Berk., of Ceylon, does not appear to be justified. 
whereas it always does so in L. borealis and L. australiensis. 
o red form of L. Gardneri has ever been recorded. 
Nectria fusco-purpurea, Wakef., sp. nov. 
Stromata dilute lateritia, ceracea, applanata, 4-8 mm. longa, 
i-2 mm. lata, per rimas transversas corticis erumpentia, primo 
conidia gerentia. Conidia cylindrica, utrinque obtusa, vix 
curvula, 8-11 x 2-2-5 
-12 p. Para- 
* Hedwigia xli., 1902, p. 173, 
t Lloyd in Mye. Notes, No. 28, p. 370. Lloyd eo ted this opinion in his 
Syn. Phall., but reverted to it in Myc. Notes No. vides 571. aS dey 
t Cleland and Li : 
siz, 1915 5, a in Journ. and Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales, 
§ Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya, iy., p. 174. 
