20 ILLINOIS BIOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS [488 



15a. MeTjTOLa glabkoides, var. schlegeliae var. nov. 



This differs from the type in its more angular capitate hyphopodia 

 and a some what closer colony structure. 

 On Schlegelia sps. 



El Alto de la Bandera, July 14, '15, 8289 (type), 8274. 



16. Meliola triloba Wint. 



Hedw. 25: 95, 1886. 

 On PUea parietaria (L.) Bl. Fig. 14. 



Arecibo-Lares Road, June 21, '15, 7232. Dos Bocas, below Utuado, 

 July 8, '15, 1038. Rio Arecibo, K. 64.7, July 8, '15, 7804. 



Also reported by Earle as No. 558 of Heller's collection, 1899, This 

 and M. earlii are often associated upon the same leaves but the present 

 species is usually epiphyllous. 



' SECTION C. 



Spores 4-septate, no mycelial setae, perithecia with setae or append- 

 ages.^ 



E^EY TO Species op Section C 

 Appendages larvaeform 



Capitate hyphopodia distant, 27/* 

 Head cell angular or entire 



Appendages long M. compositarum No. 17 



" short M. tuberculata No. 18 



Head cell very irregular M. calophyUi No. 19. 



Capitate hyphopodia close, 17/t M, arecibensis No. 20 



Appendages setiform 



Mycelium very scant, (Distance between 

 mycelial threads more than ten times 

 the thickness of the threads) 

 Head cells not nsnally globular M. miconieicola No. 21 



Head cells mostly globular M. tenuissima No. 22 



Mycelium not very scant 



Capitate hyphopodia crowded M. parathesicola No. 23 



Capitate hyphopodia not crowded 

 Tips of setae much curved 

 Tips often hooked, uncinate 

 Mycelium wavy M. toruloidea No. 24 



Mycelium nearly straight M. comocladiae No. 25 



Tips often coUed or spiral M. tortuosa No. 26 



^M. solani, see p. 15, might sometimes fall within this section. 



