Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 379 



pearance it resembles somewhat Sphceria Dematium, Fr., which 

 is also a Vermicularia {V. Dematium, Fr.), but in that species 

 the spores are longer and curved. 



431. Septoria Lepidii, Desm. Exs. no. 1177. On Lepidium 

 Smithii, Penzance ; Aberystwyth, J, Ralfs, Esq. 



432. S. Aceris, Berk. & Br. Ascoxyta Aceris, Lib. Ard. 

 no. 54. On the under side of the leaves of Acer Pseudo-Platanus, 

 North Wales, J. Ralfs, Esq. 



The spores in this species form little pallid cirrhi. In Mr. 

 Ralfs's specimens these are in general shorter than Madame Li- 

 bert^ s, but there is no other difference. The spores are very di- 

 stinctly septate, especially in the Welsh specimens. 



433. S. nodorum, Berk. Maculis pallide cervinis limitatis 

 depressis demum confluentibus, peritheciis subprominulis ; sporis 

 oblongis elongatis curvulis libet irregularibus. Berk, in Gard. 

 Chron. 1845, p. 601. On the joints of wheat-stalks just before 

 the wheat is ripe. Spores elongated, very slightly curved or irre- 

 gular, with several nuclei. 



434. S. Hippocastani, n. s. Maculis rufis, cirrhis teneris; 

 sporis curvis flexuosis linearibus simplicibus. On leaves of the 

 horse-chestnut, Essex, Rev. J. E. Leefe. 



Spots at first minute and scattered, then becoming confluent, 

 and forming broad rufous patches. Cirrhi delicate, pale. Spores 

 long, linear, simple, curved, flexuous. 



This species belongs evidently to a different genus from As- 

 coxyta Hippocastana, Libert. 



435. Neottiospora Caricum, Desm. Exs. no. 1338. Spharia 

 Caricina, Desm. Exs. no. 717. On dead leaves of Carices, Rud- 

 loe, Spye Park, Wilts, C. E. Broome. 



A most interesting production, remarkable for the appendage 

 of short hyaline threads with which the spores are furnished at 

 one extremity. A variety occurs with larger olive-coloured spores, 

 which we should at once have considered distinct, but for speci- 

 mens in which the spores, though olive-coloured, without any 

 orange tinge, are exactly of the same size as in the original form. 

 We do not therefore venture at present to consider the two as 

 distinct, though we think it probable that further observations 

 may justify their separation. 



436. Cytispora Hendersoni, n. s. Perithecio subregulari ; ge- 

 latina albida; sporis majoribus oblongis brevibus leviter curvatis. 

 On Rosa arvensis, Milton, Mr. Henderson. 



Forming minute scattered pustules ; perithecia nearly regular, 

 but sometimes lobed at the edge and raised in the centre from 

 the elevation of the subjacent bark. Spores larger than in most 

 Cytispone, oblong but short, very slightly curved, oozing forth 

 in the form of a dirty- white shapeless jelly. 



