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The scale insect is a giant of its kind, series about 1 cm, in 
length by 17 mm. in breadth. 
te aap obovatum, Mas 
culae sparsae, orbiculares vel difformes, determinatae, fuscae. 
Soak hypophylli, in maculis laxe sparsi, olivacei, ex hyphis 
gracilibus rectis vel curvulis parce septatis compositi, 35-45 x 
4— —6u. Conidia is utrinque obtusata, 1-3-septata, olivacea, 
Spy pons laevi don 
ALAYA, ae Enum, on living leaves of Pterocarpus indicus, 
Willd., C. K. Bane 
This fungus eee on brown spots on the under surface of the 
leaf on which Dothidella Pterocarpi occurred on the upper surface, 
and may possibly prove to be a conidial condition of that species. 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. 
. 1. Diplodia Arecae, fungus on Areca nut ; nat. s 
» 2. Section of Areca nut, permeated shranshon: :# the dark 
3 < 8128. 
4, Spee es ats fungus, showing various stages of develop- 
Pati r Dethtate Pitocrrsn, on leaf of Pterocarpus indicus ; nat. 
on of same ; slightly ma 
: Helnsuthisporteh obovatum, on ries vel of Pterocarpus ; mag. 
. 9 Section of leaf of Pterocarpus, showing Dothidella on the 
upper and Helminthosporium on the under surface. 
» 10. Asecus of Dothidella; mag 
» ll. Pleurotus fiat on the Cola fruit ; nat. size. 
w tee tT holds tia 
,, 13. Basidia and ae Ee a A Sate ; mag. 
5, 14. Section of P. Colae 
= 15, t80rid iat sonit, pataaftie on Nuzura viridula ; mag. 
, 16. Portion of 7. Pattersonii ; mag. 
ae ef Slee of 1. Pattersonii ; mag. 
XLVI—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: LI. 
1411. Macphersonia acutifoliola, 7/ems/. Neotel hare 
inter species mihi cognitas gracilitate oliolis apice aculeatis 
facile recognoscenda : e M. gracili, O. Hoffm, racemis folia vix 
t. 
- Frutex novellis pilosulis, ramis florigeris rectis rigidis. Folia, 
videtur, cum floribus in apicibus ramorum conferta, paricbipinesta 
rhachibus petiolisque pilosulis  gracillimis; pinnae 4-5-jugae, 
oppositae vel subalternae, “a Ree inaequales, Facies 
breviores, longiores, usque ad 10 cm. longae ; foliola 5-20-juga, 
conferta, subsessilia, tenuia, outta ciliolata, ceterum glabra, supra 
nitida, oblique oblongo-lanceolata, 0°5-1°5 em. longa, aculeato- 
apiculata, venis tenuissimis crebris inconspicuis. Flores polygami, 
masculi tantum visi, 2-3 mm. diametro, dense simpliciterque 
‘racemosi, pedicellis 2-3 mm, longis : ; racemi axillares, 5-10 cm. 
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