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FETCH : 
tenui, sursLim valde inflatis, multisporis, 70-90 x 10 [l. 
Sporis hyalinis, cylindraceis, obtusis, curvatis, 8-12 x 2 
Caîospliæria pachydermata n. sp. 
Perithecia up to 1 mm. diameter, carbonaceous, thick- 
walled (0*15 mm.), united in groups up to 5 mm. diameter, 
sometimes distichous, immersed in the cortex ; ostiola long, 
cylindric, equal, up to 2 mm. high, 0 • 1 mm. diameter, emerging 
in groups, mixed with barren stalks. Asci clavate, eight- 
spored, pedicel moderately long, 25 X 4-5 [r ; spores sub- 
cylindric, curved, greenish-hyaline, 4-5 X 1 * 5-2 
On dead bark, Henaratgoda, August, 1916 ; No. 4993 in 
Herb. Peradeniya. 
Peritheciis ad 1 mm. diam., carbonaceis, pariete crasso ad 
0*15 mm., cortice immersis, in gregibus ad 5 mm. diam. 
confluentibus, interdum distichis ; ostiolis longis, cylindraceis, 
æqualibus, ad 2 mm. alt., 0*1 mm. diam., fasciculatipa 
emergentibus, stipitibus sterilibus intermixes ; ascis clavatis, 
octosporis, infra attenuatis, 25 x 4-5 ^ ; sporis subcylindraceis, 
curvis, viridi-hyalinis, 4-5 X 1*5-2 pi. 
Calosphæria sulcata n. sp. 
Perithecia about 0*6 mm. diameter, globose, immersed, in 
small groups at the base of the cortex ; ostiola up to 1*2 mm. 
long, 0 * 1 mm. diam., thickened above, and bearing four vertical 
grooves, converging and emerging in clusters. Asci eight- 
spored, clavate, with a tapering pedicel, 28-36 (x, sporiferous 
part 18-22 x 6-8 {x ; paraphyses very long : spores cylindric, 
curved, greenish-hyahne, 6-7 X 1 * 5 [x. 
On dead branches of Hevea hmsiliensis Muell-Arg., Pera- 
deniya, February, 1917 ; No. 4969 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
Peritheciis circa 0*6 mm. diam., globosis, gregibus parvis 
basi corticis immersis; ostiohs ad 1*2 mm. long., 0*1 mm. 
diam., supra incrassatis et sulcis quatuor ornatis, convergenti- 
bus, emergentibus ; ascis octosporis, infra attenuatis, 28-36 X 
6-8 parte sporifera, 18-22 ; paraphysibus longissimis ; 
sporis cylindraceis, curvis, viridi-hyalinis, 6-7 x 1*5 pi. 
Myelosperma tumidum Syd. 
On coconut midrib, Badalgama, January, 1912. 
