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formibus (18-20 X 6 /j) obtusis ornatis, compositum ; pe- 

 f ritbecia laxe aggregata iiumerosa superficialia orbicularia 

 (250-300 /^ dm.) dimidiato-scutata, atra subcarbonacea 

 opaca, contextu indistincto vix marginepellucida acdense 

 minutequefimbriatula, ostiolorotundo latiusculo (30,adm.) 

 pertusa ; asci cylindracei (80 X iO-12 m-) apice obtuse ro- 

 tundati crasseque tunicati, base abrupte cuneati breviter 

 crasseque pedicellati, paraphysati (an semper?)octospori; 

 sporidia recte v. suboblique monosticha clavulata (15-16 

 X 7-8 y)medio 1-septata constricta_, loculo superogloboso- 

 ovato acute obtusato (6-7 X S /^), infero conoideo acutis- 

 simo (8-9 X 9 y) eguttulato, primo hyalina dein pallide 

 fumoso-olivacea. Species inter Astciinam et Seynesiam, ob 

 subiculi evanescentiam, vere intermedia. 



352. AsTERiNA MELASTOMATis L6\. Sacc, Syll. pyr. I, f. 51. 

 Hab. Ad folia viva Melastomaceae cujusdam in dumetis prope 



Apiahy, Maj. 1888 (sub n. 2756). 

 Obs. Mycelium maculosum epiphylhim laxe fibrilloso-reti- 

 culatum vix perspicuum, exhyphis alterne ramosis graci- 

 libus (6-7 y crs.) hyphopodiis alternis sparsis cylindraceo- 

 hemisphaericis (8-10 X 6 f) sessilibus donatisetformatum; 

 perithecia laxe gregaria dimidiato-scutata (120-150 ,''^dm.) 

 stellatim rimosa, centro opaca margine pellucida hm- 

 briata, atra laevia ; asci obovati (40 X 24-30 f) apice ob- 

 tuse rotundati crasseque tunicati octospori aparaphysati 

 V. pseudoparaphysibus per aetatem fuscescentibus im- 

 mixti; sporidia conglobata obovata (16-20 X 8-10 y) 

 utrinque obtusa medio 1-septata constrictula, loculis 

 aequilongis, infero vix graciHore, primo hyalina dein fu- 

 liginea. 



353. ASTERINA NODULOSA SpCg. (u. Sp.) ' 



Diag. Mycelium nubiloso-maculosum ex hyphis gracilibus, 

 hyphopodiis destitutis, hinc inde noduloso-inflatis effor- 



