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NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
JEcidium Convallarise, Schum. Saell. II., 22. 
Hypophyllous. Spots greenish yellow, cups crowded in orbi- 
cular clusters, mostly concentrically disposed, pale yellow, cup- 
shaped, somewhat immersed; mouth toothed, at length entire. 
Spores pale yellow. 
On lily of the valley. Bowness Lake, Windermere, June, 
1884. (T. Hebden.) 
JEcidium Fimpinellae, Kirch, var. Apii. 
On leaves and petioles of wild celery, Apium graveolens , near 
Hull. ( T . Dennis.) 
Fhoma Loti, Cooke. 
Gregarious. Perithecia globose, black, covered by the elevated 
cuticle, which is soon pierced by the prominent ostiola. Sporules 
elliptical, hyaline, enucleate (*005 X *002 mm.), without apparent, 
or very short, sporophores. 
On small twigs of Diospyros lotus. Kew. 
Fhoma viventis, CooTce. 
Gregarious. Perithecia punctiform or slightly elongated, minute, 
black, covered by the shining discoloured cuticle, which is at length 
cracked longitudinally. Sporules subfusiform, obtuse at the ends, 
enucleate, hyaline (*006-* 007 X 0025 mm.). 
On living twigs of Lonicera. Kew. 
Fhoma staphyleae, CooTce. 
Gregarious. Perithecia punctiform, covered by the cuticle, 
which is at length blackened, rather prominent, seldom exposed. 
Sporules elliptical, continuous, enucleate ('OOS-’OOS X ’003-*004 
mm.), with no distinct sporophores. 
On thin twigs of Staphy lea pennata, S. trifoliata , and S. colchici. 
Kew. 
Fhoma opulifoliae, CooTce. 
Gregarious. Perithecia punctiform, depressedly globose, covered 
by the discoloured cuticle, which is slightly elevated. Sporules 
narrowly lanceolate, continuous, binucleate (‘01 X *0025 mm.), 
shortly stipitate. 
On twigs of Spiraea opulifolia. Pleasure grounds, Kew. 
It differs from British specimens of P. sorbarice on the same 
plant in not being deeply immersed in the bark, in the perithecia 
being smaller, and in the sporules being longer and narrower. 
Fhoma jasmini, Cooke. 
Perithecia scattered, covered by the cuticle, prominent, black, 
subglobose, much larger than in Phoma domestica , and more 
prominent. Sporules subfusiform, binucleate (*009- , 01 x *003 
mm.), on short sporophores. 
On Jasminum officinale. Kew. 
Sometimes associated with P. domestica. 
Phoma crassipes, Cooke. 
Erumpent, somewhat scattered. Perithecia rather large, black, 
opaque, subglobose, at length with the upper half exposed, 
Sporules oval, continuous, hyaline, without nuclei (‘006 X ‘004 
