540 Wrenoraj^cetje, Spliaeriaceje, Hyalodidymfe, Melanopsamma. 



18, octosporis, apice rotundatis ; paraphysibus crassiusculis, guttu- 

 latis, (spuriis?); sporidiis distichis, ellipsoideo-oblougis, rectis, cur- 

 vulisve, 20-24 «8-9, utrinque obtusulis, 1-septatis, non v. vix 

 constrictis, dilutissime olivaceis. 



Hah. in ramulis Spiraefe chamaed ry toliic in silvis Sibiria?. 



— Affinis M. Syringce Karst. 



2. Melanopsamma caulincoia Rehm in Sabenhorst-Pazschke, Fungi 2059 

 europ. n. 4160. — Peritheciis stromatice arcte confertis in strias 

 longitudinales dispositis aut stipitem ambientibus, subglobosis, gla- 

 bris, vix scabriusculis. atris, poro inconspicuo pertusis, subcarbo- 

 naceis, parenchymatice contextis, ca. 300 ^: diam., in mycelio ex 

 hyphis rectangulariter ramosis cont«xto, tenuissimo sessilibus; ascis 

 cylindrico-elavatis, apice rotundatis, ca. 70 >^ 12, octosporis, sporidiis 

 plerumqus monostichis, fusiformibus, rectis, bicellularibus, ad se- 

 ptum haud constrictis, hyalimis, ca. 18 v 5-6 ; paraphysibus filifor- 

 mibus, hyalinis, 2 . crassis. 



Hab. in caulibus emortuis Salviae spec, Serra Geral Brasilise 

 (Ule). — Ceteris speciebus hujus generis valde affinis, sed prima 

 Melanopsammce species in caulibus observata. 



3. Melanopsamma alpina Ell. et Ev. Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 1897, p. 458. 2060 



— Peritheciis erumpenti-superficialibus, gregariis, depresso-globo- 

 sis, '/^-'/2 mm. diam., teniie tunicatis, subfragilibus, ostiolo obscuro 

 V. papilliformi" pra?ditis; ascis clavato-cylindraceis, 75-85 '^ 8-10, 

 paraphysatis, 8-sporis; sporidiis monostichis v. subdistichis, fusoi- 

 deo-navicularibus, 3-4-nucleatis, hyalinis, medio constricto-unise- 

 ptatis, 15-20 «3 '4-4. 



Hah. in cortice p i n e o, Colora,-^o Amer. bor. 



4. Melanopsamma patellata Penz. et Sacc. Malpighia XI, 1897, p. 398. 206I 



— Peritheciis gregariis, superficialibus, globoso-depressis, mox col- 

 labascendo plano-patellaribus, 0,4-0,5 mm. diam., nigris, glabris, 

 inter setulas nigras rigidulas crebras interseminatis, contextu oli- 

 vaceo-fuiigineo, molliusculo, circa ostiolum prosenchymatico ; ascis 

 i'jam rescrptis;; sporidiis distichis, oblongo-fusoideis, utrinque ro- 

 tundatis, curvulis, 1-septatis, vix constrictis, 2-nucleatis, 14-15 v 

 8-9, byalinis. 



Hah. in ciilmis emortuis Bambusse, Java. 



5. Melanopsamma Eilisii Sacc. et Syd. Sic nominanda est Melano- 2032 

 2)samma horealis Ell. et Ev. in Syll. XI, p. 305, quum exstet an- 

 terior M. horealis (.Karst.) Sacc. in Syll. I, p. 578. 



