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FETCH : 
0*2 mm. in depth and 0*1-0 *2 mm. in breadth; the asci 
are cylindric, up to 150 X 4 and contain filiform ascospores, 
1 ^ diameter, as long as the ascus. The specimens appear to 
be not quite mature. 
Sydow and Butler, in Fungi Indiæ Orientalis, III. (Ann. 
Myc., IX., p. 394), have re-described Epichloe cinerea from 
specimens collected in India. In their specimens the stroma 
occupies the whole inflorescence, and is 1*5-4 cm. long and 
1-2 mm. thick ; probably the latter measurement includes the 
whole inflorescence. The stromata are said to be at first 
cinereous, owing to the production of conidia, then purplish- 
black. The perithecia are 150-200 x 60-90 pi, with black 
ostiola ; the asci 125-165 X 5-6*5 ^ ; and the spores 1*5-2 ^ 
in diameter, multiguttulate or obsoletely septate, “ intra ascos 
hand in articules dilabentibus.” 
Sydow and Butler’s specimens apparently entirely enclose 
the inflorescence. The Ceylon specimens, on the other hand, 
have discontinuous stromata on the pseudosclerotium formed 
by the mycelium and the branches of the panicle. On the 
available specimens the Ceylon species would be referable to 
Dothichloe, though it is possible that in some cases the scattered 
stroma may coalesce and form a continuous covering. Again, 
the colour of the herbarium specimens suggests that Epichloè 
cinerea is never purple-black, as described by Sydow and 
Butler ; the surface of the stroma is now blackish-brown, and 
contrasts strongly with the black ostiola. It appears to have 
been pale coloured when fresh. 
It would seem probable that the species described by Sydow 
and Butler is not identical with EpicMoè cinerea B. & Br., 
but it may be preferable to obtain a further series of specimens 
of the latter before arriving at a definite decision. 
130. — Rosellinia bothrina B. & Br. 
Examination of the Kew specimens of Rosellinia hotJirina 
B. & Br. has shown that the species which causes root disease 
of tea, &c., hitherto referred to Rosellinia hothrina, is quite 
distinct from the latter. The tjrpe of Rosellinia hothrina 
(Thwaites 299) probably contains two species, one of them 
immature. The mature form has perithecia 1*5-2 mm. in 
