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TWO AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
The following specimens communicated by Baron F. von Mueller. 
* Asterina (Asterella) subcuticulosa, Coo/ce. 
Epiphylla. Peritheciis pediculosis, applanatis, irregularibus, vel 
confluentibus, absque mycelio, atris, sublente fuscis. Ascis pyri- 
formibus. Sporidiis elliptico-clavatis, uniseptatis, hyalinis, cellulo 
superiori latiore (circa 10-12 x 4 ju,). 
On fading and dead leaves of Olearia argophylla. Gippsland. 
( Luehmann .) 
* Xylaria (Xyloglossa) agariciformis, CJce. 8f Mass. 
Capitulum semiglobose (8 mm. to 1 cm. diam.), glaucous, dotted 
with the black punctiform ostiola, truncate, or depressed, beneath 
black and sterile, so as to leave a barren black ring round the 
stem. Stem equal, or a little attenuated downwards, 2-3 mm. 
thick, 1 inch or more long, straight or flexuous, fuliginous. Asci 
cylindrical. Sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, rounded, or a little 
attenuated at the ends, at first binucleate, then opaque and dark 
brown, 23-25 x 6-8 p. 
On stumps. Eyre’s Sandpatch. Great Bight. (</. D. Baff.) 
HEREFORDSHIRE FLORA* 
After being in the printer’s hands for about two years this Flora 
has at last made its appearance. How we pity the poor Editors 
and Authors who are at the mercy of local printers. A worthy 
scene for Dante’s “ Inferno.” Nevertheless, it is welcome at last ; 
whether improved by its vicissitudes it is hardly possible to say. 
Poor Dr. Bull ! Had he been alive to pass through this last experi- 
ence we fear it would have disturbed his equanimity, if it had not 
hastened his end. “ At Last” was Charles Kingsley’s last book, 
and at last Dr. Bull’s long-cherished hope of a Herefordshire Flora 
is now accomplished. It is a big volume, and a neat one, of which 
the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club need not to feel ashamed, 
for this Club is responsible for the cost of its production. 
A volume of 550 pages, and a map, represents a considerable 
amount of voluntary labour, and the two clergymen whose names 
appear on the title page accept responsibility for the contents. 
After the preface comes a long “ Definition of the Botanical Dis- 
tricts of Herefordshire,” by the Rev. W. H. Purchas, with “Notes 
on their Geology,” by the Rev. W. S. Symonds. Then follows the 
* “ Flora of Herefordshire.” Edited by W. H. Purchas and Augustin 
Ley. One Yol., 8vo., cloth. Hereford : Jakeman and Carver (for the 
Woolhope Naturalists Field Club). 1889. 
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