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The Philippine Journal of Science 
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paucis; sporidiis distichis, fusiformibus, saepe leniter inaequi- 
lateris, medio 1-septatis non constrictis, hyalinis, utrinque longe 
et acutissime attenuatis et quasi aristatis, 50-75 ^ longis, 7.5-10 
/A latis. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mt. Maquiling, Merrill 8664, March, 1913, 
on dead Arenga sacckarifera. 
We have made the above description from our material. The perithecia 
are often provided with a very thin pseudostroma which combines some 
of them. The position of the asci is very peculiar. As the perithecia are 
much flattened and measure only up to 200 m in height, and the asci are 
up to 320 fi long, the latter cannot stand upright, but are placed parallel 
to the surface of the substratum. In the perithecium on the left side of 
our figure the point of attachment is nearly in the middle, while that on 
the right shows a distinctly lateral attachment of the asci. 
Fig. 1. MerrUHopeltia 
c 
Hoehnelu Rehm. a. Section through two perithecia (X75) ; h. aacus 
(X340) ; c. two spondia CX620). 
MERRILLIOPELTIS DAEMONOROPIS Syd. sp. nov. 
Peritheciis in maculis 1-3 cm longis densiuscule dispositis, 
pseudostromate spurio effuso saepe conjunctis, lenticularibus, 
200-400 fi latis epidermide lenissime elevata sed vix atrata 
tectis, ostiolo vix perspicuo praeditis, contextu opaco parenchy- 
matico ex cellulis 8-10 /. diam. composito; ascis longe clavatis; 
paraphysibus nullis vel perpaucis; sporidiis 2-4-stichis, inaequi- 
lateris, medio 1-septatis non constrictis, ad apices acutissimis, 
hyalinis, 100-120 p. longis, 8-10 ^ latis. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mt. Maquiling, Merrill 81,28, November, 
1912, on dead Daemonorops Gaudichaudii. 
Although the material at hand is already somewhat old we are certain 
that the fungus belongs to Merrilliopeltis. The sporidia at both ends 
taper to a long very acute point. The asci must be very long, but we 
cannot give their measurements, as we have not seen entire asci. 
