CEYLON FUNGI. 
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In Fungi of Ceylon, 1173, Berkeley and Broome described 
Dothidea Tetradeniæ, — “ Mycelio floccis reticulatis radiantibus ; 
pseudoperitheciis hie illic sparsis : ascis ellipticis : sporidiis 
oblongis hyalinis. On the under side of leaves of Tetradenia. 
Forming little thin patches. Sporidia *0015 long.” This was 
listed in Saccardo as Homostegia. It has been re-described by 
Theissen and Sydow as Meliola Tetradeniæ (Ann. Myc., XII., 
p. 177). 
It is evident that Berkeley and Broome’s description of 
Sphæria Tetradeniæ would apply to a Meliola equally with 
their description of Dothidea Tetradeniæ, and in the absence 
of any type specimen of the former, it may be suggested that 
the same specimen has been described twice. 
After Dothidea Tetradeniæ, Berkeley and Broome mentioned 
a variety triseptata, which is listed in Saccardo as Meliola 
triseptata (SylL, L, p. 762). Theissen and Sydow {loc. cit.) 
state that the variety is not to be found. It is represented in 
Herb. Peradeniya, and also in Herb. Kew, but in the latter 
it is named Meliola amphitricha var. triseptata, and is included 
in the cover of Meliola amphitricha. As this latter species is 
B. & Br. 1174, their note may have been accidentally trans- 
posed ; presumably it should have followed 1174, not 1173 
as printed. 
134. — Pemphidium dilatatum B. & Br. 
Thwaites’ specimen 293 was described by Berkeley and 
Broome in Fungi of Ceylon, 1134, as Pemphidium dilatatum , — 
Peritheciis depressis, basi dilatatis, opacis ; ascis clavatis : 
sporidiis breviter subcymbiformibus. On the petioles ap- 
parently of some palm. Sporidia *0008 long by *0006 
(inches).” In Saccardo, SylL, II., p. 659, it is transferred to 
Myiocopron. 
The CO -type in Herb. Peradeniya contains four pieces of the 
host-plant. Three of them bear a fungus which answers to 
Berkeley and Broome’s brief description, but the fourth is a 
different species. In all cases, however, the fungus is sub- 
epidermal, not superficial, and cannot be included either in 
Pemphidium or Myiocopron. The spores are dark in both 
cases, and the fungi belong to Anthostomella. The following 
are the descriptions. 
