No. 61.] 
[September, 1883. 
A QUARTEELT RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 
AND ITS LITERATURE. 
NUMMULARIA AND ITS ALLIES. 
By M. 0. Cooke. 
The following observations are in continuation of those on 
Xylaria (Vol. xi., p. 81), and Hypoxylon (Vol. xi., p. 121), to 
which, in the first place, these additions and corrections will have 
to be made : — 
XYLARIA. 
a. Xyloglossa. Sect. b. 
53a. Xylaxia cynoglossa, CJce. 
Umbrina, lingiiseformis (5-6 unc. longa 1|^ unc. crassa), brevis- 
sime stipitata, carne albo. Peritheeiis congestis, cylindricis, atris, 
ostiolis leniter papillatis, atris. Ascis cylindraceis. Sporidiis 
arcte fusiformibus, rectis curvulisve, fuscis (*016 -*018 x '004 mm.). 
On wood. Tweed River (R. Fitzgerald). 
62a. Xylaxia Thwaitesii, Berh. 4 CooTce in Herb. Berk., 8473a. 
Suberosa^ cylindrica, rigida, fragilis, obtusa, demum cava (1-2 in. 
X I unc.) Stipite brevi vel obsoleto’, subcrasso, glabro. Peri- 
tbeciis carbonaceis, subglobosis, mediis, ostiolis haud papillatis. 
Ascis cylindricis. Sporidiis fusiformibus, rectis curvulisve, fuscis 
(*015-*018x*005 mm.). 
On wood. Ceylon. 
Allied to X. fistulosa, Lev., but externally quite smooth. Spori- 
dia broader. 
c. Capitulum subglobose. 
79«. Xylaxia cxetacea, Berk. Br. Linn. Trans. Ser. 2, Vol. i., p. 405. 
Magnum (1-1 J unc. alt.) Subglobosum, stipitatum, e candido 
albidum, subrugosum, lineis tenuibus fuscis reticulatum, ostiolis 
nigris, minute punctatis, intus stratis ligneis fragilibus e stipite 
radiantibus formatum ; perithecia oblonga, nigra, ostiolis vix pro- 
minentibus munita ; sporidia oblonga, brunnea, continua, finibus 
acutis, *035-’045 x *013-*02 mm. Hypoxylon cretaceum, Berk. & Br. 
Brisbane, Australia. 
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