52 Pyrenomycetse, Perisporiacese, Meliola. 



brevissima, 12-14 ^ 8-10, creberrimis ; hyphopodiis mucronatis oppo- 

 sitis, pallidioribus 16 v 6; setis nullis ; peritheciis primitus in centro 

 macularum 6-8 arcte congregatis, in mycelio efFuso pLine disper- 

 sis, sessilibus, globulosis, glabris^ atris, astomj^, e celiulis magnis 

 parenchymatice contextis, cellulis imprimis ad basim conoideis pro- 

 minentibus, 16')-180, siccis umbilicatis verruculosisque ; ascis elli- 

 psoideis 30-40*20, 2-4-sporis; sporidiis oblongis, obtusis, 4-septa- 

 tis, ad septa subconstrictis, fuscis, cellulis apicalibus 8 a, longis, 

 inde 3 mediis brevioribus, 30-33 « 12-14. 



Hab. ad folia Oordise, Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo Brasili;i' 

 (UsTERi;. — Mel. conglomeratce et arachnoidea?. affiuis, sporis rni- 

 noribus differt. Diagnosis hujus speciei, ab ipso Rehmio data in 

 Ann. Mycol. (1907) p. 623, satis differt. 



21. Meliola Hyptidis Syd., Ann. Mycol. VIII (1910) p. 36. — My- 

 celio epiphyllo, laxissimo ex hyphis repentibus, varie raraosis fu- 

 scis septatis 4-5 [j.. crassis hyphopodia alternantia pedicellata ovata 

 vel ovato-globosa 8-10 ;x. longa, gerentibus composito; setulis my- 

 celii ercctis, rectis, septatis, simplicibus, fuscis, usque 260 [i longis, 

 4-6 (A. latis; peritheciis globosis, 86-120 ij.. diam., tuberculatis ; 

 ascis numerosis, oblongatis, 35-60 « 20-30, 2-4-sporis; sporidiis 

 oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, 4-septatis, constrictis, olivaceo-brun- 

 neis, 26-32 ^9-11. 



Ildb. in foliis Hyptidis suaveolentis, Lamao, Bataan 

 prov. Luzon, Philipp. (E. D. Merrill). 



22. Meliola caymanensis Ell. et Ev., in Millspaugh, Public Field 347 

 Columbian Mus. Bot. ser. II (1900) n. 1, p. 16, t. 49. — Epi- 

 phylla; mycelio maculas minutas, vix 1 mm. diam., subrotundas, 

 nigras formante, ramoso-subreticulato ; ramis 6-7 a. diara.; hy- 

 phopodiis capitatis globosis, subsessilibus, 8 [j.. diam.; hyphopodiis 

 mucronatis ampulliformibus sursum cylindraceo-productis, 7-8 ;j,. 

 loug., non copiosis; peritheciis 200-260 ;j.. diam,, collabescentibus, 

 2-6 in quaque macula mycelica; ascis obovatis, subsessilibus, 75- 

 86*20-26, bi-quadrisporis; sporidiis subfasciculatis, oblongo-cylin- 

 draceis, 4-septatis, leviter consti"ictis, 26-30 ^ 11-13. 



Hdb. in foliis Pharbitis catharticse in insula Grand Cay- 

 man Antilkirum. 



23. Mellola Psychotriae Earle, Bull. of the New York Bot. Gard. 34^ 

 (1904) p. 308. — Amphigena, sa-pius epiphylla, pelliculas orbicu- 

 iares 1-3 mm. diam, formans; mycelio copioso, hyphis fuscis, 7- 

 8 ;j.. cr., collulis 25-36 [j.. longis; hyphopodiia capitatis altoruis, 



