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Obs. Maculae aniphi^^enae fusco-rufescentes lineares inde- 

 terminatae saepe centro subcinerascentes ; peritliecia pa- 

 rencliymate omnino immersa sparsa v. saepiuslaxeseriata, 

 globoso-lenticularia (200-250 /^- dm.) atra glabra, contextu 

 parenchymatico denso olivaceo,ostiolo minuto papillulato 

 carbonaceo epidermidem matricis perforante ac subexer- 

 tulo atro coronata ; asci fusoidei v. subclavulati antice 

 attenuati ac obtuse rotundati crassiuscule tunicati postice 

 breviter cuneato-pedicellati (90-100 X 20 /^) octospori pa- 

 raphysibus filiformibus densis obvallati ; sporidia oblique 

 disticha elliptico-subfusoidea (28-30 X 8-9 //.) v. lenissime 

 subfusoideo-clavulata, utrinque acutiuscule rotundata 

 recta v. subcurvula, 5-septata, ad septa constrictula, lo- 

 culo cuarto supero crassiore tumidioreque, pallide mellea 



PSEUDOMELIOLIA Speg. (n. gen.) 



Char. Perithecia in thallo pelliculoso tenuissimo atro mox 

 evanescente dense constipata superficialia globosa ostio- 

 lata carbonacea ; asci octospori paraphysati ; sporidia cy- 

 lindraceo-subfiliformia continua guttulata chlorina. 



Obs. Genus pulchellum liabitu ac vegetatione Parodiellae, 

 sed sporidiorum fabrica praedistinctum. An melius inter 

 Perisporiaceas adscribendum ? 



282. PSEUDOMELIOLIA BRASILIENSIS SpCg. (u. Sp.) 



Diag. Perithecia epiphylla liinc inde glomerulata atra glo- 

 boso-ovata, minute papillulato-ostiolata ; asci elliptico- 

 ovati octospori paraphysati ; sporidia lineari-fusoidea cur- 

 vula e chlorino olivacea. 



Hab. Ad folia viva Araucariae brasiliensis prope Apiahy, 

 Aut. 1888 (sub n. 2775). 



Obs. Maculae nullae ; subiculum atrum membranaceo-cru- 

 staceum vix evolutum ; perithecia epiphylla saepius den- 

 sissime 5-100-constipata, plagulas atras granulosas diffor- 

 mes (1-5'" lat.J hinc inde efficientia, globulosa v. ovata 



