490 '^he Philippine Journal of Science 1913 
ASTERINA CASSIAE Syd.' 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao, Merrill 8687 j January, 1913: Prov- 
ince of Bataan, Bur. ScL 19012 Graff, November, 1912, both specimens 
on leaves of Glochidion llanosiL 
ASTERINELLA Theissen 
ASTERINELLA OBESA Syd. sp. nov. 
Epiphylla, maculas atras laxas rotundatas 2-8 mm diam. 
efformans; mycelio laxo, ex hyphis longis parce ramosis et 
remote septatis obscure brunneis crassis 6-10 ft latis composito ; 
hyphopodiis nullis ; peritheciis laxe aggregatis, fere semper 
elongatis et 250-400 /x longis, 125-200 fx latis, rarius rotundatis, 
centro elevatis, rima longitudinali apertis aterrimis, amoene 
radiatim contextis, contextu opace olivaceo-atro ex hyphis 3.5- 
4.5 fx latis obscure olivaceo-brunneis fimbriatis; ascis globosis, 
subglobosis vel ovatis, aparaphysatis, 50-60 fi longis, 40-52 ix 
latis; sporidiis conglobatis, ellipsoideis vel ellipsoideo-oblongis, 
ex hyaline obscure olivaceo-brunneis, levibus, 32-38 /^ longis, 
16-20 fi latis, cellula superiore maxima, inferiore minima 7-10 
fx, tantum longa et omnino appendiculif ormi saepe dilutiore. 
Luzon, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Bur. Sci. 20265 McGregor, Jan- 
uary, 1913, on leaves of Canarium villosum. 
This is in some respects a very interesting member of the genus Aster- 
inella, as the hyphae both of the mycelium and of the perithecial tissue 
are, by comparison, very thin, and the sporidia are very unequally 
septate, the lower cell being only an appendix of the upper larger one. 
ASTERINELLA LORANTHI Syd. sp. nov. 
Hypophylla, maculas atras irregulares plus minus longas 
efformans, saepe totam f olii superficiem occupans ; mycelio par- 
cissimo, ex hyphis anastomosantibus parcissime septatis flavo- 
brunneis usque brunneis 4-6 /t latis composito; hyphopodiis 
nullis; peritheciis laxe aggregatis, rotundatis, 140-180 fx diam., 
subcarbonaceis, stellatim dehiscentibus et mox late apertis, 
atris, contextu radiato olivaceo-fusco ex hyphis breviter articu- 
latis (articulis 6-8 ^x longis, 2.5-4 /x latis) strato simplici com- 
posito, ascis globosis usque ovatis, 45-60 y. longis, 32-45 /x latis, 
octosporis; sporidiis ellipsoideo-oblongis utrinque late rotunda- 
tis, medio 1-septatis et valde constrictis (loculis facile seceden- 
^ Reexamination of the type material of Asterina cassiae Syd. shows 
that the host is Glochidion llanosii and not Cassia timoriensis. The cor- 
rection as to the host should be made on the label of Sydow's Fungi exotici 
exsiccati No. 135. E. D. M. 
