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Genus 35. VENTURIA. Not. 
Perithecia setulose, membranaceous, usually growing on leaves. 
Sporidia oblong, hyaline. 
* Sporidia uniseptate. 
1624 . Venturia circinans. Fries S. M. hi., 252. Sacc. 
Syll. 2311. =F. glomerata. Cke. Grev. 69. 
Perithecia aggregated in patches or spots, scarcely circinating, 
cuspidate hairs, thickened at the base (30 p long), scattered about 
the ostiolurn. Asci cylindrical, 40-50x9-11 p, subsessile ; 
sporidia bicellular, 9-10 x 6 p, lower cell smallest, hyaline. 
On leaves of Geranium. Victoria. (Fig. 222.) 
Genus 36. CH2ETOMIUM. Kunze . 
Perithecia submembranaceous, brittle, hairy. Asci soon dis- 
solved. Sporidia continuous, brown. 
1625 . ChEetomium elatum. Kze. MyJc. lifts, i., 15, t. 1, 
/. 3.=C. comatum. Sacc. Syll. 793. 
Perithecia gregarious, subovoid, very thin, black, hairs radiating 
from the base, above and chiefly about the vortex, very long, erect, 
branched, intricate, dark bay, rough on the surface. Asci sessile, 
or nearly so, oblong, obtuse at the ends, 40-48x16 p. Sporidia 
elliptically sphseroid, apiculato at the ends, brown, 10-12x8-9 p, 
slightly compressed. 
On rotting grass, etc. Victoria. 
1626 . Chsetomium cymatotriclium. Cooke Grev. xii., p. 
21. Sacc. Syll. 6301. 
Gregarious, perithecia depressedly globose (200 p diam.), 
woolly everywhere, sooty olive, ostiolurn black ; hairs thin, 
simple, smooth, interwoven, very numerous, gyrosely flexuous, 
brown. Asci pear-shaped ; sporidia globose or ovate, slightly 
apiculate at the ends, or obtusely rounded, 10x8 p. 
On leaves of Solanum. Queensland. (Fig. 223.) 
Sul-Family 2. Rosellinise. 
Perithecia subsuporficial, smooth, naked, usually carbonaceous. 
Genus 37. ROSELLINIA. Not. 
Perithecia superficial, smooth. Sporidia continuous, brown. 
1627 . Rosellinia inspersa. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1845, 299. 
Sacc. Syll. ,970. 
Crowded or scattered, black, perithecia subglobose, rugulose, 
rather rigid ; ostiolurn obsolete. Asci linear ; sporidia elliptic, 
brown. 
On rotten wood. \V. Australia. 
1628 . Rosellinia tremellicola. Cke. <]- Mass. Grev. xviii., 6. 
Perithecia scattered, globose, superficial, black, papillate, 
smooth. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored ; sporidia uniseriate, elliptic, 
continuous, brown, 7-8 x 4 p. 
On Tremella fuciformis. Queensland. (Fig. 224.) 
