PyrenomycetfE. Dothideacea?. Plowrjg-htia. 429 



distichis, subglobosis vel late ellipsoideis, continuis. ex hyalino 

 brunneolis, 14-19 =* 12-16. 



Ildb. in foliis Caryotte, in regione Zamboanga, Mindanao, 

 ins. Philippin. (E. B. Copelandi. 

 6. Auerswaldia Merrillii P. Henn., Hedwigia XLVH (l908i p. 255. — 4790 

 Maculis effusis, fuscidulis; stromatibus amphidj^mis, sparse gre- 

 gariis, rotundatis, atro nitentibus, planiusculis, 1-1,5 mm. diam.; 

 loculis immersis subglobulosis; ascis clavatis, obtusis, paraphysatis, 

 8-sporis, 140-180 =* 10-13; sporidiis longe fasoideis, utrinquo sub- 

 acutis V. subpapillato-hyalinis, guttulatis. subfuligineis, 30-42 ^ 8-10. 



Hab. in foliis Frey ci netia^, Mindoro, Mt. Halcon, ins. Phi- 

 lippin. (Merrill). 



SPH/ERODOTHIS Shear, Mycologia v. I (1909) p. 162, AuersnalcWr 

 subg. Sphcerodothis Sace. et Syd. — Syll. XVI, p. 625. 



1. Sphaerodothis Neowashingtoniae Shear, 1. c p. 162. — Stromatibus lT9i 

 amphigenis, numerosis, sparsis, subelliptiris, irregulariter depressis 

 et subcollabentibus. nigris, nitidis, minute puuctatis, 3-8 mm. long. 

 s9Bpe macula flavo-brunnea insidentibus; loculis numerosis, minu- 

 tis, ovato-oblongis, ostiolis paucis v. nullis umbilicatis; ascis fuga- 

 cibus globosis v. subglobosis, subsessilibus, octosporis, 100-120 a. 

 diam.; paraphysibus? ; sporidiis oblongo-ellipsoideis, levibus, sub- 

 compressis, subsulcatis, initio strato mucoso hyalino obvolutis, dein 

 nudis, et saturate castaneo-brunneis, 56-68 » 30-36. 



iya&. in foliis Neo washingtonia3 f ilamentosse, National 

 City California. — Quoad alias Auerswaldue species huc ducend;c 

 cfr. Shear 1. c. 



Sect. 4. H yal«)di(lvmfe. 



PLOWRIGHTIA Sacc. — Syll. II p. 635, IX p. 1041, XI p. 376, XIV 

 p. 680, XVI p. 628. XVII p. 845. 



1. Plowrightia neo-mexicana Earle, BuU. of the N. York Bot. Gard. .1792 

 (1904i p. 291. — Stromatibus primum infossis, mox erumpenti- 

 superficialibus, nigris, ruguiosis, tenuibus. trustaceis. orbicularibus 

 V. s;epe ovoideis, 0.5 mm. circ. diam.. plerumque confluenti-aggre- 

 gatis et tuuc plus minusve elongatis et usque ad 3 mm. diam,; 

 loculis 6-12 vel ultra in quoque stromate, parvis, confertis, intus 

 albis, superficiem loniter intlantibus, ostiolo obscuro; ascis ellipsoi- 



