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latis regulariter composito 17-20 p. latis, octosporis, aparaphy- 
satis; sporidiis 1-septatis et valde constrictis, levibus, fuscis, 
16-20 fjL longis, 7-8 fx latis. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Bur. Scl 19061 Graff, November, 1912, on 
living leaves of Premna nauseosa (type); same locality, Bur. Sci. 19016 
Graff, on leaves of another Premna, 
ASTERINA ESCHAROIDES Syd. 
Epiphylla, maculas minutas 1-4 mm latas atras efficiens, my- 
celio parco, ex hyphis anastomosantibus remote septatis fuscis 
levibus 3.5-5.5 ^a. crassis composito; hyphopodiis paucis, irregula- 
ribus, bicellularibus, cellula basal! plerumque breviter cylin- 
dracea, superiore multo latiore parum lobata et 8-10 p, lata, totis 
12-18 IX longis; peritheciis aggregatis, rotundatis, 130-170 /i 
diam., stellatim dehiscentibus, contextu ex hyphis rectis fuscis 
2.5-3 fx latis radiatim composito; ascis globosis vel subglobosis, 
aparaphysatis, 26-40 ^x longis, 24-32 fx latis, octosporis; sporidiis 
oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, medio 1-septatis et leniter con- 
strictis, primitus hyalinis, dein brunneis, in maturitate minute 
verruculosis, 17-22 /. longis, 8-12 /. latis. 
Luzon, Manila and vicinity, Merrill 8601, February, 1913, on living 
leaves of Quisqualis indica. 
The above diagnosis of AsteiHna esckaroides Syd., first described in 
Elmer's Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1155, has been made from the Manila 
material. 
ASTERINA CAPPARIDIS Syd. et Butl. 
Luzon, Manila and vicinity, Merrill 8598, February 10, 1913, on leaves 
of Capparis horrida. 
ASTERINA EtAEOCARPI Syd. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mt. Maquiling, Merrill 8669, March, 1913, 
on leaves of Elaeocarpus argenteus. 
ASTERINA PEMPHIDIOIDES Cke. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Bur. Sci. 19075 Graff, November, 1912, on 
leaves of Eugenia, perhaps E. similis. 
ASTERINA SPONIAE Rac. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mt. Maquiling, Merrill 8657, March, 1913. 
Panay, Province of Iloilo, Bur. Sci. 18251 Robinson, January 1-11, 1913, 
both specimens on leaves of Trema amboinensis. 
ASTERINA ELMERI Syd. 
Luzon, Manila and vicinity, Merrill 8536, January, 1913: Province of 
Bataan, Merrill 8699, January, 1913, Bur. Sci, 19060 Graff, November, 
1912, all specimens on leaves of Champeria maiiillana. 
