Pyrenomycetsp, Asterinese, Didymosporse, A.sterina. 695 



atro-brunneis, ramosis, septatis, conidiiferis; peritlieciis in mycelio 

 gregaviis, scutellatis, applanatis. atris, glabris, contextu parencliy- 

 matico, ambitu radiante, fimbriatulo, subvinoso, 50-75 ^. diam.; 

 ascis oblongis v. subclavatis, sessilibus, utrinque obtusis, interdum 

 subcurvuiis, octosporis, 30-35 v 12-15; parapliysibus filiformibus, 

 hyalinis; sporidiis obiongis v. subovoideis, medio septatis paulo- 

 que constrictis, olivaceo-brunneis, dein atro-fuscis, 10-16 ^ 5-9. 



Ilab. in foliis Vochysise spec. in prov, Minas Greraes Bra- 

 silise (Ule). 



7. Asterina Caricarum Eehm, Hedw. 1895, p. (161). — Peritlieciis 2657 

 in raaculis rotundis, epiphyllis, 2-4 mm. diam., tenuissimis, nigris, 

 radiantibus circinatim singulariter sessilibus, semiglobosis, astomis, 

 nigris, ca. 120 p.. diam., excipulo e radiantibus parallelis cellulis 

 contoxto; hypliis rectis, longis, fuscis, ca. 5 fx. latis, vix ramosis, 

 hyphopodiis capitatis alternantibus, ssepe retrorsum flexuosis, cel- 

 lula superiore Q-9^Q; ascis ovalibus, crassis, 45^30, octosporis; 

 sporidiis cuneiformibus, bicellularibus, nijicleo 1 magno instructis, 

 primitus hyaUnis, dein fuscidulis, 18-20 v 9; paraphysibus non visis. 



flab. ad folia viva Caricje spec. Prov. de Pichincha -^qua- 

 toriai (Lagerheim). — Asterince silvativce Speg. proxima. 



8. Asterina yucatanensis Ell. et Ev. Field Columb. Mus. 1896, p.285, 2658 

 t. IX, f. 1-5. — Amphigena sed plerumque epiphylla in macu- 



lis suborbicularibus indeiinitis iiavicantibus, 3-4 mm. diam.; peri- 

 theciis convexo-hemisphLericis, 110-130 p. diam., subastomis, ni- 

 gris, suboblongis, fibroso-contextis, mycelio reticulato nigro setu- 

 lisque septatis brunneis plus minus copiosis, 50 ^ 8, margine fim- 

 briatis; ascis oblongo-ellipticis, 40-50 =«^ 20-25, breve stipitatis v. 

 sessilibus, 8-sporis; sporidiis oblongo-ellipsoideis, medio 1-septatis 

 et profunde constrictis, atro-brunneis, 20 ^ 8, loculis subglobosis. 

 Hab. in foUis viventibus Pterocarpi, Yucatan Amer. centr. 



9. Asterina Pittieri Bomm. et Eouss. Bull. Soc. bot. Belg. 1896, 2659 

 p. 156. — Epiphyila; macuHs atris fere totam superficiem folii 

 operientibus, ex hyphis ramosis 18 fx. crassis formatis; hyphopo- 

 diis sessilibus, globulosis v. oblongis, 28^18; peritheciis appla- 

 natis, contextu radiato, in mycelio sparsis 126-150 {j..; ascis octo- 

 sporis, globulosis, parum numerosis, 5-6 in quoque perithecio, 

 membrana tenuissima, 32-47 fjt.; sporidiis brunneis v. fuliginosis, 

 oblongis, uniseptatis, in duos articulos disjunctis, 28-36 ^ 18-28. 



Hdb. in foliis Angelicae mexicanse, Costa-Eica. 



10. Asterina soianicoloides Eehm, Hedw. 1896, p. (150). — Mycelio 2660 



