Die Gattung Asterina. 119 



Hab. cm the lower surface of the older leaves of Vatica öbtusifolia 

 Elm., Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, April, 1911, no 12964. 



116. Asterina lobata Syd. 



Mycelio hypophyllo, maculas atras tenues irreguläres saepe confluentes 

 et subinde magnam folii partem occupantes efformante, ex hyphis tenuibus 

 dense reticulatim intertextis remote septatis brunneis 4 — 5 micro. erassis 

 composito ; byphopodiis alternantibus, irregulariter 2 — 4 — lobatis, 5 — 9 

 micro. altis, lobis ad apicem rotundatis 3 — 3.5 micro. latis; peritheciis 

 densiuscule dispositis, minutissimis, rotundatis, 90 — 125 micro. diain., te- 

 nuissimis, mox irregulariter dehiscentibus, contextu brunneo ; ascis ovato- 

 globosis, 25 — 35 = 20 — 25 micro, octosporis ; sporidiis oblongo-ellipsoideis, 

 utrinque obtusis, medio 1 — septatis, levibus. ex hyalino fuscis, 13 — 18 = 

 6 — 7 micro. ; pycnidiis peritheciis similibus ; pycnidiosporis late piriformi- 

 bus, continuis, fuscis, 18 — 22 = 14 — 17 micro. 



Hab. upon the nether side of the older leaves of Picrasma philippi- 

 nensis Elm., Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, April, 1911, no. 13096. 



117. Asterina porriginosa Syd. 



Mycelio epiphyllo, plagulas minutas vel mediocres rotundatas subinde 

 confluentes 1 — 5 mm latas atras tenues efformante, ex hyphis fuscis ra- 

 mosis 5 — 6 micro. erassis composito ; hyphopodiis alternantibus, sparsis, 

 sessilibus, 1 — cellularibus, cylindraeeis vel subclavatis, apice rotundatis, 

 12 — 16 micro. longis, 3.5 — 6 micro. erassis ; peritheciis rotundatis, ra- 

 diatim contextis, stellatim dehiscentibus, 160 — 220 micro. diam., contextu 

 opaco, ambitu hyphis radiantibus 3 — 4 micro. erassis cinetis ; ascis ovato- 

 globosis, 40 — 54 = 30 — 45 micro., octosporis ; sporidiis ellipsoideis, utrin- 

 que rotundatis, medio 1 — septatis et leniter constrictis, ex hyalino brun- 

 neis, verrueosis, 22 — 32=11—16 micro., loculo superiore subinde 

 paullo majore. 



Hab. upon the upper sides of the older leaves of Hex cymosa JBhn., 

 Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911, no. 12807. 



Spots irregulär or circular, rather numerous and scattering or forming 

 contiguous masses. 



118. Asterina tracfiycarpa Syd. 



Mycelio hypophyllo, plagulas irreguläres effusas indeterminatas 3 mm. 

 usque 3 cm latas subinde totam folii superficiem obtegentes efficiente, fusco- 

 brunneo, ex hyphis tenuibus dense intertextis 3 — 4.5 micro. erassis delute 

 brunneis hyphopodiis destitutis vel hyphopodia rudimentaria tantum quasi 

 ramos breves gerentibus composito; peritheciis irregulariter dispersis, inae- 

 qualibus, vix orbicularibus, sed plerumque varie angularis, 125 — 180 micro. 

 longis, irregulariter radiatim contextis, centro mox fatiscentibus ; ascis ovato- 



