A Bevision of the Trichiacew. Bij G. Massee. 339 



Karsten describes the colour of the sporangia as " subargillaceo- 

 castaneis." 



1 have not had an opportunity of examining the present species, the. 

 elaters — unless some inaccuracy has crept into the description — being 

 very remarkable in being furnished with spines as thick as themselves, 

 and 8-10 /* long, a character which alone stamps the species. 



C.= Spores with elongated, raised, flat hands not combined to form 



a network. 



* Bands plain. 



Trichia sulphurea, Mass. (n. sp.), fig. 3. 



Sporangia densely crowded, sessile on a broad base, circular, 

 subangular or reniform in outline, pale yellow, smooth ; mass of 

 elaters and spores pale lemon-yellow ; elaters cylindrical, simple, or 

 frequently branched, especially near the tips, 9-1 0/x thick, spirals 

 crowded, not very prominent, tips not thickened, smooth, acute, 

 straight or slightly curved, 10-14 /x long; spores globose, tvith 

 numerous short, slighthj raised, straight or crescent-shaped flat 

 hands, 10-14 ^u, diameter. 



(Type in Herb. Berk. Kew, n. 10,906.) 



On wood. Ceylon ! 



A very fine large species, sporangia • 5-1 mm. diameter. The 

 distinguishing features are the thick cylindrical elaters with crowded 

 spirals, and the numerous short flat bands on the spores, which under 

 a low power look hke warts. From 15-20 bands are present on a 

 hemisphere of a spore. Most nearly related to Tr. nitens, but in the 

 latter the markings on the spores are true rounded warts, and the, 

 spirals on the elaters are much wider apart. 



Trichia Balfourii, Mass. (n. sp.), fig. 4. 



Sporangia sessile, base broad or narrowed, crowded, hemispherical 

 or angular from mutual pressure, clear primrose-yellow ; mass of 

 elaters and spores deeper and duller yellow; elaters cylindrical, 

 9-10 IX thick, sometimes swollen near the apex, which is ahriqMy 

 narroived into from one to three shoi^t, smooth spiines, generally more 

 or less bent, spirals thin, rather distant, not prominent, furnished 

 with scattered rudimentarij syines; spores globose, with a few 

 broad, shghtly raised, flat hands, not i^wictate, nor combined in a 

 reticidate manner, 16-18 /a diameter. 



"With Trichia Jackii, in Herb. Kew, marked '• Trichia Jackii, 

 spores not typical," by Professor I. Bayley Balfour. (Type in Herb! 

 Kew.) 



On wood. Cape of Good Hope ! 



Closely related to T. Jackii, but readily known by the absence of 

 punctiform markings on the raised bands of the spores. In T. verru- 

 cosa, the bands on the spores are much shorter and more numerous 



