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1888 and T. IV Pl. XIX, F. 7b) indicate that the conidial form 
in the two instances are the same, In my specimens the term- 
inal cells were hyaline, the other cells dark and the component 
parts of the spore were either 4 or 5-septate, 
MELANCONIDIACEAE 
Melanconis Tul. 
Melanconts sacchari Mass. 
On Saccharum officinale. Mayaguez (Fawcett.) 
Fig. 8. Ophiobolus barbatus 
A conidium showing pale end cells and dark central cells and the 
peculiar grouping in pairs in which they always occur, 823. Drawn by 
J. MacInnes. 
DIATRYPACEAE 
Diatrype Fries. 
Diatrype stigma (Hoffm.) Fries. 
On dead wood, Martin Pefia (Johnston), 4974. 
MELOGRAM MATACEAE 
Endothia Fr. 
Endothia parryi (Farl.) Cke. 
On Fourcroya hexapetala, Indiera Fria Maricao, 216, 3494, 
Maricao 3496, 281, 2337, 8822, 7177, Trujillo Alto 9406. 
Endothia longtrostos, Earle. Santurce, 4340. 
XYLARIACEAE 
Nummularia Tul. 
Nummularia bulliardi Tul. 
On rotten wood, Rio Piedras, (Johnston), 4669. 
Hypoxylon Bulliard 
Hypoxylon annulatum (Schw.) Mont. 
On dead wood, Palo Seco (Stevenson), 2989. 
