162 l^yrenomycetae, Sphseriacese, Melanopsa^^ma. 



diam.; ascis clavatis, obtuse rotundatis, 8-sporis, 90-100 « 20-24; 

 sporidiis subdisticliis, oblonge clavatis, incurvo-attenuatis, 20-24 » 

 8-10, hyalinis, tunicatis, prope basim 1-septatis, subconstrictis. 



Hah. in culmis emortuis Bambus^ sp., Luzon, prov. Bataan 

 Ins. Pliilipp. (Merkill). 

 5. Apiospora chilensis Speg., Fungi Chilenses (1910) pag. 36, cum 3865 

 icon. — Linearis nigra erumpens; peritheciis dense 1-5 mm. se- 

 riatis, globosis, minutis, 200-250 [j.. diam.; ascis subclavatis apara- 

 physatis, 110-125 =* 20-22, octosporis; sporidiis elongato-subnavi- 

 cularibus, majusculis, 36-38 «^^ 10-11, cellula appendiculari minima, 

 hyalinis. 



Hah. in culmis siccis Chusquere Cumingii, Corral, Yal- 

 divia, Concepcion, Valparaiso, Chile Amer. austr. — Verisimiliter 

 Sphceria apiospora huc pertinet sed descriptio Montagnei incerta. 



MELANOPSAIVIIVIA Niessl — Syll. I p. 575, IX p. 682, XI p. 303, 

 XIV p. 539, XVI p. 486, XVII p 658. 



1. Meianopsamma Yerbae Speg., An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires t. XVII 3866 

 (1908) p. 121. — Peritheciis ligno dealbato-subinfuscato immersis, 

 sparsis v. laxe gregariis, parte supera v. ostiolo papillulato, per- 

 forato tantum exertis, subglobosis, 200 ;j.. diam.; ascis clavulatis, 

 filiformi-paraphysatis, apice obtusis, 80 «10, brevissime noduloso- 

 pedicellatis; sporicliis fusoideis leniter arcuatulis, utrinque acutiu- 

 sculis, medio uniseptatis vix constrictis, hyalinis, 25-26 w 4, disti- 

 chis, loculis conoideis, minutissime biguttulatis. 



Hab. ad truncos emortuos cariosos Ilicis paraguariensis 

 {Yerha), San Pedro, Misiones Argentinde. 



2. Melanopsamma (Hypopsamma) Ribis Chenant. in Bull. Soc. Se. 3867 

 nat. Ouest France (1910) p. 13, t. IV, f. 2. — Stromate irregu- 

 lariter ellipsoideo nigrescente, ostiolis vix conspicuis muricatis, de- 

 mum elongatis acutis, crassis aggregatis v. subsparsis punctato; 

 peritheciis sph;croideis, minutis, semper immersis, circ. 150-200 a. 

 diam.; aseis aparaphysatis, cylindraceis, utrinque attenuatis, 110- 

 135 [j.. longis, apice bifoveolatis ; sporidiis ovatis oblongisve, recte 



V. oblique monostichis, hyalinis, 1-septatis, 2- v. pluriguttulatis, 

 dein 2-3-8eptatis, non constrictis, hyalinis, loculis 2-guttulatis, 10- 

 20 [j.. long. et (ex icone) 6-10 [i. cr. 



Hah. in ramis Ribis Uvs9-crisp;e, Bagatelle, Monterelaxo 

 Galli;c. — Cum gen. Melanopsamma nil commune habet; auctor 

 vero in litt. nuperius ut formam anomalam Eutypce censet a quo 



