Siyi SphijeropsidaceH', Leptoslromaeeiv-. Leptostroma. 



MELASMIA Lev. — Byll. III, p. 637, X, p. 410. XI, p. 555. 



3. Melasmia Sapindacearum P. Henn. Hedw. 1897. p. 243. — Stro- 3922 

 matibus epiphyllis in maculis tlavis, suborbicularibus acutaugulis, 

 planis, crustaceo-carbonaceis, atris, subnitentibus; sporulis fusifor- 

 mibus V. botuliformibus, curvulis, utrinque acutis, continuis, hyn- 

 linis. 11-14 «V„. 



Hab. in foliis Sapindace?e cujusdam in Mexico (Keeueki. 



2. Meiasmia MyTtacearum P. Henn. Hedw. 1897, p. 242. — Stro- '-^-^ 

 niatibus in maculis fuscis, sulDorbicularibus, explanatis, planis, cru- 

 staceo-carbonaGeis, atris, opacis, ^/.,-1 cm. diam.; sporuiis botulifor- 

 mibus eurvulis, utrinque acutiusculis, coutinuis, hyalinis, 28-35 « 1. 



Hah. in foiiis vivis Myrtacearum variarum pr. Goyaz Bra- 

 siliie (Glaziou). 



3. Melasmia Ouercuum Atk. BuU. Corueli Univ. III, n.l, 1897, p. 34. 3924 



— Stromatibus nigris, orljicularibus, tenuibus, crustaceis, 2-3 mm. 

 diam.; peritheciis rinia dehiscentibus ; sporulis hyalinis v. olivaceis, 

 late fusoideis, curvulis, 20-30 « 7-8. 



Hah. in foliis vivis Quercus Phelli, Auburn, Alabama 

 Amer. bor. — Probabiliter status stylosporus Rhijtismatis tosti. 



4. Melasmia Setapiae Atk. Bull. Cornell Univ. III, n. 1, 1897, p. 34. :3<j23 



— Maculis epiphyllis, eiliptico-oblongis, minutis, confluentibus v. 

 dense sparsis ac magnam foliorum partem occupantibus ; perithe- 

 cii»i tectis, e cellulis atro-brunneis angulosis, 3-4 p.. diarn. compo- 

 sitis, stromate cavitatem cellularum epidermidis replente; sporulis 

 oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque rotundatis, hj-alinis, 12-14 v 2\/,,-3; ba- 

 sidiis brevibus, coloratis. 



Hab. in foliis vivis Setariee glaucae, Auburn, Alabama 

 Amer. bor. 



5. Melasmia imitans Peck, BuU. Torr. Bot. Club. 1895, p. 209. — mQ 

 Poritheciis hypoph^dlis, membranaceis, varias form;p, et magnitu- 

 dinis, plerumque subellipticis v. oblongis, ad nervos subconlluen- 

 tibus, rugosulis, nigris, irregulariter apertis; sporulis subcylindra- 

 ceis, rectis v. subrectis, hyalinis, interdum obscure plurinucleatis, 

 21-31 7, « 4-5 7,. 



Hab. in folii.s vivis Ptcridis aquilinae, Galifornia (Howe), 



— Aspectu externo Phyllachoram Pteridis in mentem revocat. 



LEPTOSTROMA Fr. — Syll. III; p. 639, X, p. 420, XI, p. 555. 

 1. Leplo^troma Eupatorii Allesch. Ber. Bayr. Bot. Ges. IV, 1896, 3927 

 p. 36. ; — Peritheciis dense gregariis, ssepe conflucntibus, circula- 



