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cooked and eaten, and the natives say that a little piece keeps off 
thirst in crossing high passes. This is always a point with the 
natives, who in other parts eat a fragment of a cake of the hill 
apricots, crushed together and dried for the purpose. All agree 
that these truffles are found singly, or one or two together, not 
attached to any root. Truffles are often spoken of in the hills of 
Kangra, and also in the Upper Chenab Valley. The above notes 
are communicated by Mr. Baden Powell, with the specimens. 
They are not a true truffle, but a Gasteromycetous fungus, 
which for a long time were confounded with truffles, but the spores 
are not produced within asci as in the genuine truffle. This does 
not accord with any of the species of M elan og aster, described by 
Tulasne, but probably is most nearly allied to M. variegatus. It is 
nevertheless larger, more irregular, of a different colour, very much 
harder, and the inner cavities are larger. When dry it has a strong 
odour when cut, in some respects resembling powdered rhubarb. 
The specimens were an inch and a half in diameter, and nearly an 
inch thick. 
Diplodia gossypina. Cke. 
Gregaria, erumpens. Peritheciis sub-conicis, atris, subtus ap- 
planatis, fibrosis. Sporis ellipticis, olivaceo-brunneis *022 x *012 
mm. 
On old capsules of Gossypium. Bombay (India). Washington, 
U.S.A. (Mr. T. Taylor.) 
Diplodia Andamensis. Cke. 
Gregaria, erumpens. Peritheciis applanatis, nigris, supra de 
pressis, pallido-cinctis. Sporis ellipticis, brunneis, nec constrictis 
•028 -*03 X *012 mm. 
On stems of creeping plant, called by the natives “ Pilita Dak.” 
Andaman Islands. 
Septoria Pipula. Cke. 
Macula purpureo-brunnea, irregularis, amphigena. Peritheciis 
immersis, indistinctis, tenuis, epiphyllis. Sporis filiformibus, multi- 
nucleatis *05-’06 mm. long. 
On leaves of Peepul, or Pipula (Ficus religiosa). Belgaum, 
India. (Col. Julian Hobson.) 
Txichobasis exasperata. Cke. 
Hypophyllis. Soris purpureo-brunneis, minimis, pulverulentis, 
hinc illic confluentibus, epidermide cinctis. Sporis ovato-globosis, 
supra papillato-asperulis, laete brunneis *028 X *02 mm. 
On leaves of unknown tree. «Belgaum. (Col, Julian Hobson.) 
Sphaerotheca pannosa. Lev. 
On leaves of Roses. Belgaum, India. (Col. Julian Hobson.) 
Colonel Hobson complains that the roses in India are suffering 
very much from this pest, as they suffer in Europe. 
Spheeropsis subglobosum. Cke. 
Sparsum, lirellaeforme. Peritheciis immersis, emergentibus, 
cuticula elongato-fissuratis. Sporis subglobosis, brunneis -Ol-’O^ 
mm. diam. 
On culms of Bambusa. Demerara. (R. McLachlan.) 
