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iiiferne indistincte subparenchymatica cupulatini persi- 

 stentia; asci ellipsoidei v. obclavulati (18-20 x 6-7 y) su- 

 perne obtuse v. subtruncate rotundati crassiusculeque 

 tunicati, inferne subattenuati brevissime crasseque pedi- 

 cellati, octospori, paraphysibus liliformibus longioribus 

 saepe ramulosis obvallati ; sporidia lineari-fusoidea 

 (14-18 X J,o.'^) utrinque acuta arcuatula multiguttulata 

 continua hjalina. 



227. Meliola pulchella Speg. (n. sp.) 



DicKj. Subiculum tenuissimum etiusum atrum, setulis paucis 

 apice integris, hyphopodiis parcis pedicellatis subglobosis 

 donatum ; perithecia globosa glabra verruculosa atra ; spo- 

 ridia 3-septata, loculis 2 extimis subconoideis mino- 

 ribus. 



Hab. Ad folia viva Myrtaceae cujusdam in dumetis prope 

 Apiahy, Hiem. 188! (sub. n. 1699). 



Obs. Mycelium irregulariter expansum plagulas tenuissimas 

 arachnoideo-pelliculosas matrici arctiuscule adnatas atras 

 saepe confluentes ac totum folium occupantes efficiens, 

 ex hyphis densiuscule intricatis alterni-ramulosis atris 

 opacis, hyphopodiis paucis alternis globosis (lO-l 2 y- dni.) 

 grosse 1-guttulatis laevibus, 1-cellukiri-pedicellatis dona- 

 tis, hinc inde setulis erectis rigidulis opacis (200-300 

 X 5-6 y) apice acutis integrisque inspersis eftormatum ; 

 perithecia in vivo globosa (200-220 y- dm.) in sicco colla- 

 bescentia astoma atra glabra papilk)sa, membranacea co- 

 riacella, contextu e celiulis majusculis (7-10 y- dm.) atro- 

 fuligineis composito donata ; asci elliptici v. pyriformes 

 (50-60 X 30-^0/-'-), breviter crasseque pedicellati, 2-4- 

 spori, mox diffluentes ; sporidia elliptica saepius curvula 

 3-septata ad septa constrictula (40-44 X 15-16 y-) loculis 

 duo extimis hemisphaerico-conoideis pro ratione parvulis, 

 opace fuligineae. Species M. (janglifei^aeB.ei C. et M. gua- 

 raniticae Speg. peraffinis. ab utraque hyphopodiis globu- 



