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considerable satisfaction to find that they were fulfilling their 
various occupations with great credit to themselves and to the no 
small advantage of their respective communities. It would be 
invidious to refer to special cases, but it seemed to me that the 
valuable services of the Agricultural Officers were not always 
properly realised by their respective Governments. 
The relationship which has so long existed between Kew and the 
West Indies has been a very happy one, and now that I have had 
the opportunity of seeing something of the excellent work which is 
being done by our men, I can only conclude by expressing the hope 
that the West Indies may continue to avail themselves of the help 
which Kew is always ready to render. 
A. W. HILL. 
XIX.—FUNGI EXOTICI : XIII. 
Of the eight new Fungi here described, two are considered to be 
injurious parasites, Pheangella Heveae is found on the bark of 
young Hevea rubber trees in S. Nigeria; and Colletotrichum 
necator, received from Mr. Ridley from Singapore, is said to cause 
the fruit of pepper to become blackened and shrivelled. 
the other species three have been received from Mr. F. Manson 
Bailey, Brisbane, and one each from India, Trinidad, and Java. 
BASIDIOMYCETES, 
fuscidulas eleganter excoriatus, siccus, circa 2 cm. latus. LLamellae 
liberae, postice angustatae, ex albo luteolae. Stipes subaequalis, 
fistulosus, fibrillosus, pileo concolor, 4-5 cm. longus, 2 mm. crassus, 
annulus tomentosus, mox evanidus, Sporae ellipsoideae, hyalinae, 
x 4u. 
Quran SLAND. Onmanured ground. C. T. White. The specimen 
was sent by Mr. F. M. Bailey, accompanied by a coloured figure. 
Galera delicatula, Wassee. 
Pileus tenerrimus, € convexo expansus usque planus, margine 
subrepando, cinnamomeus, primo fibrilloso-villosus, postea squamulis 
concoloribus adpressis vestitus, siccus, 1-2 cm. latus. Lamellae 
confertae, angustae, adnexae, e pallido cinnamomeo-fulventes, acie 
albido-pruinosa. Stipes fistulosus, cylindraceus, glaber, pileo_con- 
color, 4-5 em. longus, 2 mm. crassus. Sporae ellipsoideae, utrinque 
obtusae, cinnamomae, 15-16 x 7p. 
Inpra. District of Dacca: Experimental Farm, in grass, 
Burkill, 34,928. : 
Allied to Galera vinolenta, Berk., which differs in the vinous 
colour of the pileus, and the much smaller spores. 
