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hyaline, 3 ^ diameter. Conidiophores hyaline, up to 160 [l 
high, 8 ^ diameter at the base, septate, dichotomously 
branched, bearing up to three sterigmata at the apices of the 
branches or at the septa. Sterigmata sub-oval or fusoid, 
inequilateral or curved, apex acute, 7-16 X 3 Conidia 
solitary, cylindrical or slightly fusoid, ends obtuse, one- 
septate, rarely slightly constricted, hyaline, 36-60 X 5-7 pi. 
On living leaves of Pithecolohium Saman Benth., which soon 
fall ; Peradeniya, March, 1917 ; No. 4996 in Herb. Pera- 
deniya. 
Maculis albis, rotundatis, ad 4 mm. diam. ; conidiophoris 
et mycelio albis, hypophyllis ; hyphis repentibus hyalinis, 
3 pL diameter ; conidiophoris hyalinis, ad 160 pi alt., basi 8 pL 
diam., septatis, dichotome furcatis, sterigmatibus apicali- 
bus vel verticillatis ; sterigmatibus subovalibus vel fusoideis, 
curvis vel inæquilateralibus, acutis, 7-16 X 3 pi ; conidiis 
hyalinis, solitariis, cylindraceis vel subfusoideis, obtusis, 
uniseptatis, raro leniter constrictis, 36-60 x 5-7 pi. 
Trichothecium luteum n. sp. 
Tufts pulvinate, confluent in sheets for several centimetres, 
pale buff, conidiophores 4 pi diameter ; conidia elliptic or 
pyriform, lower cell sometimes curved, not constricted at the 
septum, wall and septum thick (1’5 pi), 16-32 x 10-14 pi. 
On drying fruits of Hevea &m5^7^e?^s^sMuell-Arg., in laboratory, 
Peradeniya, July, 1916 ; No. 4818 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
Acervulis pulvinatis, confluentibus, luteis ; conidiophoris, 
4 pi diam. ; conidiis ellipticis vel pyriformibus, episporio 
crasso, uniseptatis, loculo inferiori interdum curvato, 16-32 
X 10-14 p.. 
Mycogone rufa n. sp. 
Forming minute, dark ochraceous, powdery masses, up to 
0*25 mm. diameter, scattered, then crowded. Hyphæ stout, 
hyaline, about 4 pi diameter, creeping or erect ; conidia on 
short side branches, pyriform, thick-walled, upper cell the 
larger, verrucose, yellow-brown, lower cell hyaline, conical, 
smooth, not constricted at the septum, 30-36 x 24-28 pi. 
On decaying fruit stalks of Musa paradisiaca L., Peradeniya, 
