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South Africa. Cape Colony ; on living leaves of Satyrium 

 coriifohum, Swz., " destroying cultivated specimens," McOwan. 



Differs from Uredo orchidis, Wint., in the spore-clusters not being 



arranged in irregular concentric rings, and in the colourless 

 spores. 



Sphaeriaceae. 



Nectria theobromae, Massee. 



Perithecia gregaria vel sparsa, superficial, ovata, ievia, glabra, 

 aurantiaco-rubescentia, ostiolo minuto vix prominulo hiante, 

 0-5 mm., alt. Asci cylindracei, stipitati, octospori, paraphyses 

 septatae, ascos excedentes, hyalini, apice vix incrassato, interdum 

 nexuoso, 3^ crasso. Sporae oblique monostichae, hyalinae, ellip- 

 soideae, 1-septatae, ad septum subconstrictae, 28-30 x 8-10 /*. 



West Indies. Grenada ; « on a * bleeding ' patch of bark of 



a cacao tree," Howard. 



it, ^H 8 a PP ears t0 be on © of the various species of parasitic fungi 

 that form " bleeding" wounds in the bark of the cacao tree. 

 JSIectria Bainn, Mass., previously described as forming similar 

 wounds on cacao pods, differs from the present species in having 

 tne perithecia shaggy with golden-yellow scale-like hairs. 



Phyllachora Dawei, Massee. 



Stromata epiphylla, superficial, effuso-crustacea, bullata, atra, 

 rugulosa, 4-7 mm. diam., subglobosa, laxe aggregata vel con- 

 nuentia, dense loculifera, contextu indistincto. Loculi saepe 

 connuentes, difformes. Asci cylindracei, apice rotundato, deorsum 

 attenuati, pedicellati, 80-100 x 11-12 /*, octospori, dense 

 parapnysati. Sporae obliquae, monostichae, hyalinae, ellipsoideae, 

 utrmque rotundatae, continuae, 21-23 x 9-10 fi. 



Tropical Africa. Buddu, Uganda, 4000 ft. ; on living leaves 

 of Kicus, sp., native name "Kokanwe," Dawe, 290. 



h^Sli* P \ i y lla * h <>™ repent, Sacc, differing in the larger, 

 irregularly scattered (not seriate) stromata, which resemble drops 

 of pitch sprinkled over the leaf, and the larger spores. 



Massee 



disco 



f OM .nm«„ i T7 — » vul "" Da ) d^gregaia, mux appiana-ut, u«~» 



™3? ? ex ii - glab i ato ob8curo ' °* 5 mm - ^ iam - %*™ ° bli( i ue 



jwi ^f e 'fif-i ipS ° ldeae » h >' ali nae, glabrae, eguttulatae, 5 X 1+ 

 Par aphyses fihf ormes, sursum ramosae, brunneae. 



^SmSS^ST^ Gr ° Wing ° n the 8tr ° ma ° f ^ ° ld 

 Densely gregarious ; remarkable for the peculiar habitat. 



Hyphomycetaceae. 



Graphium anomalum, Massee. 



e %ZTcZ^ ? avidt,m > »iccitate rigidum, 1-5-2 mm. altum, 

 udH lio^ibus ?in r a f 18 • C0I ^ 08i ^m, hyphis sursum relaxatis 

 • I. x 1 % u cl 2 * i ltenS ; Conid < continua, hyalina, ellipsoidea, 

 •-> x 1 5 H , comdiophons lateralibus enata. 



