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FUNGI. 
Glonium tardum , Berk., Sacc. Syll., ii., No. 5607. 
On leaves of Cyathodes straminea , Tasmania. Described as 
Hyst. tardum , but entered as Hyst. cyathodes , B., in Berkeley’s 
Herbarium. 
Hypoderma rufilabrum, B. ^ C. 
Gregarious, reddish-brown, sometimes, but not constantly, Reated 
on a pale spot; perithecia commencing as circular patches beneath 
the epidermis, then elongating transversely to axis of branch, be- 
coming elliptical, slightly or not at all convex, slit very narrow, 
lips thin, up to 1*5 x *5 mm. ; asci rather broadly clavate, 
narrowed into a slender pedicel ; spores 8, irregularly bi-seriate or 
inordinate, cylindrical or very slightly fusiform, ends obtuse, 
straight or slightly curved, 14-17 x 1*5 p, colourless; paraphyses 
filiform, rather closely septate, exceeding the asci in length. 
Hysterium rufilabrum, B. & C., Grev., Vol iv., p. 12. 
Hypoderma rufilabrum , Duby., Hyst., p. 40, t. 2, f. 21 (spores 
rather too thick); Sacc. Syll., ii., No. 5796. 
On twigs of Acer striatum. Car. Inf. 
Hypoderma variegatum, B. Sc C. 
Innate ; scattered or somewhat gregarious, sometimes becoming 
confluent, black ; perithecia straight, rarely somewhat wavy or 
branched, smooth, lips very close together, slightly raised like a 
keel ; asci clavate; spores fasciculate, filiform, ends abruptly obtuse, 
colourless, nearly as long as the ascus, 45-50 x 1*5 p ; paraphyses 
absent. 
Hysterium variegatum , B. & C., Grev., Yol. iv., p. 12. 
Hypoderma variegatum , Duby., Hyst.,p. 43 ; Sacc. Syll., Yol. ii., 
No. 5786. 
On twigs of Andromeda acuminata, Car. Sup. Also on Andro- 
meda coriacea , and Viburnum opulus , Car. Inf., petioles of Aralia 
spinosa , Look Out Mt., Tennessee. 
Lophodermium platyplacum, B. fy C. 
Gregarious in large clusters on pale patches on both sides of the 
leaf, but most numerous and often confined to the upper surface ; 
perithecia black, straight or wavy, sometimes branching, 1-3 mm. 
long, often much larger and anastomosing when growing on 
the larger veins ; disc with a brown or yellow tinge, slightly raised 
and gaping when old ; asci narrowly cylindrical, 8-spored, base 
attenuated ; spores fasciculate, filiform, tips slightly attenuated, 
70-80 x 1*5 p, colourless ; paraphyses filiform, very numerous, 
tinged brown at the apex. 
Hysterium platyplacum , B. & C., Journ. Linn. Soc., Yol. x., p. 
372. 
Lophodermium platyplacum, B. & C., Sacc. Syll., ii., No. 5812. 
On dead leaves of Clusia. Cuba. 
This species, on leaves of Clusia, occurs in Herb. Lindig, No. 
2891. New Granada. 
