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Sphceeia, Mailer. 

 Stroma 0, or spurious, and formed of mycelium. Perithecia 

 various, vertical, firm, black or dark, often with a bark. Asci 

 perfect. Sporidia eight. 



S. f SuUectaJ 2^ohjascia, B. etBr., on bottle gourd. This is a new 

 species and not yet described, so the name may not be retained 

 but is mentioned here to notice the species which forms large 

 black patches on gourds if left on the field. 



Spilerella, De Not. 

 Perithecia membranaceous, immersed or semi-immersed, scarcely 

 papillate, sporidia oblong, two or more celled, rarely simple ; 

 hyaline pale or colorless. 



S. destructiva, B. et Br., a black or brown spot-like fungus, very 

 destructive to Lucerne on the Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 



Peeispoeiacei. 



Perithecia free, subglobose, always closed, except when decaying 

 membranous or carbonaceus. Nucleus never diffluent. Asci 

 springing from the base. 



Meliola, Fries. 



Perithecia carbonaceus, fragile, without a pore, developed 

 from a strigose mycelium. Asci broad. Sporidia few, large. 



M. amjihitriclia, Fr., a thready black fungus, often found on the 



leaves of scrub shrubs, Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 

 M. tetracercB, F. v. M. and Thiimen, New South Wales. 



Physomycetes. 



Filaments free or slightly matted, bearing vesicles which 

 contain indefinite sporidia. 



Axtexnaeiei. 

 Filaments black, matted, often moniliform. 



