698 NEW SOUTH WALES FUNGI. By D. McAlpine. (Communicated hy R. T. Baker, F.L.S.) (Plates XXVI. -XXVIII.) The following seven fungi sent by Mr. R. T. Baker, of the Technological Museum, occur on the leaves or bark of indigenous plants. Four of them are new to science, two are new to the colony, and one has been previously recorded from a different locality. FusARiUM BYssiNUM, n.sp. — Byssoid Fusarium. (Plate XXVI., -figs. 1-2.) Hypophyllous. Pustules pulvinate, gregarious, here and there confluent, firm, byssoid at base, at first flesh-colour finally bright orange-3'ellow, often with small cup-shaped depressions on top, generally circular and 2-3 mm. in dia. Hyphfe hyaline, densely compacted, slender, about I-I^/li thick. Conidia hyaline, fusiform, straight, pointed at both ends, continuous, rarely one-septate, 11-14 X li-2;x. On leaves of Desmodium sp. Jul3^ Murwillumbah, N.S.W. (Baker, 2). This is a very striking form, from its size and bright appearance. Ramularia Desmodii, Cke., (Fusisporiu7n pubescens, B. & C), and Cercos2}ora Desmodii, Ell. & Kell., occur on the leaves of this genus, but are quite distinct. There is an orange Fusarium {F. hypochreoideum, Cke. & Mass.) on fading leaves of Ficus in Queensland, but the pustules are much smaller and the conidia stouter. In F. aurantiacum, Sacc, the gonidia are straight and not pointed at the ends.
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