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genera in this group of ‘‘ honey dew” inhabiting fungi until 
their characters are better understood. TZyrcposporium-like 
conidia are found on the same leaves and are probably con- 
nected with this fungus. The species is well characterized by 
the thin delicate mycelium and by the abundance of ascus- 
bearing perithecia. 
Dimerosporium appendiculatum sp. nov. 
Parasitic on the mycelium of an Aster¢na; mycelium 
scanty, of pale agglutinated threads 3 in diameter ; perithe- 
cia ae 40-100 fH, of soft, cellular texture, cells 6-8 BL, 
armed with 12-20 curved, dark fuscous, opaque, obtuse, ap- 
pendages or setae which are 30-40x4 m3; asci fascicled, 
broadly clavate or narrowly obovate, stipitate, 8-spored, 35—- 
10-12 #4; ascospores inordinate, pale fuscous, cylindrical, 
about equally uniseptate, scarcely constricted, 14-16 x 4 p. 
Parasitic on Asterina Sidae sp. nov.,* on leaves of S7da 
carpinifolia, Porto Rico, Heller, no. 6333 (type) and Jam- 
aica, Earle, no. 363. 
Meliola Andirae sp. nov. 
ane epiphyllous, forming a widely effused brownish 
coating; mycelium of long, straight, seldom branching 
threads 4 yin diameter, the cells usually 30-35 long ; capi- 
tate hyphopodia small, opposite, distant, one pair to each cell, 
narrowly obovoid or subcylindric, 12-14 x 8-10 yp, the basal 
cell very short, only 2-3 #; mucronate hyphopodia mostly op- 
posite, densely crowded on certain threads, bottle-shaped, 
the neck often excentric and curved, 16-18 » long; setae 
usually sparingly scattered, often more abundant near the 
perithecia, 200-250 x 7 #, ‘base tuberculate, tapering to 
thecia small, 150-200 yw, smooth, at length collapsing, of 
small, 6-10 », subprominent cells, petiole none; asci 2-4- 
spored, soon evanescent; ascospores 4-septate, fuliginous, 
slightly constricted, obtuse, subcompressed, 35-40 x 9-I2 p. 
On leaves of Andra inermis, Porto Rico, Heller, no. 
6448. 
This species is remarkable for the very long, straight my- 
celial threads, the small, opposite, very short-stalked, capi- 
tate hyphopodia and for the densely crowded mucronate 
bs “# See page 310. 
