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PYRENOMYCETES. 
Xylaria Ridleyi, Massee (sp. nov.). Capitulum ellipticum vel 
obovatum, obtusum, durissimum, crusta fragili pallida tectum, in 
stipitem cylindrieum deorsum abrupte attenuatum. — Perithecia 
peripherica, ovata, immersa, ostiolis minutissimis immersis. 
ei cp N utrinque acute, seepe curvule, 18-20 x 4-5 m, 
opace, brunn 
SINGAPORE. a dead wood, sn gees Gardens, Ridles UA 15. 
A very distinct and 
stalked fruit. Capitulum broadly ovate or elliptical, obtuse, whitish, 
glabrous, 1-1:5 x 08 — 1 cm., ostiola barely visible under a lens. 
Stem about equal in length or slightly shorter than the club, 
2-3 mm. thick, pale brown. Allied to Xylaria dealbata, Berk., 
but distinguished by the much less prominent ostiola of the 
perithecia, ‘and the smaller spores. 
Rosellinia picacea, Massee (sp. nov.) Perithecia dense gregaria, 
rarius sparsa, vendo onacea, nigra, maculis albo-luteis ornata, ostiolo 
minuto vix prominulo hiante. Asci cylindracei, stipitati, apice 
abat, Setopati, circa 300 x 18 p. Spore oblique monostich:e, 
fuscæ, ellipties, utrinque acute, 2-guttulate, 30 x 15 p. Paraphyses 
septate, capitate, filiformes. 
SINGAPORE. On dead bark, Botanic Gardens, Ridley. 
Perithecia 1:5 mm. in diameter, crowded and forming patches 
2-3 em. across. Superficially resembling a species of Pertusaria. 
vem ito pare: dte pachydermatica, Cesati, but quite distinct 
from and every other described species "in the large spores, 
disney sspl cité ucl den ied in the se aerial patches 
on the perithecium, which a metimes raised above the general 
level of the surface, and odisequautly resemble wath 
Xylaria d Grev. Flor. Edin. (1824) p. 355. 
SINGAPORE. wood, Botanic gigas Hid y, 14. 
Tryblidiella i rum Syll. ii. (1883) p 
eae On dead branches, Botanic Line cid mpi 
dinia Mig Cesati et De Not. in Comm. Soc. Crittog. 
em i. (1863) p. 
INGAPORE. Ge logs, Botanic Guda Ridley, 4. 
Kertzschmaria Mee Massee; Poronia Heliscus, Mont. Syll. 
Crypt. ues p. 2 
SINGAPORE. ins dead bark, Botanie Gardens, Ridley, 1 
i. resent species is a genuine Kertzschmaria, and not a 
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HYPHOMYCETES. 
Tubereularia apiospora.. Dur. et Mont. in Erpl. Sc, Alger. 
Crypt. (1866-69), p. 333. 
SINGAPORE, On dead wood, Botanic iris 
