Pyrenomycetese, Perisporiacese, Meliola. 423 



vix ceiUro siibhispidalis, hyphis repentibus, dense intricatis, 8-9 p.. 

 cr., fuligineis, rectiusculis, densiuscule alterno- v. opposito-rarau- 

 losis; hyphopodiis coQfertis, alternis vel suboppositis, obovatis vel 

 clavulatis, l-ceUulari-stipitatis, 12-16 ^ 10, fuligineis, non v. grosse 

 1-guttulatis ; selulis ssepius centro pulvinulis evolutis, erectis, 80- 

 200=^5-7, rectis, rigidulis, apice obtusissimis v. subtruncatis, inte- 

 gris v. vix subbicrenatis, subpellucidis, ceterum atro-fuligineis, opa- 

 cis, basi non v. vix curvulis, teretibus; peritheciis centro pulvinu- 

 lorum dense constipalis, vivis globosis, 120-200 ^.. diam., siccis non 

 v. parce collabascentibus, atris, minute verruculosis, glabris v. basi 

 setulis paucis niinoribus cinctis; ascis ellipticis, basi crasse bre- 

 vissimeque stipitatis, 60^22, 2-sporis; sporidiis cylindraceis, utrin- 

 que rotundatis, 40-44 = 13-15, rectis v. subcurvulis, 4-septatis, ad 

 septa parce constrictulis, loculis oranibus subsequalibus, fuligineis. 

 Ad folia Leguininosse cujusdam ia Sierra de Peribebuy, Gua- 

 rany Amer. merid. 



39. Meliola stenospora Winter in Hedwigia 1886, p. 97 et F. S. Thom. nei 

 t. I, f. 10. — Mycelio plagas parvas, 1-3 nira. latas, atras rotun- 

 datas vel irregulares, amphigenas, plerumque sparsas, raro con- 

 fluentes forraante; hyphis repentibus, remotissime ramosis, saepe 

 valde flexuosis, fusco-atris, 7 p.. crassis; setis erectis, numerosis, 

 crassis, strictis, opace atris, simplicibus, acutis, 10-11 //. crassis; 

 hyphopodiis pro maxiraa parte laxe piriformibus, varie lobatis, 

 rectis, rarius curvatis, stipitatis, fuscis, cum parcis arapulliforrai- 

 bus mixtis; peritheciis gregariis, globosis, demura concavis, rugo- 



sis, atris, 140-160 a. diara. ; ascis elliptico-oblongis seu obovatis, 

 breviter stipitatis, 2-4-sporis, 50-58 s 26-28; sporidiis cylindraceis, 

 utrinque parum attenuatis et rotundatis, curvulis, 4-septatis, fu- 

 scis, 35-44 = 9,5-12. 



Hab. in foiiis vivis Piperaceje ignotaj in insula S. Thome 

 Africae occident. 



40. Meliola.asterinoides Winter in Hedwigia 1886, p. 96 et F. S. 1768 

 Thom. t. I, f. 3. — Mycelio plagas minutissimas, epiphyllas, spar- 

 sas, rotundatas, subpulvinatas, atras, '/^-l mm. diam., formante, ex 

 hyphis repentibus, ramosis subflexuosis, atro-fuscis, vix 7 ^j.. cras- 



sis formato: hyphopodiis ovato-clavatis, fere sessilibus, integris, ra- 

 rissime ampulliformibus; peritheciis saspe solitariis vel parcis, in 

 centro plagarum aggregatis, deprossis, arabitu parenchymatico, ra- 

 diante, fusco, demum e centro raarginem versus dehiscentibus, 180- 

 270 p.. latis; ascis elliptico-oblongis, breviter stipitatis, bisporis, 



