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NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
Phoma aromatica, Cooke. 
Perithecia gregarious, covered by the slightly convex cuticle, de- 
pressed, rather minute, scarcely papillate. Sporules sublanceolate, 
continuous, with two nuclei, hyaline (*008-* 01 x ‘OOS-'OOSfi mm), 
on short sporophores. 
On twigs of Calycantlius occidentalis. Kew. 
This is clearly not the Phoma calycanthi, Schw. 
Phoma Elaeagnella, Cooke. 
Scattered or subgregarious, minute, covered by the convex cuticle. 
Perithecia depressedly globose, black. Sporules oval, profuse, 
continuous, hyaline, without nuclei (*005 x ‘0025 mm.), without 
distinct sporophores. 
On branches of Elceagnus. Kew. 
Cytispora Staphyle ae, Cooke. 
Stroma flattened, with two or threecells, covered by the slightly 
raised epidermis, which opens by a small elevated white-margined 
pore. Sporules linear, curved, obtuse (allantoid) hyaline 
(•006 x '001 mm.). 
On branches of Staphylea pennata and S. trifoliata. Pleasure 
grounds, Kew. 
Cytispora Jasmini, Cooke. 
Stroma rather conical, subcutaneous, small, covered by the 
darkened cuticle, very loosely gregarious. Sporules linear, curved, 
obtuse (allantoid), *006 x *001 mm. Oozing from a small orifice 
in the cuticle. 
On thin twigs of Jasminum officinale. Pleasure grounds, Kew. 
Cytispora Euonymi, Cooke. 
Gregarious, pseudo-perithecia conical, covered by the darkened 
cuticle, rather small, at length blackish and shining. Sporules allan- 
toid, curved, hyaline (*008 x ‘002 mm.), issuing in pallid tendrils. 
On small twigs of Euonymns americanus. Kew. 
Cryptosporium Hippocastani, Cke. 
Stroma cortical, covered, splitting the bark, and confluent longi- 
tudinally, pallid, conidia oblong fusiform, continuous, without nuclei, 
rather obtuse (*018--02 x *005). Oozing out and forming a 
whitish farinaceous margin to the fissures. Sporophores simple, 
or forked, twice as long as the conidia. 
On branches of jEsculus hippocastanum. Kew. 
Closely allied to C. coronatum , Fckl. 
Sphaeropsis Betulae, Cooke. 
Sub-gregarious, sometimes scattered, concealed beneath the ele- 
vated cuticle. Perithecia depressedly globose, scarcely papillate. 
Sporules elliptical, rounded at the ends, continuous, yellowish 
(•03--032 X-009 mm.). 
On twigs of Betula alba. Kew. 
Diplodia cistina, Cooke. 
Gregarious, deeply seated, covered and concealed by the bark. 
Perithecia rather conical, black, often in lines, or small clusters, 
