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at the septa, apex slightly thickened, 38-56 X 16-18 
Uredospores (few seen) globose, 17-20 \x, pale brown, minutely 
spinulose. 
Diorchidium. 
Diorchidium lævigatum Syd. & Butl. 
On Oplismenus compositus Beauv., Hakgala, May, 1912. 
Uredospores rather dark brown, strongly echinulate, ovoid, 
22-28 X 16-19 pi, or globose, 20-21 
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Diorchidium orientale Syd. & Butl. 
On Panicum sp., Peradeniya, February 21, 1913. On 
Panicum trigonum Retz., Peradeniya, January 11, 1914. 
Diorchidium Polyalthiæ Syd. 
On Polyalthia longifoUa B. & Hk. f., Peradeniya, January 
21, 1914. 
Chrysomyxa. 
Chrysomyxa Bombacis n. sp. 
On leaves of Bomhax malabaricum DC., Peradeniya, January, 
1915. 
Teleutosori hypophyllous, pulvinate, yellow, about 0*25 mm. 
diameter. Teleutospores eight-celled, up to 110 X 16 [x, cells 
cubical, about 14 X 16 constricted at the septa, wall 
hyaline, contents yellow. 
Æcidium. 
Æcidium Breyniæ Syd. 
On Breynia patens Hk. f., Peradeniya, December, 1914, &c. 
Æcidium Serpiculæ n. sp. 
On Serpicula hirsuta W. & A., Nuwara Eliya, April 28, 1915. 
Æcidia 0*25 mm. diameter, hypophyllous, situated in minute 
prominences, surrounded by a black line. Pseudoperidium 
white, narrow, recurved ; mass of spores orange. Pseudo- 
peridial cells sub -hexagonal, 24-36 x 16-18 (x, verrucose, 
with warts and short ridges. Æcidiospores broadly oval or 
subglobose, 16-18 x 14-18 wall hyaline, smooth. 
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