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the case of eight — new to Bengal: habitat, distribution and 
full sins Sit have been noted. They a 
(1) Polyporus nigerian, Mont. : 
(2) Pon once to us, B 
(3) P 8s fu cheat aera Petch. 
(4) ti aisteah protea, Berk. 
(5) es anegee Berkeleyi, Bres. Formerly it was named as Hewc 
na pergamenus by Berkley, Bresadola Rivers it to Poly- 
wists Berkeley, but it is more a Hexagona than a Poly- 
stic 
(6) peerae Teco Sabie oe a is a crust from and malforma- 
5s 
(7) arcaet tes o ne 
(8) Hexagonal Dasdalea tia’ Lev. 
Ecological details have not been given here, as it is hoped to deal 
with them in a future paper 
The leaf tee in rice.—By H. M. Chibber. 
The tips of leaves like any other part of a plant present characters 
that can be utilised Tor Hitiigeisbing closely related strains of a vat riety. 
Observations on this point are made on a cer Haiik variety of rice growing 
in Bombay 
Spore-forming habit of the ect ha of Gloeotrichia 
indica, Schmidle.-— By 8. 
Des a = the habit, the ie filaments, spores and 
heterocysts of the 
A few 
3. Some heteroc srs burst out produce an‘ selena epore-liks 
v. Sometimes two of these are formed. Again, the further one of 
these may germinate into a large resting-spor os 
attached a it at the f se end. Ins other 
spore’ seems to degenerate at is m the fest and thus 
— the heterocyst, wih is at the end of it, hap seus distance. 
on.——Eve ae the present day in comes d growl 
ng form 
the hstdespate of Gloe robe oi indica seem to have kept up their origina 
function of gonidangia, which other ssremnbets of the Myxophyceae seem 
to have, lost long ago. 
Note on two Indian 2 pi of Trentepohlia.—By M. O. 
PARTHASARATHY IYENGAR. 
— Bai ra many apt venta is genus is seo Gecceied from 
rma and se om Ceylon, a oa a single species seems to have 
“sen recorded pasa India pro 
Tw cde pet have been collected by the author es Trivandrum and 
one f r descriptions are given in pa 
” The | Berry ar ven =r ear th oaives coast is rather interesting 
ae = = probably ot to the —— oh a _— ae ae heavy for 
pes ii Sar treme i bs m4 ghee: ince i 
mrt ’ t Sa si 
owaver, grove shee Ht seared a es cells like the hematochrome of 
Tre rentepohlia, it is, unlike the Setter, pol able to maintain itself v4 ex- 
posed and illuminated places, but is able to live only in very shady 
situations. 
