507] MELIOLA IN PORTO RICO — STEVENS 39 



nate or opposite, bottle-shaped, the neck narrow, often crooked, 20/^ long. 

 Peritheeial setae none. Mycelial setae abundant, straight, rigid, black, 

 simple, about 400/>i long, 10-14/i thick. Tip obtuse. 



Perithecia 250)u., slightly rough with rounded protuberances. Asci 

 78 X 38/i, soon evanescent ; ascospores 4-septate, pale brown, slightly con- 

 stricted, obtuse, 45-52 x 20-22;i. 

 On Amyris elemifera L. Fig. 35. 



Mona Island, Dec. 20-21, 13, 6158 (type), 6150, 6146. Guayanilla, 

 July 14, '15, 8547. 



The colonies of this species are characteristic and the capitate hy- 

 phopodia distinctive. 



48. Meliola thouiniae Earle 



Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 308, 1905. 

 On Allophylus crassinervis Rad. 



Quebradillas, Aug. 5, 15, 9003. 

 On Thouinia striata Rad. Fig. 36. 



Vega Baja, July 2, 15, 7756. Rio Arecibo, K. 64.7, July 8, 15, 

 7773. 



The type was collected on the same host by Heller near Bayamon, 

 Jan. 21, 1903, No. 6435. 



The cylindrical, capitate hypophodia, so crowded as to touch each 

 other, give a unique appearance to the colonies on Allophyllus. Study 

 of the type specimen and my own specimens on Thouinia shows varia- 

 tion in the crowding of the hyphopodia. In some parts of the colony 

 they are densely crowded and opposite ; at the edge of the same colony 

 they may be strictly alternate and sparse. 

 On Winterana canella L. 



Guayanilla, July 14, 15, 8548, July 26, 15, 9075. Mona Island, 

 Dec. 20, 13, 6154. Ponce, Aug. 7, 15, 9189. 

 On Krugiodendron ferreum (Vahl) Urb, 



Guayanilla, July 14, 15, 8594. Rio Tanama, near Arecibo, July 6, 

 15, 7895. Quebradillas, Aug. 10, 15, 9247, June 20, 15, 9266. Coamo, 

 Feb. 6, 13, 814, Apr. 6, 13, 831. 



49. Meliola didymopanicis P. Henn. 



Hedw. 34: 106, 1895. 

 On Dendropanax arhoreum (L.) Dec. & PI. 



Rio Arecibo, K. 64.7, July 8, 15, 7775, Mayaguez Mesa, June 25, 

 15, 7440. Florida Adentro, July 1, 15, 7647. 

 On Dendropanax laurifolium (E, March.) R. C. Schneider. 



El Alto de la Bandera, July 14, 15, 8265. 



