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bopacis, hypiiopodiis alternis vix hemisphaerico-promi- 

 luilis ornatis efformatum ; perithecia in plagulis mycelia- 

 libus laxe gregaria scutato-dimidiata (100-120 y- dm.) 

 stellatim rimosa, centro opaca, ambitu prosenchymatico- 

 radiantia, margine breviter densiusculeque subrepando- 

 limbriatula atra ; asci e sphaeroideo obovati (45 X iO y) 

 apice crassiuscule tunicati, basi abrupte brevissimeque 

 pedicellati aparaphysati octospori ; sporidia obovata (22- 

 24 X 14 y) utrinque obtusa 1-septata non v. vix constric- 

 tula, loculo supero subliemisphaerico(10-12 X 14 y), in- 

 fero conoideo (12-14 X 10-1 2, y), diu hyalina dein fuli- 

 ginea. 



355. ASTERINA PERAFFINIS SpCg. (u. Sp.) 



Diag. Mycelium maculoso-effusum subcrustaceum ex by- 

 phis alterne ramosis, hypliopodiis subsessilibus alternis 

 2-4-lobato-cristatis efformatum ; perithecia pusilla vix 

 fimbriata ; asci obovati aparapliysati ; sporidia elliptica v. 

 subcylindraceo-obovata, loculo supero longiore, fuli- 

 ginea. 



Hab. Ad folia viva Asdepiadeae cujasdam in sylvis prope 

 Apiahy, Apr. 1888 (sub n. 2861). 



Obs. Mycelium atrum epiphyllum rarius amphigenum, pla- 

 gulas parvulas (0,5-1 '"dm.) denseconstipatas saepeconflu- 

 entes subcrustaceas tenues efficiens ex hyphis gracillimis 

 (4-5 y- crs.) dense intertextis flexuosulis alterne ramosis, 

 liyphopodiis alternis hemispliaericis v. uncinato-obovatis 

 saepius trilobis, lobis saepius obtuse bidentatis v. emar- 

 ginatis, ornatis compositum ; perithecia in plagulis sparsa 

 V. laxe aggregala dimidiato-scutata (80-1 00 y) 10-12-laci- 

 niato-dehiscentia membranacea subopaca, contextu pro- 

 senchymatico-radiante fuligineo, ambitu subintegra par- 

 cissimefimbriato-appendiculata ; asci obovati v. pyrifor- 

 mes (30 X 25 y-) apice late obtusissimeque rotundati, 

 base brevissime crasseque pediceilati octospori aparapliy- 



