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FUNGI OF INDIA. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
The following is an enumeration of Fungi from British India, of 
which the majority were communicated by Colonel Julian 
Hobson : — 
Coxticium (Coniophoxa) membxanaceum. D.C. 
Spores brown, large, profuse. 
On walls of gaol, Simla (Prof. Balfour. 'I 
Leptostroma leguminum. Cke. 
Punctiformis, sparsa, sub-epidermide nidulans, brunnea, superne 
porosa. Sporis ovoideis, hyalinis (*005 X *003 mm.). 
On legumes of Clitorea. Madras. 
Fhoma Rheea. Cite. 
Sparsa, parvula. Peritheciis globoso-compressis, tectis ; sporis 
ellipsoideis, utrinque nucleatis (*01 X *003 mm.). 
On stems of Bcehmeria nivea. Assam. 
Sphsexopsis absus. Che. 
Sparsum, erumpens. Peritheciis sub-globosis, atris, demum 
apice prominulis, Sporis late ellipticis, demum brunneis 
(*02 x ’012 mm.). 
On twigs of Cassia absus. Madras. 
Sphsexopsis cassiaecaxpum. Cke. 
Punctiforme, sparsum. Peritheciis depressis, atris, poro pertu- 
sis. Sporis cylindricis, utrinque rotundatis, hyalinis ( 025-*03 
X *006 mm.). 
On legumes of Cassia absus and Clitorea. Madras. 
Sphsexopsis Clitor eaecarpum. Cke. 
Sparsum, punctiforme. Peritheciis atris, subglobosis, primo 
tectis, demum erumpentibus. Sporis late ellipticis, hyalinis, 
(•02--025 X -012--014 mm.). 
On legumes of Clitorea. Madras (Dr. Bidie). 
Sphaexopsis ? musaxum. Cke. 
Peritheciis semi-immersis, atris, nitidis, subconicis, in maculis 
parvulis congestis. Sporis subglobosis, vel ovatis, vel ellipticis, 
hyalinis (-012--022 x -01--014 mm.). 
On Musa paradisiaca. Belgaum (Col. Jul. Hobson, 230). 
The mode of development of the spores in the perithecia is un- 
certain, no pedicels could be traced, and the spores have the appear- 
ance of being differentiated by division. 
Diplodia hypoxyloidea. Cke. 
Caespitosa, erumpens. Peritheciis atris, papillatis, in pulvi- 
nulis convexis congestis, stromate diatrypoideo. Sporis ellipticis, 
atro-brunneis, uniseptatis, leniter constrictis ( , 018- , 02 x *008 
mm.). 
On bark of root of Moringa. Bengal. 
