CEYLON FÜNGI. 
225 
^ yellow-green margin, the centre cracking and dropping out, 
leaving holes often confluent and extending over the whole 
length of the leaf ; Peradeniya, March, 1915 ; No. 4558 in Herb. 
Peradeniya. 
Peritheciis immersis, epiphyllis, nigris, minutis, 80-100 [k 
diam. ; ascis paucis, clavatis, octosporis, 50 X 12 (jl ; sporis 
fusoideis, uniseptatis, loculo superiori majore, apice rotundato, 
inferiori sub-oblongo, apice obtuso, 9-14 X 4-5 
Leptosphæria Musarum Sacc. & Berl. 
On leaves of Musa paradisiaca L., Peradeniya, April, 1915. 
Leptosphæria Smilacis n. sp. 
Perithecia erumpent, finally superficial, up to 0*4 mm. 
diameter, globose, ostiolum acute and black, elsewhere covered 
with a greenish-yellow granular or rugose layer, becoming 
brown, then black, scattered, or in groups of four to six ; asci 
clavate, pedicel short, truncate, apex and lateral walls towards 
the apex thickened, 100-135 x 12 spores biseriate ; spores 
narrow-oval, slightly curved, three-septate, slightly constricted, 
20-25 X 4*5-5 pi. Causing witches’ brooms on Smilax aspem 
L., Hakgala, April, 1915 ; No. 4640 in Herb. Peraden^a. 
Peritheciis erumpentibus, tandem superficialibus, ad 0*4 
mm. diam., globosis, ostiolo acuto nigro, alibi viridi-flavis 
granulosis vel rugosis, brunnescentibus, tandem nigris, sparsis 
vel 4-6 congregatis ; ascis clavatis, breviter pedicellatis, 
truncatis, supra pariete incrassato, 100-135 x 12 (jl, sporis 
biseratis ; sporis angusto-ovalibus, subcurvatis, triseptatis, 
leniter constrictis, 20-25 x 4*5-5'^.. 
Ceratostomaceæ. 
Ceratostoma australe Speg. 
Hakgala, May, 1910. 
Xylariaceæ, 
Poronia minuta n. sp. 
Total height up to 1*5 mm. ; head 0*5-1 *5 mm. diameter, 
irregularly globose, slightly flattened, ostiola prominent, white 
or brownish-white, minutely tomentose, internally reddish- 
brown ; stalk up to 0*5 mm. high, 0*3 mm. diameter. 
