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postice attenuato-pedicellati, octospori. Sporae ellipticae, atro- 
olivaceae, 25-28 x 14-15 wu, basi oe ee hyalino 
persistente 50 x 5-6 w longo auctae. (Figs. 
Cuina. Szechuen; on dung of some hadi animal, 
J. W.B ooke. 
A very -distinot species, the closely crowded pees forming 
large orbicular crustose patches on dung. ied to Sordaria 
appendiculata, Niessl., which differs in the villose ppeiheoiit, and 
the much shorter spore appendage. 
DISCOMYCETACEAE. 
pelea gigaspora, Masse. 
Ascomata gregaria, innato-superficialia, cylindraceo-turbinata vel 
e ‘eases mutua erred sessilia, extus sordide fusca, glabra, 
disco concavo 1 mm, diam Asci cylindracei, sursum obtusati, 
deorsum breve a eameiocse pied, octospori, 250-280 x 22-25 py, 
paraphysibus tenuibus apice ramosis hyalinis obvallati. Sporae 
vermiformes, rectae vel leniter flexuosae, nalecaaean: hyalinae, 
150-160 x 7-8. (Figs. 1-5. 
West InpIEs. Trinidad ; occurring in clusters a scale 
insects—Mytilaspis citricola—on orange leaves, J. H. Har 
quantity. Allied to Seleroderris seriata, Rae and to S. virescens, 
Mass., but distinguished from both by the very much longer asci 
and spores, and by the habitat. 
UREDINACEAE, 
Puccinia sclerolaenae, Massee. 
Sori plus minusve dense gregarii, plerumque hypophylli, maculis 
lutescentibus insidentes, diu epidermide coriacea atque crassiuscula 
tecti, vix prominuli, atro-fuliginei, magnitudine ludentes. Teleuto- 
sporae oblon seu ovato-subclavatae, medio parce constrictae, 
apice saepius plus vel minus apiculatae, pallide cinnamomeae, 
40 x 30 4; pedicello crassiusculo, 120 x 4 
In iisdem soris teleutosporiferis adsunt uredosporae globosae, 
minutissimae, echinulatae, “pallide fulvescentes, 15-18 yu diametro. 
AUSTRALIA, Queensland; on living leaves of Selerolaena 
hiftors, R. Br., F. M. Bat 
Beis a closely allied to any known species. The teleutospore sori 
e variable in size and form, and are somewhat pete being 
protsctall by the coriaceous epidermis of the host 
MELANCONTACEAE. 
Diplodia rapax, Masse 
Perithecia 3-7 ee ere atra, primo tecta, dein erum- 
pentia, rugulosa, glabra, 160-180  diametro, ostiolo minuto vix 
stromatis superficiem attingente donata. Sporae aerogenae, ellip- 
ticae, utrinque obtusae, medio 1-septatae, haud constrictae, opace 
fuligineae, 32-35 x 15-16 uw. (Figs. 13-14. 
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