Pyrenomycetse, Microthyriacese, Asterina. 543 



sessilibus, alternantibus, 4-5 [i. diam.; haustoriis in cellulis epi- 

 dermatis, rarius hypodermatis dense ramosis, ramis conglobatis ; 

 peritheciis scutatis, aterrimis, subcarbonaceis, glabris, ostiolo cen- 

 trali circulari pertusis vel subastomis, irregulariter dehiscentibus ; 

 contextu prosenchymatico radiante, margine hyphis rectis fimbria- 

 tis; ascis octosporis ovoideis vel ellipsoideo-oblongis, 33-40 » 13-23, 

 apice crassius tunicatis; sporidiis distichis vel conglobatis, 15-21 » 

 6-10, clavatis vel obovato-clavatis, medio septatis et valde constri- 

 ctis, levibus vel minutissime rugulosis, ex hyalino fuligineo-brun- 

 neis; cellula superiore subglobosa v. breviter ellipsoidea, inferiore 

 sub£equilonga, angustiore, ovoidea v. ovoideo-ellipsoidea; paraphy- 

 sibus, tenuibus, septatis, simplicibus vel breviter ramulosis, con- 

 glutinatis. 



Hah. in foliis vivis Euphorbiaceoe cujusdam (an Pseudo- 

 trophis?), Alto da Serra prope Sao Paulo, Brasilia. 



18. Asterina Coccolobae Ferd. et Winge, Botanisk Tidsskrift XXIX 5167 

 (1908) p. 10, tab. I, fig. 2. — Maculis nullis; peritheciis in greges 

 orbiculares, 1-2 mm. diam., dispositis, epiphyllis, atris, applanato- 

 scutatis, structura distincte radiata, margine crenulato-fimbriato, 

 ambitu irregulariter ellipticis v. subrotundis, circ. 175-350 [x. d., 

 hyphis brunneis, septatis, saepe anastomosantibus, 4,5-6,5 cr., hy- 

 phopodia semiglobosa 9-12 ^ 6-8 gerentibus, cinctis; ascis late el- 

 lipsoideis ovoideisve, nonnumquam subglobosis, sessilibus, 38-50 ^ 

 25-37 ; sporidiis octonis, conglobatis, cylindraceo-oblongis, utrinque 

 subtruncatis vel late rotundatis, crasse tunicatis, 1-septatis, ad 

 septum constrictis, 20-25^8-11, juvenilibus flavidulis, maturis 

 brunneis. 



Hab. ad folia viva Coccolobae uviferte in insula St. Croix 

 India occ. (E.aunkiaer). 



19. Asterina consimilis v. Hohn. Fragm. Mykol. VII (1909) in Sitzb. 5158 

 k. Ak. d. Wiss. Wien CXVIII, Abt. I, pag. 862. — Peritheciis 

 nigro-opacis, scutellatis 200-250 jx. diam. in plagulis nigricantibus 

 tenuibus usque ad 10 mm. latis insidentibus et regulariter spar- 



sis; contextu perithecii opaco, ex hyphis 4-6 [j.. latis radiatira di- 

 spositis constituto; ostiolo irregulariter radiatim laciniato; margine 

 perithecii tenuiori irregulariter laciniato-lobulato ; paraphysibus ir- 

 regulariter ramosis supra brunneolis; ascis ovoideis; superne tunica 

 fortiter incrassata, sessilibus, 4-8-sporis, 45-50*24-25; sporidiis 

 ovoideo-clavatis, bilocularibus, utrinque rotundatis, ad septum vix 

 constrictis, 27-28*13; loculo superiori paullo breviori et latiori, 



