242 Pyrenomycetae, Sphseriacese, Melanonma. 



Hdb. in ramis emortuis Trevo;p trinervis in collibus San 

 Bernardo prope Santjago, Chile, Amer. austr. 



5. Melanomma sordidissimum Spegazz., An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 4161 

 t. XIX (1909) p. 384. — Peritheciis ligno latissime nigrificato in- 

 sidentibus, dense constipatis srepe pseudostromate heterogeneo co- 

 niunctis, carbonaceis, 90-100 ;x. diam. ; ascis e cylindraceo subfu- 

 soideis brevissimeque pedicellatis 50 « 10, octosporis, paraphysatis ; 

 sporidiis cylindraceo-ellipsoideis primo didymis serius 3-septato- 

 constrictis, rectis vel leniter curvulis, 10-12 * 5-5,B obscure fu- 

 ligineis. 



Hah. ad ramos decorticatos emortuos Eriobotry.ne japoni- 

 cae in horto Santa Catalina prope Buenos Aires, Argentina A- 

 mer. austr. 



6. Melanomma Ceratoniae Roll. in Bull. Soc. Mycol. Fr. (1905) p. 24, 4162 

 tab. I, f. 2. — Peritheciis gregariis, carbonaceis, globosis, papii- 

 latis, 0,5 mm. latis e ligno erumpentibus; ascis oblongo-clavatis, 

 pedicellatis, 130-140 * 20-25, paraph\'sibus exiguis obvallatis, octo- 

 sporis ; sporidiis distichis v. subtristichis, tereti-oblongis, utrinque 

 leviter rotundato-attenuatis, curvulis raro rectis, crasse 8-septatis, 



ad septa pnucipue medium constrictis, guttulatis, griseo-virentibus, 

 dein brunneis, 30-32 ^ 10. 



Hab. in ligno vetusto Ceratonice Siliquai, Can Cario in 

 insulis Balearibus. — Mel. Passerinii et M. nigrisepto affine. 



7. Melanomma andinum Speg., An. Mus. Nac Buenos Aires t. XIX 4163 

 (1909; p. 383. — Maculis nullis; peritheciis primo tectis, dein de- 

 nudatis sparsis v. pauci-aggregatis, carbonaceis, leuticulari-depres- 



sis, 150 {j.. diam., vix papillulato-ostiolatis, subpruinulosis; ascis 

 clavatis brevissime stipitatis, 100 ^ 20, octosporis, pseudoparaphy- 

 satis; sporidiis e cylindraceo ellipsoideis, 3-septatis, 27-29^10, 

 fusco-fumosis. 



Hdb. ad ramos dejectos putrescentes Bulnesiie Retamoin 

 andinis Upsallata, prope Mendoza, Argentina Amer. austr. 



8. Melanomma Sambuci Earle, BuII. of the New York Bot. Gard. 4i64 

 (1904) p. 291. — Peritheciis gregariis, s;iepe confertis, primum 

 infossis sed mox erumpenti-superficialibus, nigris, globosis, rugo- 



sis, non collabescentibus, circ. 300-350 |a. diam.. ostiolo obscure 

 papillato ; ascis clavato-cylindraceis 90-110=^9-10; paraphysibus 

 copiosis, filiformibus ; sporidiis monostichis, fuscis, anguste ellip- 

 soideis vel anguste ovoideis, 3-septatis, leniter constrictis, loculo 

 medio su3pe leniter inflato, 20-25 * 7-8. 



