538 Pyrenomycetae, Microthyriacese, Asterina. 



Peritheciis Hypophyllis gregariis in maculis fttris effusis, dimidiato- 

 scutellatis, radiato-cellulosis, brunneis, poro pertusis 70-90 u,., hy- 

 phis radiatis, ramosis, septatis, fusco-brunneis, 3-3,5 \x. circumdatis ; 

 ascis ellipsoideis v. ovoideis, vertice tunicatis, 8-sporis, 20-30 ^ 

 20-25; sporidiis conglobatis ovoideis v. ellipsoideis, 1-septatis, con- 

 strictis, hyalinis deinde fuscidulis granulatis, 11-16 » 6-8. 



Hab. in foliis Derridis uliginosae, Mindanao, Davao ins. 

 Philippin. (Copeland). 



2. Asterina Combreti Syd., Engler's Bot. .Jahrb. 45. Bd. (I9l0j p. 264. 5141 



— Maculis mycelii plerumque epiphyllis, rotundatis v. effusis, 2-4 

 mm. diam.; mycelio ex hyphis repentibus varie ramosis anasto- 

 mosantibus parce septatis 3,5-4,5 [j.. cr , hyphopodia alternantia, 

 1-septata, brevi-stipitata, c. 8-10 a. longa, 4-5 [x. cr. gerentibus 

 composito ; peritheciis gregariis, punctiformibus, atris, amoene ra- 

 diatim contextis, stellatim dehiscentibus, 90-175 [).. diam.; ascis 

 globosis, subglobosis v. ovatis, 28-40 « 28-32, octosporis, aparaphy- 

 satis; sporidiis conglobatis, oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, medio 

 1-septatis et constrictis, primo hyalinis dein brunneis, 14-19 «8-11; 

 pycnidiis ad genus Asterostomellam pertinentibus, eadem forma et 

 structura ut perithecia sed paullo minoribus; sporulis ellipsoideis 

 V. piriformibus, continuis, brunneis, 18-21 ^ 10-13. 



Hab. in foliis Combreti tavetensis, Kibwezi Africa trop. J 

 britannica (Schefflee). 



3. Asterina Sidae Earle, Bull. N. York Bot. Gard. III (1904) p. 310. 5145 



— Plerumque epiphylla, maculas indefinitas, tenues, nigricantes 

 2-4 ram. diam. efformante; mycelio angusto, e filamentis zig 

 zag formiter radiantibus 4 [j.. cr. constituto ; hyphopodiis sessili- 

 bus, irregulariter et conspicue 3- v. 4-lobaiis, 7-8 [x. ; peritheciis 

 numerosis, sparsis, 80-100 [x. diam., convexo-applanatis, ex hyphis 

 obscuris, opacis, fortiter conglutinatis radiantibus, subostiolatis, la- 

 cerato-stellatis; ascis subglobosis, octosporis, 20-25 [j.. diam.; spo- 

 ridiis inordinatis, ovoideis subinaequaliter uniseptatis, fortiter con- 

 strictis, fuligineis, l^^^S. 



Ilab. in foliis vivis SidsB carpinifolite, Jamaica (Eaele), 

 Porto Rico (Hellee). 



4. Asterina Balansae (Speg.) Sacc. et Trott., Seynesia Balansce Speg. 5l4c 



— Syll. IX, p. 1065 — var. macrocarpa Speg., Fungi Paulist., E-ev. 

 Mus. La Plata t. XV, p. 28 {Asterella). — A typo recedit ascis 

 majoribus angustioribusque, 50-60 * 20-25 ; sporidiis elliptico-ob- 

 ovatis 20 w 10, loculis subaequilongis, supero ovato obtuso, infero 



