t^yrenomycetpp, Perisporiacese, Meliola. 51 



theciis sparsis, globosis, nigris, grosse cellulosis, astomis, 260-300 

 ;j.. diam.; ascis ellipsoideis, bisporis, 80=^36-40; sporidiis oblongo- 

 ellipsoideis, utrinque rotundatis, 5-cellularibus, ad septa constrictis, 

 60 « 24, atro-brunneis, pellucidis. 



Ilah. in foliis vivis Paratropi;e sp., socia Mel. heterosefa in 

 silvis Tijbodas .lava?. — MeliolcE Montagnei affinis. 



18. Meliola Compositarum Earle, Bull. of the New York Bot. Gard. 3473 

 (1904) p. 306. Epiphylla, pelliculas minutas, 1-2 mm. lat. ni- 

 gras V. atro-brunneas, sparsas v. subconfluentes formans : hyphis 



7 [j.. cr., articulis 20-30 [j.. longis; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis 

 25-30 [j.. long., cellula basali 8 [j.. longa, superiore inaequaliter lo- 

 bata, 15-20 «x. lat., interdum elongata et 1-septata; hyphopodiis 

 mucronatis oppositis ampulliformibus; setis nullis; peritheciis glo- 

 bosis, 200 ;j.. diam., apice appendiculis rigidis 6-12 coronatis, ap- 

 pendiculis 80-iOO « 20 pallidis, apice obtuso abrupte uncinato et 

 saturatiore; ascis stepius bisporis, mox evanidis; sporidiis cylin- 

 draceis v. anguste ellipsoideis, fuhgineis, 4-septatis, constrictis ob- 

 tusis, 45 « 14-16. 



Hah. in foliis Willughbaeae sp. et Eupatorii sp. Porto 

 Rico et Jamaica (Heller et Earle) et Composit;e sp. in Bra- 

 silia (Ule). 



19. Meilola compacta Earle, Bull. of the New York Bot. Gard. (I904i 3474 

 p. 306. — Amphigena, crustulas compactas, nigras 1-2 mm. latas 

 formans; hyphis atro-fuscis 7 [j.. cr., dense confertis et aggluti- 

 natis; setis mycelii nullis; hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, crebris, 



18 [J.. longis, cellula basah 8 ;j.. longa, superiore globosa 10 ;i. 

 diam. ; hyphopodiis mucronatis non visis ; setis perithecii sparsis 

 70-100 « 6, obtusis, ssepe abrupte 20 ;j.. infra apicem curvatis, sur- 

 sum subhyaHnis; peritheciis globosis 200-225 [j.. diam.; ascis elli- 

 psoideis 4-sporis; sporidiis cylindraceis, compressis, obtusis, 4-se- 

 ptatis, constrictis, atro-fuscis, 40-45 ^ 14 « 10. 



Hah. in foliis Crossopetali pallentis, Porto Rico (Hel- 

 ler). 



20. Meliola Usteriana Eehm, Ann. Mycol. VII (1909; p. 529, Ascom. 3475 

 Exsicc. fasc. 45, n. 1875. — Mycelio plerumque epiphyllo, pri- 

 mitus macubis orbiculares, tenuissimas, arachnoideas, fusco nigre- 

 scentes, 1-4 mm. lat. formante, dein totum folium obtegente et ni- 

 gro-viridulo-decoiorante; hyphis myceUi plerumque curvatis, ra- 

 mosis, septatis, subfuscis, 4-5 [j.. lat. ; hyphopodiis plerumque al- 

 ternantibus, 2-cellularibus, cellula superiori subglobosa, inferiore 



