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tETCH : 
acervuli of Colletotrichum sp. Spots' at first minute, purple to 
purple-brown, somewhat thickened, afterwards forming dry- 
irregular areas extending along the margin of the leaf, yellow- 
brown, becoming gray, with a purple-brown margin. Sudu- 
ganga, October, 1916 ; No. 4922 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
Peritheciis gregariis, subepidermalibus, subprominentibus, 
nigris, 60-70 ^ diam. ; ascis clavatis, octosporis, 30 X 6 [jl ; 
sporis subfusoideis vel angusto-ovalibus, obtusis, uniseptatis, 
leniter constrictis, 9-10 X 2‘5 [k. 
Sphærella Fragariæ Tul. 
On cultivated strawberry, Nuwara Eliya, December, 1905. 
Venturia emergens n. sp. 
. Perithecia scattered, or crowded and confluent at the base, 
developing in the bark, and cracking off the outer layers ; 
groups of perithecia appearing in the cracks, but never com- 
pletely free ; 0 * 2 mm. diameter, flask-shaped, with spreading 
setæ on the upper half. Asci 40-50 X 8 clavate, pedicel 
short, with a distinct foot, eight-spored, spores obliquely 
uniseriate ; paraphyses linear, longer than the ascus ; spores 
greenish-olive, narrow-oval, or subfusoid, ends rounded, one- 
septate, slightly constricted, upper cell rather larger, 8-10 X 
4 (JL. On dead branches of Hevea hrasiliensis Muell-Arg., 
Lassahena, August, 1916 ; No. 4841 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
Peritheciis spar sis, vel congregatis et basi confluentibus, in 
rimis corticis, 0*2 mm. diam., ampullaceis, setis patulis supra 
ornatis ; ascis clavatis, breviter pedicellatis, octosporis, sporis 
oblique uniseriatis ; paraphysibus linearibus, ascos superanti- 
bus ; sporis viridi-olivaceis, angusto-ovalibus vel subfusoideis, 
obtusis, inequaliter uniseptatis, leniter constrictis, 8-10 X 4 fi. 
Phæosphærella Theæ n. sp. 
Perithecia immersed, epiphyllous, black, minute, 80-100 ^ 
diameter ; asci few, eight-spored, clavate, 50 X 12 ^ ; no 
paraphyses ; spores fusoid, one-septate, constricted at the 
septum, pale brown, upper cell the larger and rounded at the 
apex, lower cell somewhat oblong and apex obtuse, 9-14 X 
4-5 (JL. On leaves of tea ; spots at first small, irregular, yellow, 
then angular, branching, gray -brown or gray, arid, with a 
