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leaves, Hakgala, January, 1914, &c., common; No. 4374 in 
Herb. Peradeniya. 
Pileo ad 2 *5 mm. diam., late convexo vel piano vel infundi- 
buliformi, albo, subpellucido, membranaceo, non gelatinoso, 
cystidiis capitatis, margine præcipue, ciliato, infra æquali 
vel exemplis majoribus ad stipitem plicate ; stipite ad 7 mm. 
alt., 0*12 mm. diam., nigro, corneo, cystidiis horizontalibus 
et setis rigidis brnnneis 8--20 X 4-6 vestito ; basidiis clavatis, 
circa 20 x 8 4-sporis. Cystidiis ad 130 alt., basi 16 
diam., supra 12 [jl diam., attenuatis, pariete tenui, capite 
subgloboso, 16 pL diam., interdum incrustato. 
Gasteromycetæ. 
H ymenogastraceæ . 
Rhizopogon flavum n. sp. 
Subglobose or ellipsoidal, scattered or fused in clusters, up 
to 3 cm. X 2 cm., sordid yellow, sparsely covered with brown 
mycelial strands. Peridium about 0*5 mm. thick, yellow 
internally ; septa thin. Internally blackish-brown, gleba 
yellow when mounted. Spores pale yellow, narrow-oval or 
cylindric, ends obtuse, 4-6 x 2-3 jx. Hakgala, January, 
1914 ; No. 3936 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
Subglobosum vel ellipsoideum, sparsum vel conglobatum, 
ad 3 «^m. x 2 cm., sordide flavum; rhizomorphis brunneis 
sparsis vestitum ; peridio circa 0*5 mm. crass., intus flavo ; 
septis tenuibus ; gleba flava, per saturam nigro -brunnea ; 
sporis pallide flavis, angusto-ovahbus vel cylindricis, obtusis, 
4-6 X 2*5-3 p.. 
Hymenogaster zeylanicus n. sp. 
Subglobose or depressed, up to 2 cm. diameter, brownish- 
yellow, rugose, internally reddish-brown (dry). Chambers 
small, irregularly polygonal towards the centre, tending to 
rectangula,r and tangentially elongated towards the periphery, 
up to 1 X 0*3 mm. Wall thin, about 25 thick when dry, 
dissepiments 10 p. thick (dry). No central columella. Basidia 
one-spored, sterigmata short (3 Spores yellow-brown, 
verrucose, thick-walled, oval or bi-apiculate, 12-16 X 8-9 (i.. 
Hakgala, May, 1913 ; No. 4603 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
