261 



4 



2--2'5 /x in diameter. Setae long, gradually tapering above, up to 



10 jii wide at thickest part, projecting up to 40 /^. Spores not seen. 



Ibadan. On bush stumps, and on Cajanus indicus, 



Farqnharson. 



Spiiaeeiaceae. 



Xylaria involuta, {Kl.) Cke in GreviUea xi. 1883, p, 82. 



Xyl 



Xyl 



Hook 



Telfairii, Berk, in Ann. N'at. Hist 

 Telfairii, (Berk.) Fr-Nov. Symb. 1 



» 



14-16 X 67 a 



o 



On decaying wood, Ibadan, Ilugboro, Farg^uliarson 37. 



Thamnomyces Chamissonis, Elirenh, in Nees, Horae Pliyslc. 

 Berolinens, 1820, p. 79, tab. xvii, fig. 1. 

 Spores 16--21 x 7-9 /.. 



Farqitharson (1913). Also received from tlie Gold Coast and 

 Uganda. 



Glaziella splendens, Berk, (?) in Cke. GreviUea xi. 188 

 p. 83. 



Xylaria splendens^ Berk, in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1869, p. 382. 



1^0 mature spores are present in tlie peritlieeia either of these 

 specimens or of the type of- 6^. splendens. The plant is referred 

 to this species on account of the similarity of microscopic structure, 

 which resembles that described by Patouillard* for his Sarco.tylon 

 aurantiacum, which may therefore be a synonym. The fructifi- 

 cation when fresh is covered externally by a bright, sulphur- 

 yellow, furf uraceous layer. Beneath this is a black zone, in which 

 the perithecia are immersed, and the innermost layer is pale and 

 gelatinous, traversed by dork bands radiating inwards from the 

 black zone. The centre of the fructification is hollow and, when 

 fresh, filled with water. 



w 



On wood, FaTquliarson, 35. 



L.— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



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Mr. A. Wainwhight, Mr. J. E, T. Hartley. — Mr. A, Wain- 



wright, of Queens^ College, Cambridge, and Mr. J. E. T, Hartley, 

 of Magdalene College, Cambridge, have been appointed by the 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of 

 Kew, Assistant Superintendents of Agriculture in Nigeria. 



Mr. C. H. Oldiiam. — Mr. C. H. Oldham, lately a memljer of 

 the gardening staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been 

 appointed, on the recommendation of Kew, a Sub-Inspector for 

 the purposes of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act under tlie 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



* Patouillard. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. xxvii. 1911, p^ 331. 



