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ON HYMENOCHJiTE AND ITS ALLIES. 
Hymenochcete tomentosa , B. & C. in Cuban Fungi, No. 430. No 
setae found, only a loose fibrous structure. Cuba. 
Hymenochcete ramealis , B. & Br., Ceylon Fungi, No. 611. The 
type specimens resemble Hymenochcete in habit, but are without 
setae. Ceylon. 
Hymenochcete ElUsii, B. & Cke. in Grevillea = Corticium ( coni - 
ophora) Ellisii (B. & C.), in Grevillea, 
Hymenochcete dendroidea , B. & Br. in Ceylon Fungi, No. 620. 
= Thelephora dendroidea, Cke. 
Hymenochcete vibrans , B. & C. in Herb. No setae = Stereum 
vibrans, B. & C. in Cuban Fungi, No. 404. 
Hymenochcete racodivm , B. & C. in Herb. No setae = an effused 
Thelephora. United States. 
The following additions should be made to our previous enume- 
ration of the species of Peniophora. See “ Grevillea,” Yol. viii., 
p. 17. 
17. Peniophora dissita (Berk.) 
Stereum dissitum , Berk. N. Amer. Fungi, No. 241. 
Metuloids obclavate, obtuse, verrucose, -09--1 X -025- 03 mm. 
Texas (U.S.) 
18. Peniophora paupercula (B.$ C.),Cke. 
Hymenochcete paupercula , B. & C. Cuban Fungi. No. 426. 
Metuloids of hymenium conical, verrucose, hyaline, ‘025-‘027 X 
•012 mm. 
Cuba. 
19. Peniophora crustosa, Cke. in Grevillea Yin., p. 56. 
Metuloids obclavate, rough, ’04 X ‘015 mm. 
New Zealand. 
Desmids New to England. — The following species have been 
found for the first time in England : — 
Sphaerozosma secedens, He Vary. 1 At Snaresbrook Essex . 
Clostenum linea, Perty. J ’ 
Cosmarium laeve, Rabh., var. septentrionale. In Holloway, 
Middlesex. 
Bamularia Cryptostegi^e. Pirn, nov. sp. — Forming a very 
delicate snow-white bloom on decaying seeds of Cryptostegia, in a 
stove at Monkstown, Co. Dublin. Threads well developed, simple 
or slightly branched, spores large, oblong-cylindrical, rounded at the 
ends, about *03-‘04 x *006-*007 mm., with one to three very deli- 
cate septa, inserted on the extremities of the threads. March, 
1880. Greenwood Pim. 
Hereford Fungus Foray. — The date fixed for this annual 
fete is Thursday, October 7th. The assembling will, of course, 
commence as usual on the preceding Monday, October 4th. 
