102 ANALES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA ARGENTINA 



H6. Meliola brasiliensis Speg. (n. sp.) 



Diag. Mycelium orbiculariter expansum, saepe coiiñuens ac totum 

 épiphyllumoecupans, tennissimiim, atrum fere f nmosum; hyphae 

 omnes repentes, gráciles (5-9 crass.), intricato-strigosae, lon- 

 gissimae (1-1,5'" long.), semper ac exqnisite rectae, deusiuscule 

 septatae, hinc iride ramos dúos oppositos emitteiites, rami etiam 

 plurijuge ramulosi, omnes ápice attenuato-acutati rectique, 

 omnes etiam per totam longitudinem iitroque latere hypliopo- 

 dia (?) alterna brevissima, clavulato-capitata (20-22 x 10-12), 

 1-septata gerentes; peritliecia 3-8 in centro mycelii laxe grega- 

 ria, gangliis mycelialibns dense prosenchymatico-radiantibus 

 (peritliecia Mycrothyrii microscopici Dsm. perfecte sinmlantibus) 

 insidentia, globosa (120-200), numquam nmbilicata, atra sub- 

 nitentia, papilloso-granulosa, in juventute setis paucis, sparsis, 

 rigidis erectis, ápice incrassatis v. saepius uncinatis (50x8-9), 

 atris vestita, per aetatem subgiabrata; asci 2-3-spori, subrom- 

 boidei in Juventute tantum visibiles ; sporae elliptico-cylindra- 

 ceae, utrinque obtuse 4-septatae, ad septa leniter constrictae 

 (40-45x18-20), loculis grosse 1-gnttulatis, primo hyalinae dein 

 atro-fuligineae. 



Hab. Ad folia viva subcoriacea plantae cujusdam, Apiaby, Brasilia 

 meridionali, leg. Cl. J. Puiggari (sub n-. 1,551.) 



117. Meliola penicillata Lev. Ann. Se. nat. S. III, v. V, 

 p. 266. 

 Hab. In foliis coriaceis Laurineae cujusdam, Apiahy, Brasilia 



meridionali, Jun. 1881 (sub n. 1,507.) 

 Obs. Mycelium late irregulariterque eífusum, tenue, puberulum, 

 atrum ; hyphae repentes densissime ac varié intricato-ramosae, 

 simplices, crassiusculae (8-9), septulatae, fuligineae; hyphae fér- 

 tiles seu stipites, ex hyphis mycelialibus exsurgentibus, fasci- 

 culatis, atque arete coalitis compositi, erecti (300-400 X 25), 

 ■ teretes, rigiduli, ápice abrupte penicillatim, ramoso-expansi; 

 fibrae penicilli, rectae (150-160 X 5), parce septulatae, verrucu- 

 loso-scabrae, pallide fuligineae, monosporne; conidia in fibris 

 penicillorum acrogena, cjí-lindraceo-fusoidea (25-30x4-5), sur- 

 sum obtusiuscule atttenuata, deorsum elongatula, triseptata, 

 pallide fuliginea; perithecia hinc inde sparsa, globosa, saepe 

 superno depressi, atra, verruculoso-scabra, subcarbonacea, fra- 

 gilia, aterrima (200-220), nuda; asci non visi; sporae elliptico- 



