Pyrenomycetse, Sphseriacese, Metasphaeria. 197 



conoideis, vix papillato-ostiolatis, parvulis, atris, submembraiiaceis, 

 130-150 [j.. cliam. ; ascis aublanceolatis, apice obtusis, elongato-ste- 

 rilibus crasseque tunicatis, basi brevissime noduloseque pedicellatis, 

 paraphysatis, 50-55 ** 16, octosporis ; sporidiis subfusoideis, parum 

 infra medium septato-constrictulis, loculo supero transverse bisep- 

 tato, infero minore siepius l-septato tantum, hyalinis, 20 >^ 5-6. 



Hdb. in foliis emortuis, putrescentibus Puyie caerulescen- 

 tis, Cerro S. Cristobal de Santjago, Chile Amer. austr. 

 19. Metasphaeria Aloes Trinchieri, Rend. R. Ac. Sc. Fis. Mat. Na- 3993 

 poli (1909) fasc. 3-4 martio-aprili, p. 88. — Peritheciis valde co- 

 piosis, dense gregariis, subcutaneo-erumpentibus, globosis vel glo- 

 boso-depressis, atris, poro pertusis, 159-232,5 |x. diam., 159-208 ix. 

 altis ; excipulo crasso, duro, subcarbonaceo ; ascis cylindraceis, ra- 

 rius cylindraceo-clavatis, apice rotundatis, subpedicellatis, 8-sporis, 

 53,5-98 ^ 9.5-14,5 ; sporidiis distichis, elliptico-fusoideis, utrinque 

 rotundatis, 3-5-septatis, ad septa, pnecipue ad medium, fortiter 

 constrictis, 17-24,5 « 4,5-7, hyalinis, guttis 4-7-10 irregularitor di- 

 spositis, magnitudine varia; paraphysibus numerosissimis, manife- 

 stis, ascos subcTequantibus, rectis curvulisque, basi breve articula- 

 tis incrassatisque, superne filiformibus acutiusculisque, hyalinis, 

 61-95,5 ^ 4,5. 



Hab. in scapis siccis Aloes plicatilis (L.) Mill., in Horto 

 regio botanico neapolitano Ital. aust. (Trinchieri). 



20. Metasphaeria Yuccae Earle, BuII. of the New York Bot. Gard. 3994 

 (1904) p. 293. — Peritheciis sparsis, nigris, prominentibus, longis, 

 epidermide tectis, demum suberumpentibus, circ. 200 \i. diam., 

 ostiolo inconspicuo, subpapillato; ascis ellipsoideis, circ. 75»? 12; 

 paraphysibus copiosis, filiformibus ; sporidiis distichis, hyalinis, an- 

 guste ovoideis, apiee acutis, 4-septatis, septis mediis fortiter con- 

 strictis, circ. 20 ^ 6. 



Hah. in foliis emortuis Yuccte sp., Stanford Univ. Californ. 

 Amer. bor. C. F. Baker). 



21. Metasphaeria crassiuscula Sacc. et Briard, Fl. de PAube p. 314, 3995 

 (1888 , Berl. leon. fung. I, p. 144, t. 160, fig. 3. — Peritheciis inna- 



tis, sparsis in areis pallidis plus minus approximatis, globulosis, 

 V,;-75 ™DQ- diam., serius erumpentibus, breve .papillatis; ascis 

 crasse clavatis, brevissime noduloso-stipitatis, apice rotundatis, fi- 

 liformi-paraphysatis, octosporis, 60-76 »20-24; sporidiis subdisti- 

 chis, oblongo-ovoideis, utrinque obtusis, 5-7-septatis, non v. vix 

 constrictis, hyalinis, 22-26 * 8-9, subinde insequilateris. 



