— 10-12 y. 
182 
Barlea miltina, Sacc., m viii. (1889) no. 424. 
On sandy soil, Rodway, 139. 
‚Lachnea nt Gillet, Disc. France (1819), p. 76. 
- On cow dung, Rodwa y, 552. 
The justam e funus is is a trifle smaller in every part than the 
typical European form. The stellate hairs are well developed c on 
the exterior of the ascophore. 
Umbrophila aurantiaca, Massee (sp. nov.) iren e sub 
explanata, marginibus revoluto-convexis, substipitata, usque 1 cm. 
lata, subochracea, glabra, disco leete ochracea vel aurantiaca. Asci 
cylindracei, basi elongato-attenuati, apice iodo intense cæruleo- 
tincti. pore monostichæ, hyaline, ellipsoidee, plerumque 
biguttulatæ, 10-12 x 7-8 u, c oniinn, Paraphyses numerosæ, 
filiformes, apice vix incrassatæ, septatæ. 
n trunk of Dicksonia antarctica, Labill., Hobart, Rodway, 
Distinguished from every known species of Umbrophila by the 
clear ochraceous colour of all parts 
SPHÆROPSIDEÆ. 
Ceuthospora innumera, Massee (sp. nov.). Stroma pustuliforme, 
nigrum, pluriloculare, loculis distinctis sine ordine dispositis, 
ostiolis prominulis, subcutaneo-erumpens, 0:5-1 mm. latum. 
Sporule hyaline, cylindraceæ, rectæ, 25 x 2-5-3 p 
On . oe leaf of prises did Rodway, 616. 
Den crowded, usually confined to one surface of the leaf ; 
allied to T. po Kalchbr. & Cooke. 
New ZEALAND, 
SPH ZROPSIDEA. 
Phoma Podocarpi, _— (sp. nov.) Perithecia gregaria, atra, 
subepidermica, ostiolo descubren qiue obtusa, contextu parenchy- 
matica, cellulis minutiss 250 u lata. Basidia filiformia. . 
Spore ‘hyaline, eyHdelec-elir alien, utrinque obtusate, 2-guttu- 
late, 9-10 x 2 
On leaves of Podocarpus ferruginea, G. Benn., Otago, Hector, 80. 
Allied to P. Saxifragarum, West 
Soromon IsraNps. 
ASCOMYCETES. 
_ Apospheria Alpini, Massee (sp. nov.) Perithecia gregaria vel _ 
 Spársa, sübeu cat EM globosa-depressa, atra, papillata, — 
5 mm. lata. Basidia filiform x Spore hyali 
 eontinuse, igidon vel obovate,  episporio glabre, 
