xiii, c, 4 Yates: Fungi from British North Borneo 235 



This is one of the commonest species of the lower fungi in the Philip- 

 pines and apparently is also abundant in Borneo. It is a saprophyte and 

 occurs in all sorts of dead wood. It has also been collected in the Philip- 

 pines on dead branches of Hevea brasiliensis. 



PERISPORIACEAE 



MELIOLA Fries 

 MELIOLA PTEROCARPIAE sp. nov. 



Maculis epiphyllis, subpelliculosis, atris, orbicularibus vel 

 suborbicularibus, 2 ad 6 mm diametro, vel confluentibus et mag- 

 nam parten folium occupante, mycelio tenuissimo, ex hyphis 

 parce ramosis brunneis 6 ad 8 fi crassis composito; ramis ple- 

 rumque oppositis; hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, alternanti- 

 bus, cellula superiore ovata, 11 ad 13 X 19 ad 12 /*, cellula 

 inferiore 5 /* longa ; hyphopodiis mucronatis paucissimis, ampulli- 

 formibus, usque ad 18 /* longis; setis mycelicis validis, rectis, 

 erectis, atris, opacis, simplicibus, acutis, 200 fi longis, 10 ad 12 

 n crassis; peritheceis numerosis, globosis, atris, opacis, 125 ad 

 140 /x diametro ; ascis ovatis, bisporis, mox diffluentibus ; sporidiis 

 cylindraceis, utrinque late rotundatis, 4-septatis, ad septa con- 

 strictis, brunneis, 38 ad 40 X 12 ad 15 p. 



British North Borneo, Tenom, Yates 102, October 17, 1917, on leaves 

 of Pterocarpus indicus. 



Parasitized by Spegazzinia and associated with Phaeodothiopsis ptero- 

 carpae Yates. 



MELIOLA OTOPHORAE sp. nov. 



Maculas epiphyllas, atras, orbiculares vel suborbiculares, 2 ad 

 5 mm diametro; mycelio abundante, ex hyphis rectis vel tortuo- 

 sis brunneis 7 ad 8 fx crassis composito; ramosis, ramis ple- 

 rumque alternantibus ; hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, cellula 

 superiore oblonga vel subinde lobata, 10 ad 12 p longa, 6 ad 

 10 ju lata, cellula inferiore 5 ad 6/* longa; hyphopodiis mucro- 

 natis paucissimis, ampulliformibus, usque ad 15 n longis, setis 

 mycelicis erectis, rectis, obscure brunneis, 350 ad 450 /* longis, 

 7 ad 8 fi crassis, acutis; peritheceis numerosis, globosis, atris, 

 opacis, 150 ad 200 n diametro; ascis ovoideis, 30 ad 35 X 18 ad 

 20 fi, bisporis; sporidiis 4-septatis, ad septa constrictis, cylin- 

 draceis, utrinque obtusis, brunneis, 30 ad 32 p. longis, 8 ad 12 

 ^i latis. 



British North Borneo, Sapong, Yates 107, October 16, 1917, on the 

 leaves of Otophora fructicosa. 



MELIOLA J ASM I NICOLA P. Henn. in Hedwigia 34 (1895) 11. 



British North Borneo, Bangawan, Yates 9U, October 10, 1917, on 

 Jasminium sambac. 



