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On Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn. 



Guanajibo, June 19, 15, 7197 (type). Joyuda, May 31, '15, 363. 



45. Meliola praetervtsa Gaill. 



Gaillard, Le Genre Meliola : 78, 1892. 

 On Coccolobis pyrifolia Desf. Fig. 33. 



Mayaguez, June 15, '15, 7065, Feb. 9, 1900, collected by Heller. Ja- 

 jome Alto, Dec. 3, '13, 5555a. 

 On Coccolobis sintenisii, Urb. 



Mayaguez, June 15, '15, 7066. 



On Coccolobis sp. 



Jajome Alto, July 7, '15, 17, 8386. 

 On Cupania americana L. 



Mayaguez, June 23, '15, 7372. 



The form on Cupania has the setae occasionally forked and the 

 capitate hyphopodia are conical rather than cylindrical. This species is 

 quite remarkable for its crowded opposite hyphopodia. These hypho- 

 podia, moreover, are set at very uniform angles owing to the fact that 

 the inner side of the stalk cell is uniformly shorter than the outer side. 

 The specimens on No. 8386 have setae somewhat longer than on other 

 hosts and no forked ones were observed. 



46. Meliola andirae Earle 



BuU. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 303, 1905. 

 On Andira jamaicensis (W. Wr.) Urb. Fig. 34. 



Rio Arecibo K, 64.7, July 8, '15, 7800. Martin Pena, Aug. 11, '15, 

 9294. Yauco, Oct. 3, '13, 3132, 3247, 3137. St. Ana, Dec. 31, '13, 6613. 

 Maricao, Jan. 10, '13, 204, Apr. 3, '13, 766. Dos Bocas, below Utuado, 

 Dec. 30, '13, 6566. Vega Alta, Nov. 13, '13, 4180. Mayaguez, May 1, 

 '13, 1078. Lares, Nov. 22, '13, 4917. Maricao, July 19, '15, 8901. 

 Manati, Nov. 25, '13, 5629, Aug. 1915, 9481. This species conforms fully 

 with Heller's type specimen No. 6448, collected at Santurce, Jan. 22, 

 1903, and is one of the best marked of all the Meliolas. 



47. Meliola monensis sp. nov. 



Colonies mainly epiphyllous, black, small, 1-2 mm. in diam., puncti- 

 form. Mycelium forming a very close network of threads; branches 

 crowded, Ift. in diameter. 



Capitate hyphopodia alternate or opposite, crowded, mycelial cells 

 about 20/1 long, head cell very irregularly lobed, about 17 x 17/i, the 

 basal cell about 7/x long. Mucronate hyphopodia few, scattered, alter- 



