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EXOTIC FUNGI IN THE ROYAL HERBARIUM, KEW. 
Guepinia cochleata, BerTc. fy Broome Fungi of Ceylon , No. 655 ; 
Journ. Linn. Soc., Vol. xiv., p. 73; Sacc. Syll., Vol. YL, No. 8527. 
Spores elliptic-oblong, ends rounded, obliquely apiculate at the 
base, continuous, colourless, 9x4 /x; conidia globose, colourless, 
3 p. 
Guepinia flagellata, Cooke Grev., Vol. xiii., p. 3; Sacc. Syll., Vol. 
vi., No. 8528. 
Spores elliptic- oblong, ends obtuse, obliquely apiculate at the 
base, continuous, colourless, 12 x 4 p ; conidia colourless, globose, 
concatenate, 3 p. 
Guepinia flssa, Berlc. Fung. Brit. Mus., Ann. Nat. Hist., Suppl. to 
Vol. x., PI. 12, f. 15 b (1843) ; Sacc. Syll., Vol. VI., No. 8538. 
Spores elliptic-oblong, ends obtuse, continuous, straight or 
curved, colourless, 7x3 p. 
Guepinia xamosa, Currey, Indian Fungi, Trans. Linn. Soc., Ser. 2, 
Bot ., Vol. i., p. 127, af. 21, Figs. 2-3; Sacc. Syll., Vol. VI., No. 8533. 
The present species is identical with G. fissa , Berk., as proved 
by examination of Currey *s type specimen. 
NEW OR CRITICAL BRITISH FUNGI. 
By G. Massee. 
Uromyces (WIicruromyces) Colchici, Mass. 
Spore- clusters numerous, large, elliptical, sometimes circulating, 
blackish-brown, occurring on both surfaces of the leaf ; teleuto- 
spores broadly elliptical or subglobose, apex slightly prominent, 
and pierced by a single germ-pore, epispore about 2 p thick, 
smooth, bright brown, 28-38 x 21-28 p\ pedicel colourless, per- 
sistent, uniformly attenuated towards the base, 70-80 x 5-6 p. 
On Colchicum spectabilis. Kew Gardens. 
Appearing on the leaf-sheatli and leaf. Most abundant on the 
lowest leaf, and^ always commencing at the base of the sheath, and 
gradually ascending to the apex. There are, in rare instances, a 
few scattered spore -clusters on the higher leaves, and these always 
appear at a later period than those on the lowest leaf, suggesting 
an upward extension of the mycelium. On the sheaths the spore- 
clusters are large and elliptical, 5-8 x 3-5 m.m., and often become 
seriato-confluent ; on the leaves the clusters are as a rule smaller, 
and often circinate. Very abundant and attacking every plant of 
the species named, and although Colchicum autumnale grew on one 
side of the bed of infected plants, and Colchicum Bavaricum on the 
other, neither of the latter showed a trace of the parasite. 
PI. 182, Fig. 16, portion of leaf of Colchicum spectabilis , with 
the Uromyces, nat. size; Fig. 17, teleutospore of same, x 400; 
Fig. 18, apex of a teleutospore showing the germ-pore, x 1200. 
