VIII. c, 6 Sydoiv: Enumeration of Philippine Ftingi 491 
tibus) mox fusco-atris, tota superficie verrucosis, 26-34 ^ longis, 
14-16 IX latis; pycnidiosporis simul praesentibus continuis, sub- 
globosis vel ovatis, fuscis, 18-22 ft longis, 13-15 ^ latis. 
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Leyte, Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15USa Ramos, August, 1912, on living leaves 
of Loranthus leytensis. 
The mature sporidia are very dark, nearly black. We have seen 8-spored 
asci, but some of them seen to have only 4 or 6 spores. 
ASTERINELLA LUZONENSIS Syd. sp. nov. 
Mycelio hypophyllo, plerumque parcissimo, vix visibili, ex 
hyphis longiusculis flexuosis anastomosantibus fusco-brunneis 
3.5-5 /* latis septatis (articulis 16-22 /x longis) levibus com- 
posite; hyphopodiis nullis; peritheciis plerumque in greges 0.5-1 
cm latos laxissime dispositis, inversis, variabilibus, aut ambitu 
rotundatis, aut irregularibus usque valde elongatis, 150-200 fx 
diam. vel usque 800 ^ longis et 170 ^ latis, strato simplici ex 
hyphis rectis fusco-brunneis 3.5-4 /x latis contextis, poro central! 
vel rima longitudinali dehiscentibus ; ascis globosis vel subglo- 
bosis, 50-62 fx longis, 40-52 ix latis, octosporis, aparaphysatis ; 
sporidiis oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, medio 1-septatis, vix vel 
leniter constrictis, levibus, tandem brunneis, 29-33 ^x longis, 
13-15 fx latis. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Bur, ScL 19033 Graff, November, 1912, on 
leaves of Shorea polysperma. 
The new species is related to Asterinella Humiriae (P. Henn.) Theiss., 
but differs chiefly by the larger, often elongated, perithecia. 
ASTERINELLA LUGUBRIS Syd. sp. nov. 
Mycelio epiphyllo, tenui, plus minus effuso, parce maculiformi, 
ex hyphis laxe intertextis 3-5 fi crassis fuscis longiusculis ra- 
mosis non vel parce septatis composito; hyphopodiis nullis; 
peritheciis sparsis, variabilibus, aut rotundatis et 100-140 /* 
diam., aut valde elongatis et usque 600 ^i longis, 70-120 fx latis, 
subinde etiam triangularibus, ambitu hyphis radiantibus cine- 
tis, stellatim vel rima longitudinali dehiscentibus, pluristratosis, 
contextu atro opaco ; ascis ovatis vel oblongis, sessilibus, 35-50 ^ 
longis, 24-26 fi latis, octosporis; paraphysibus numerosis, dis- 
tinctis, ramosis, hyalinis, ad apicem lenissime incrassatis, spori- 
diis oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, medio 1-septatis et valde 
constrictis, levibus, tandem fuscis, 18-24 fx longis, 8-9 fi latis. 
Luzon, Manila and vicinity, Merrill 8557, January, 1913, on leaves of 
Ixora philippinensia. 
