concavo-convex outline in section, 
in the centre of the umbilicus. 
Berk. 
Nectriaceae. 
Calonectria gigaspora, Masses. Perithecia aggregate, obovata, 
laevia, glabra, coccinea, 1mm. alta. Asci longissimi, octospori, 
aparaphysati. Sporae obliqiie monostichae vel supra subdisi ichae. 
hyalinae, subfusoideae, demum 3-septatae, 90-100 x 20 /u. 
West Indies. Trinidad ; in channel made by the " borer " in 
sugar-cane, Hart. 
Readily recognised by the peculiar form of the perithecia, and 
the very large spores. 
Dermateaceae. 
Tryblidiella tetraspora, Massee. Perithecia erumpentia, alte 
exserta, elliptica seu subtrigona, 2-4 mm. lata ; labris, tumidulis 
atria, striatulis intus involutis ; disco piano, nifo-fulvese.'nte. 
Asri cy Imdraeei, apice rot undar i. ret va<\»> i. basi art. imato-stipitati, 
250 x 20 ijl, paraphysibus densissimis longiorilms, vvnire fuseo- 
fuligineis obvallati. Sporae monostichae, oblon-o-ellipueae ; 
utrinque rotundatae, triseptatae. ad septa n<>n vol vix constrictae, 
brunneae dein atro-fuligineae opacae, 50 x 15 /*. 
Gold COAST. Aburi ; on dead branches, Johnson, 119. 
Readily distinguished by the tetrasporous asci and the large 
size of the ascophore. 
Melanconiaceae, 
Stilbospora Cacao, Massee. Stroma subcutaneo-erumpens, cor- 
ticolum, sparsum, conioo-tmncatum. nigrum. Conidia snb- 
cvlindracea. olivaca, 1- demum 3-s -pt ita.ad septum subeonstrirta, 
19-24 x 7-9 fi. Bashlia simpliea. hvaliua, obverse clavulata, 
40-50 x 1-5-2 ii, 
Trinidad. On branches of Theobroma Cacao, L., Hart. 
Allied to S. irevis, Berk, and Rav., a species occurring on 
branches of Carpinus in S. Carolina; differing in the much 
smaller conidia and the scattered habit. 
Colletotrichum echinatum, Massee. Mwuhw indeterminatae, 
pallescentes. Acerndi laxe grogarii lent icu lares, mox erumpentes, 
350-400 n diam. Conidia hyalina vel chlorma. 
utrinque obtusa, 22-26 x 8-'.' u. saerigrnatibu: -'" 
subattt-nuatis pallide grinds 10-50 > 
sissimis, rigidulis, fuligineis, oy] 
100-120 x 8/x. 
Gold Coast. Aburi; on dead bark of unknown pla 
Johnson, 131. 
Distinguished from allied species by the coloured conidiophoi 
and stroma, and by the numerous cilia. 
