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nodular and uneven, 6—7 uw thick, cells 16-20 » long; capitate 
hyphopodia abundant, at first cylindrical, straight, even or 
irregularly lobed, 16-20 x 8 #, then the apical cell becomes 
bent to one side and at length in some cases is completely 
coiled upon itself, in this condition being about 16 x 16; 
mucronate hyphopodia infrequent, bottle-shaped, 16-20 x6 p:; 
mycelial setae abundant, black, opaque, straight, simple, 
about 130 x 64; perithecia globose, small, 120-150 #, ostio- 
lum not seen; asci soon evanescent, not seen; ascospores 
cylindrical, ends subapiculate, pale fuscous, translucent, 4- 
septate, constricted, 4o-45 x 12 
On leaves of Aynchospora aurea, Porto Rico, Heller, no. 
6384. 
I would include here Heller’s no. 252 from Porto Rico, 
Sturgis’ specimen from Grasmere, Fla., on Cyperus sp., 
Nash’s no. 1803 from Eustis, Fla., on Ayxchospora dodecan- 
dra, and Underwood’s no. 1664, Fla., on *‘ saw-grass.” These 
have all been determined as Afcliola Cyper? Patouillard, a 
species described from the Congo river, Africa. A portion 
of the type collection of this species is in the Ellis Herbarium. 
The American material certainly resembles it closely in 
having both mycelial and perithecial setae, a very unusual 
character, and in having more or less lobed and irregular 
capitate hyphopodia. It is clearly distinct however in the 
ultimate bending and coiling of the apical cell of the hypho- 
podia, which suggests the specific name. Both kinds of 
hyphopodia are much smaller than in JZ. Cyperz, the my- 
celial setae are shorter and thinner and the spores are sub- 
apiculate not obtuse. The most marked difference however 
is in the mycelium. In JZ. Cyferz the threads are 8-94 
thick and are densely branched, the branches lying parallel 
and becoming partially agglutinated into a kind of crust. 
In WM. circtnans the threads average 2 smaller, and the 
branches are strongly divergent and not at all agglutin- 
ated. 
Heller’s no. 2249, from the Hawaiian Islands, distributed as 
M. Cyperi, is probably not that species, though it agrees with 
