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ON XYLARIA AND ITS ALLIES. 
Not more than half an inch or an inch high. Clubs densely 
crowded, about a quarter of an inch long, at the apex of a slender 
furcate or simple stem, which penetrates the bark or wood, so that 
only the cluster of small clubs is visible. 
42. Xylaxia Willsii, Berk, in Herb. 
Carnosa, aurantio-fulva, stipitata. Clavulis simplicibus, vel 
furcatis, cylindraceis, obtusis (1-1-^ in. long, incrass.) ; stipite 
lsevi (1 in. long), tenui, concolore; peritheciis minimis, brunneis, 
(immaturis); ostiolis planis, punctiformibus ; spor. n. v. 
On wood. Ste Fee de Bogota. 
With a great resemblance to X. persicaria , Schwz. 
46. Xylaxia cexebxifoxmis, Cooke. 
Magna, suberosa, stipitata, fuliginea, stipite vix uncialis (crass. 
unc.), lignoso, glabra, sulcato, interdum laterali; capitulo sub- 
elliptico (ljxl unc.), profunde sulcato, aliter rugoso, cerebri- 
formi, demum laeviusculo, intas albo ; peritheciis minimis, glo- 
bosis, atris, confertis ; ostiolis minutissimis, vix visibilis, planis ; 
ascis cylindraceis ; sporidiis arcte lanceolatis, rectis curvulisve, 
brunneis, (-009-'01 X ‘0025 mm.). 
On wood (?) Endeavour River, Australia. 
Perithecia and sporidia smaller than in X. lobata , C. ; ostiola 
scarce visible on the surface. 
50. Xylaxia Emexici, Berk, in Herb. Kerv. 
Magna, suberosa, clavata. Stromate erecto (5-6 in. long, 1^ in. 
lat.), glabro, fuligineo, ostiolis minuto, punctato, intus griseo- 
lilacino, demum centro cavo ; stipite crasso, brevi, glabro, sursum 
in clavulam incrassato ; peritheciis globosis, atris, nec prominulis ; 
ascis cylindraceis, stipitatis ; sporidiis lanceolatis, utrinque obtusis, 
rectis vel curvulis (*02 x *008 mm.). 
On the ground (?) Neilgherries, India. 
54. Xylaxia xegalis^ Cooke. 
Suberosa, clavaeformis, pyriformis, vel subglobosis, simplex, 
obtusa, magna (3-4 in. x 2-3 in.), atra, cum stipite brevi crasso 
nudo confluente ; ostiolis prominulis, subnitidis ; peritheciis 
magnis, globosis, atris ; ascis cylindraceis, stipitatis; sporidiis 
ellipticis, utrinque attenuatis, rectis curvulisve, fuscis (‘012 X *004 
mm.). 
On wood. Botanic Garden, Calcutta (Kurz). 
Closely allied to X. Poiteani, Lev., from which it differs in its 
rougher exterior, and smaller sporidia. 
57. Xylaxia lobata, Cooke . 
Magna, suberosa, conchiformis, sessilis, ambitu lobata, fusca, 
laevis, subnitida, lobis rotundatis, intus albo ; peritheciis confertis, 
globosis, atris ; ostiolis minutissimis, punctiformibus, planis ; 
ascis cylindraceis ; sporidiis arcte lanceolatis, rectis, curvulisve, 
brunneis (-012 X ’003 mm.). 
On wood. Endeavour River, Australia. 
A noble species resembling nothing hitherto described. 
