366 ‘The Philippine Journal of Science 3 1917 
MELIOLA LEUCOSYKEAE sp. nov. 
Epiphylla, plagulas atras, orbiculares, 4-8 mm diam., mycelio 
sparso, ramis oppositis vel irregularibus, ex hyphis brunneis 
septatis 7-8 » latis composito; hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, 
alternantibus, cellula superiore subglobosa, 10 » longa, 12-14 » 
lata; cellula inferiore 5 » longa; hyphopodiis mucronatis paucis, 
ampulliformibus, 10-15 x 4-7 »; setis mycelicis numerosis, 300 
p» longis, ad basim ad 8 ,» latis, erectis, rectis vel leviter curvatis; 
inferne atris, opacis, apicem versus dilutiore brunneis, obtusis, 
peritheciis globosis, 230-260 » diam., tuberculatis; ascis oblongis, 
60-70 x 25-30 p», 6-8-sporis; sporidiis 3-septatis, ad septa non 
constrictis, utrinque late rotundatis, fuscis, 35-40 » longis, 14-16 
\p latis. : 
SaMAaR, Catubig River, Bur. Sci. 24621 Ramos, February 17, 1916. On 
leaves of Leucosyke capitellata. 
The 3-septate spores is the most characteristic feature of this species; no 
other species of Meliola with 3-septate spores has been reported on any of 
the Urticaceae. : ; 
MELIOLA LITSEAE sp. nov. 
Mycelio amphigeno, plerumque hypophyllo, maculas atras, or- 
biculares 2-6 mm diam., saepe confluentes, mycelio ex hyphis 
paucis ramosis flexuosis irregularibus brunneis septatis 6-8 » 
latis composito; hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, alternantibus 
vel irregularibus, cellula superiore subglobosa, 15-18 ,» diam.; 
cellula inferiore 6-8 » longa; hyphopodiis mucronatis paucis, 
irregularibus, ampulliformibus, usque ad 20 » longis; setis peri- 
theciis et mycelicis circiter 800 » longis, 12 » latis, numerosissi- 
mis, erectis, rectis vel leviter curvatis, atris, opacis, simplicibus, 
acutis, vel ad apicem bi-tridentatis, iterum in ramulos duos divi- 
sis et ramulis bis ad apicem breviter bi-tridentatis; peritheciis 
numerosis, globosis, atris, opacis, tuberculatis, 170-200 » diam., 
in sicco collapsis ; ascis ovatis, 2-4-sporis, 60-65 » longis, 38-40 p» 
latis; sporidiis oblongo-ovatis vel cylindraceis, utrinque late 
rotundatis, 4-septatis, ad septa constrictis, brunneis, 50-55 p 
longis, 18-28 » latis. 
SAMAR, Catubig River, Bur. Sci. 24677 Ramos, March 1, 1916. On leaves 
of Litsea. 
This Meliola is distinguished by the long, forked setae, which.appear to 
arise both from the mycelium and from the base of the perithecium. 
MELIOLA LIVISTONIAE sp. nof. 
Hypophylla, plagulas aterrimas, velutinas, orbiculares, 3-5 cm 
o mycelio laxo, ex hyphis irregulariter ramosis obscure 
runnels septatis 6-7 » crassis ex peritheciis radiantibus com- 
