Xylaria] mm. pyrbnoxygbteg (Smith). 17.") 
Ambaca.- On old trunks in the elevated floods near r 
rambola ; Oot. L856. No. 90. 
Bumbo, in dense array in very damp, dense, primitive woods m u 
Bumbo; Oct. 18;V9. No. 136. 
6. X. digitata Grev. Flor. I-Min. p. 355 (1824). 
l.i hbo.— On large rotting trunks in the dense damp woods 
de Xella, about 3000 ft. high; Oct. 1859. Nos. 136 and 136/'. the 
tatter <>n Nauclea. 
7. X. scopiformis .Mont. Ann. Sci Nat. Ber. 2. voL riii. 1840, 
p. 349. 
GoJ i NGO Ai.to. — On old rotten trunks in the woods <>f Quilombo- 
Ouiacatubia, in one place only, but frequent there : Feb. 1 855. N >. 89 
This species has been recorded by Ourrey, l.c, p. 288, as Hypoxylon 
scopiforme .Mont. 
8. X. hippotrichoides Saoc. SyU. Fung. vol. L p. 34 1 (1882). 
<!oi.i ni . i > Ai.to. — On branches near Cabanga rather rare, also "n 
Btanding branchlets of .1 iparagw. etc., in Alto Queta and uear Sange ; 
Feb. 1855. No. 5. 
6. P0R0NIA Willd. Flor. BeroL Prod.-, p. 100, 1787. 
I. P. claviformis Welw. and Curr, I.e., p. 281. 
l'i moo Andongo.— On rotten wood in caves of the rocks, Aximodo 
Salgado, rare: Dec. 1856. No. 85. Spores unknown. A second 
specimen evidently the same but also without ascospores, on tufts of 
burnt grass near Cazella ; dan. 1857. Xo. 462. 
7. HYPOXYLON Bull. Champ, de Fr. I. p. 168, 1791. 
1. H. annulatum .Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat L855, Ser4. vol. iii. p. 1 17. 
Var. depressum Welw. & Curr., I.e., p. 283. 
Amkai \.— ()u old rotten trunks of trees near Cabinda ; Oct. 1856. 
Xo. 69- On rotten trunks in the elevated woods near Puri-Cacaram- 
bola; Oct. 1856 Xo. 83. On old rotten trunks in woods near the 
great cavern of Puri-Caoarambola ; Oct.1856. No. 84. Thissp 
is imperfect and Bomewhat doubtful. 
2. H. rubiginosum Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 384 (1846). 
Goli nod Ai.to. — On dead fallen branches iii the woods of Si 
Alto Queta ; March 1855. Nbs. 82 and 82'». 
3. H. serpens Fr. I.e. 
Coi. i \oo Ai ro. -Frequent on the bark of decayed branches of 
>aiious trees near Bam a de Mussengue ; duly In."..'. Xo. 81. 
8. KPvETZSCHMARIA Fr. Sum. \ eg Bcs I. p. 109 (I 
1. K. aggregata Sa<v. Syll. Fung. Add. ad vol. i. p. xxix. I 
Hypoxylon aggregation Welw. & Curr., l.c, p. 282. tab. L7. fig. 22, 
Got i sgo Ai.i'o. — On rotten trunks near Terras de Bumba covering 
almost the whole trunk of a large tree; May L855. No. 94. On 
examining the plant I find a number of scattered spores in the 
perithecia ; they are dark-brov n, curved, tapi ring toward the ends and 
measure 25 to 27 p by 10 /t. A second specimen collected in Angola 
is without date, locality or number. 
2. K. angolensis Saoc., l.e. 
Hypoxylon angolense Welw. i Curr., I.e., p. 282 tab. 17. fig. 19. 
