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draceis, octosporis, 60^5; parapiij^^sibus filiforiaibus, teniiibus, su- 

 perantibus obvallatis; sporidiis oblique monostichis, iuterne fuscis, 

 ellipsoideis, obscure septatis, 7,5 c: 4,5-5. 



Hab. in ligno denudato sicco, Keren Abyssinias (Beccari). 

 3. Rhynchostoma rubro-cinctum Karst. Hedw. 1800 p. 178. — Peri- 3070 

 theciis subgregariis, innato-erumpentibus conoideo-sphairoidoi^:. basi 

 appianatis, atris, glabris, 0,2 rara. diam., rostro cylindraceo, secto 

 V. saepius subflexuoso, sublevi, brunnescente, sub apice obtuso ru- 

 bro solitoque marginato, 1-2 mm. long.; ascis clavatis, cito diffiuen- 

 tibus, 40-45«, 10; sporidiis octonis, di-tristichis, ovoideis v. fusoi- 

 deo-oblongatis, 1-septatis, vix coiistrictis, olivaceis, 8-10 s 3-5; 

 paraphysibus flexuosis, 1-1,5 p.. cr. 



Ilah. in ligno vetusto betulino, colore subrubro tincto, loco 

 humido umbroso pr. Mustiala Feaniae. 



RHYNCHOMELIOLA Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, p. 283 (Etym. rhyn- 

 chos rostrum et Meliola, ob perithecia eximie rostrata). — Peri- 

 ihecia atra, parvula, gh)bulosa, sursum in ostiolum cylindraceum, 

 pra^longum, oblusnm producta, subiculo concolori, tomentosulo, co- 

 nidiifero, phyllogetio insidentia; asci cylindraceo-clavati , apara- 

 physati, 8-spori ; sporidia elliptica, didyma, chlorino-olivacea. — 

 Genus Dimeroaporio affine, ostioli praesentia recedens, ad Capno- 

 dium pluribus characteribus vergens; ab utroque vero satis di- 

 stinctum est, et melius sub SphceriaaeiH militare videtur. 



1. Rhynchomeliola pulchella Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 224. — 

 Mycelio hypophyilo, cum tomento foliorum iatertex.to, fusco v. oli- 

 vascenti-atro, maculas plus minusve elatas, 1-15 mm. diam., inde- 

 terminatas, saepe confluenti-evanescentes, irregulares efficiente, ex 

 hyphis sterilibus, repentibus, dense intricatis, fuligineis, parce se- 

 ptatis, subcrassiusculis, 4-6 [X. crass., hinc inde hyphis fertilibus, 

 conidiiferis, erectis ornatis composito; peritheciis in mycelio nidu- 

 lautibus et absconditis, globulosis, parvulis, 100-1 10 u.. d., membrana- 

 ceis, coutextu minute parenchymatico, fuligineo-atro, glabris. levibus, 

 superne in ostiolum pra^longum, subcylindraceum, t00-.520 ^ 25-30, 

 merenchymaticum, apice truncato-rotundatum, in senectute firabria- 

 to-dehiscens. pallidius productis; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis, apice 

 rotundatis, basr brevissime attenuato-stipitatis, 24-28^5, subdif- 

 fluentibus, aparaphysatis , 8-sporis ; sporidiis distichis, ellipticis, 

 rectis v. viii inaequilateralibus, utrinque a^eutato-obtusatis, medio 



