20 Perisporiaceae, Perisporieaj, ^eliola. 



hyphopodiis globoso-capitulatis, 10-12 y.. diara., numerosissimis or* 

 iiatis, crassiusculis, 6-8 y.. crassis, fuligineis composito, hVphis co- 

 nidiferis rectis, setuliformibus, pluriseptatis, longiusculis, 100-300 

 w5-10, apice integris ac subobtusis ornato; peritheciis globosis, 

 in sicco srepius cupulato-coUapsis, 150-200 y.. diam., glabris, pa- 

 pilluloso-rugulosis, atris, sparsis vel aggregatis, senescendo facil- 

 lime deciduis, coriaceo-membranaceis, contextu parenchymatico, pa- 

 rum distincto, atro-olivaceo ; ascis ellipticis, 45-55 r 30-35, bispo- 

 ris, mox diffiuentibus; sporidiis cylindraceis vel subelliptico-cjlin- 

 draceis, niagnitudine ludentibus, 28-45^9-14, 4-septatis, ad septa 

 leniter constrictis, utrinqiie obtuse rotundatis, fuligineis. 



Hab. ad folia viva arborum herbarumque prope Guarapi et Pa- 

 raguari Bras. — Obs. sub hoc nomine formas (species?j pluri- 

 mas parum definitas (fere M. amphitrichcc varietates minores 

 tantum profercntesj hyphis erectis, apice integris, simplicibus, h}- 

 phis repentibus, hyphopodiis l-(rarius 2-)septatis, subglobosis vel 

 ellipticis, oppositis ornatis colligentur; formis his tamen sedulius 

 perscrutatis et characteribus definitis, species plurimai certe inve- 

 nienda;. 



*29. Meliola Heteromeles (Cooke et Hark.) Berl. et Vogl. Meliolo- c>2. 

 psis lieteromclcs Cooke et Hark. in Grevillea XIII. p. 2l. — Effusa, 

 atra; mycelio subcrustacoo, moniliformi, ramoso-intertexto, Capno- 

 clio immixto; peritheciis globosis, 200 u. diam., membranaceis, li- 

 beris ; ascis clavatis, octosporis; sporidiis lanceolatis, 3-5-septatis, 

 hyalinis. 40^8. 



Ifab. iii foliis Heteromeles in California. 



*30. Meliola loganiensis Sacc. et Berl. Misc. Myc. II, n. 15. — Epi- ''- 

 Itliylla; mycelio late effuso sed tenuissimo, fere nubiloso; hyphis 

 repentibus, filiformibus, patule ramosis, septatis, subh^^alinis; pe- 

 ritheciis globulosis, astoinis, obtusis, 130-140 a. diam., atris, se- 

 tulis divergentibus, rectis, cuspidatis, septatis, fuligirieis, sursum 

 pallidioribu.s parce conspersis; ascis fusoideo-clavatis, brevissime 

 sti[)itatis, apice obtusis, 45-50 s 18, suboctosporis; sporidiis sub- 

 tristichis, fusoideo-clavulatis, 28-32 = 7-8, deorsum acutioribus, 7- 

 8-septatis, non constrictis, liyalinis. 



Ilab. in foliis subemortuis Smilacis cujusdam, Logan Austra- 

 lia\ — Si sporidia constanter hyalina, species ha?c genus novum 

 v. saltom soctionem generis novam constitueret. 



*35. Mellola Calendulae Malbr. et Roum. in Rev. Myc. I8SG, p. 90. cs 

 — Peritheciis globulosis, brunneis; ascis ovoideis, 85 s 00, 6-spo- 



