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230. Meliola sororcula Speg. (n. sp.) 



Diag . Purpureo-maculans, epiphylla ; subiculum parcissi- 

 mum radians atriim setulis destitutum, hyphopodiis pedi- 

 cellatis subglobosis laevibusque ornatum; perithecia glo- 

 bosa atra verruculosa setulis subliyalinis crassis 

 brevibusque larvaeformibus inspersa ; sporidia 4-septata 

 fuliginea. 



Hab. Ad folia viva Baccharidis pingreae in dumetis prope 

 Apiahy, Maj. 1888 (sub. n. 2774). 



Obs. Maculae epiphyllae sparsae obscure purpurascentes in- 

 determinatae irregulariter orbiculares (2-5'" dm.) adhypo- 

 phyllum non v. vix manifestae ; subiculum epiphyllum in 

 centro macularum insidens parum evolutum arachnoideo- 

 radians, ex hypliis atro-fuligineis densiuscule intertextis 

 alterne ramosis, setulis destitutis, hyphopodiis e globoso 

 angulosis (12-14 X '*.") grosse 1-guttulatis 1-cellu- 

 lari-pedicellatis (5-10 X o-6 /") alternis ornatis composi- 

 tum ; perithecia in centro subiculi pauci-aggregata, in 

 vivo globulosa (150-180 /x dm.) in sieco collabescentia 

 atra verruculosa, pilis paucis subcylindraceis divaricatu- 

 lis brevibus crassisque (80-100 X 18-20 m-), dense minu- 

 tissimeque transverso rugosis, ápice abrupto obtuseque 

 acutatis subuncinatisque, sordide e hyalino fumosis (lar- 

 vaeformibus) inspersa, membranaceo-coriacella, contextu 

 opaco grosse parenchymatico fuligineo-atro ; asci elliptici 

 2-spori mox diffluentes ; sporidia cylindracea (45-60 

 X 18 j") recta v. vix subcurvula 4-septata, ad septa con- 

 stricta,'loculis ómnibus subaequalibus, fuliginea. Species 

 pilorum perithecialium forma priori affinis, M. sangui- 

 neae Pk. etiam cognata, ab utraque sporidiis 4-septatis 

 mox dignoscenda. 



231 . Meliola armata Speg. (n. sp.) 



Diag. Subiculum maculare glabrum, hyphopodiis clavulatis 

 alternis ; perithecia globosa atra glabra basi setulis ápice 



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