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haud unulats viridis, ocellis albido-viridibus maculata, Spadix 
spatha multo brevior, stipitata ; pars feminea 1°5-2°5 cm. longa, 
1°5 cm. micah cylindrica, viridis ; ovarium globosum, in " stylum 
15 mm. longum contractum, stigmate punctiformi; pars mascula 
1°5-2°5 cm. longa, 1°2-2°3 cm. crassa, ¢ cylindrica vel ellipsoidea, 
alba ; appendix 3°8-4 cm. longa, 1°6-2°5 cm. crassa, subcylindrica 
vel obtuse tr igono-ovoidea, laevis, foaecainn vel pallide luteo-viridis. 
Siam. Collected in the Chiengmai District by Dr. A. F. G. 
Kerr, and sent to the Trinity College Botanic Garden, Dublin, 
where it flowered in ee _1910, and March, 1911, the leaf 
gi ee 32 in the following 
ried specimens of this species have yet been received from 
Dr. Ker so that it may be a somewhat rare or very local plant. . 
640, Sciaphila sic noca Hemsl, |'Triuridaceae] ; species peri- 
anthii lobis inappendiculatis 
erba perennis, monoica vel dioica, saprophytica, aphylla, praeter 
radices pilosas glaberrima. Caules. gracillimi, erecti, 8-23 cm. 
alti, simplices vel pauciramosi, ramis strictissimis, basi radices 
pilosas simplices vel perraro pauciramosas 2-5 cm. longas novellas 
sursum ordinatim emittentes, infra medium nudi vel squamis paucis 
minutis instructi. Flores racemosi, minuti, unisexuales, saepius 
dioici, raro monoici, si monoici superiores masculi ; bracteae lanceo- 
latae, 2-3 mm. longae, acutissimae, persistentes ; pedicelli capillares, 
0°5-2 cm. longi. Perianthium florum ¢ alte 5-lobum (an semper ?) ; 
lobi ovato-lanceolati, circiter 0°75 mm. longi, obtusi, inappendiculati, 
incurvi. Stamina 3, subsessilia ; antherae rima transversa dehis- 
centes. Perianthium forum Q saepius 6-lobum; lobi lanceolati, 
circiter 1 mm. longi, obtusi, inappendiculati, ‘demum  recurvi. 
Carpella numerosa ; stylus supra carpelli medium lateralis, ventralis, 
filiformis, 2-3 mm. longus. Carpella matura, ut videtur, carnosa, 
globoso-obconica, 1-1°25 mm. longa, laevia, monosperma. Semen - 
fusiforme, 0°75-1 mm. longum, ee —— testa longi- 
ee: hag striata. Embryo mihi ig 
. Queensland : Bellcndon fo Hills, at about 1000 m., 
Bie Fiat 
This is apparently the only member of the family hitherto 
discovered in Australia. It was growing in a dense mass of fine 
foreign roots, from which it was with diffenlty extricated intact. 
Some of the seeds were occupied by a solitary larva. 
IIIl.—A DISEASE OF SWEET PEAS, ASTERS, AND 
OTHER PLANTS.* 
( Thielavia basicola, Gopf.) 
(With Pilate.) 
G. Masser. 
A disease attacking asters, sweet peas and various other 
cultivated plants, more especially during the seedling stage 
is. This article was printed in November, 1911, but quot to be held over to this _ 
number owing to lack of space in the Bulletin for last year. 
