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Perithecia gregarious, ovate, rugulose, olivaceous black, partly 
immersed in a dense, matted stratum of long, slender, brownish 
hairs; asci clavate, attenuated towards the apex and truncate, 
*012 in. ; sporidia ovate-oblong, truncate at one end, dark greenish- 
brown, with a hyaline appendage which ultimately becomes pale- 
brown, '0013— -0016 in. X *00055, with appendage *0032 inches long. 
On dead Sparganium ramosum. (Plate II., fig. 7.) 
927. Sordaria microspora, P/i. PZ. Leigh Down, Dec. J881. 
928. ,, polyspora, Ph. d PL 
Grevillea X., p. 73. „ Mar. „ 
Perithecia semi-immersed, scattered, globose, bristled with a few 
black hairs on the upper part ; ostiola elongate ; asci cylindrical, 
polysporus (128 ?), ’OGX’Ol mm. ; sporidia elliptical, black, simple 
•005 —008 X *004*005 mm. 
On rabbits’ dung. Described by Messrs. Phillips and Plowright 
from my specimens. 
(Plate II., fig. 10.) 
929. Sphaeria (Teichospora) de- 
flectens, Karst. Myc. 
Fenn. II., p. 69. Gre- 
villea X., p. 73. Stapleton Park, Dec. 1878. 
Perithecia scattered or gregarious, at length nearly superficial, 
spherical, at length often more or less collapsing; ostiola incon- 
spicuous, smooth, shining, black ; asci cylindrical *06— 08 mm. ; 
sporidia 6 or 8, obliquely uniseriate, oblong, thicker in front, 1 — 3 
septate, often with one or more longitudinal septa, slightly con- 
stricted at the septa or not, brown, *012— *06 mm. X *008— *005 mm. 
(Plate II., fig. 12.) 
930. Sphaeria rhodobapha, 5. if Br. Winscombe, July, 1881. 
931. Sphseriaendopteris, PZ.mZZtZ. Leigh Down, Apr. 1882. 
Perithecia scattered, minute, immersed, subglobose ; ostiola 
papillate, just piercing the cuticle ; asci linear *0045 in. long ; 
sporidia oblong, simple, uniseriate, colourless, *0004— *0005 in. long. 
On dead stem of Pteris aquilina. 
Perithecia *018 in. across. The stem on which it grows is quite 
