Perisporiacese, Perisporieae, Mcliola. 17 



gris aculisqiie, opacis, non soptatis sublaxo vestito; peritheciis cen- 

 tro macularuni insidentibus, a setulis coiiidireris suboccultatis, glo- 

 bosis, 150-200 y.. diani., glabris, levibus, atris, coriacello-membra- 

 naceis, contextu parenchynuitico, pellucido, atro-olivaceo; ascis 

 mox diffluentibus; sporidiis elliptico-elongatis, utrinque obtuse ro- 

 tundatis, 40-45 :; 14-lS, o-septatis, fuligineis, loculis duobus exti- 

 rais pallidioribus. 



Hah. ad folia \iva arboruni in silvis subvirgineis jirope Gua- 

 rapi Bras. 



*8. Meliola cryptocarpa EIl. et M. Amer. Nat. 1883, p. 1284, Journ. 62,35 

 Myc. 1885, pag. 147. — Maculis s;ppius epiphyllis, suborbiculari- 

 bus vel quandoque confluentibus; mycelio pallide brunueo, repen- 

 te, septato, irregulariter ramoso; conidiis oblongo-fusoideis, pallide 

 brunneis, 3-1-septatis, 30-40 ^; 5-9, sursum acutis vel obtusis, basi 

 in pedicellum breve, hyalinum desinentibus ; setis erectis, copiosis, 

 simplicibus, multiseptatis, uigris, apice acuto, pallidiori ; peritheciis 

 nigris, subglobosis, parcis, subinde sterilibus, 180-200 y.. diam., 

 collapsis, basi appendicibus divergentibus, brunneis, septatis, setu- 

 liformibus, sursum non vel vix undulatis cinctis; ascis oblongo-ovoi- 

 deis, 8-sporis; sporidiis brunneis, oblongis vel clavato-oblongis, 

 distichis, 3-5-septatis, 30-60^10-12. 



Hnh. in foliis Gordoniaj Lasianthus, Florida .\mer. bor. 



*7. Meilola coronata Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 175. — Epiphyl- 52.3.; 

 la; mycelio tenuissimo, effuso, plagulas fuscescenti-atras. pai'um 

 perspicuas, soppe conflaentes, hinc inde efficiente, ex hypliis sterili- 

 bus, radiantibus, repentibus, tortuosis, septulatis, hyphopodiis ca- 

 pitatis, 20sl0, alternatim ornatis, fuligineis composito, hyphis co- 

 nidiferis destituto; peritheciis majusculis, globosis, 200-250 a. 

 diara., centro plagularum insidenti-aggregatis, in sicco cupulato- 

 coUapsis, crasse papillulosis, deorsum nudis, sursum pilis longiu- 

 sculis, rectis, 60-80 ^:: 5, fuligineis, apice integris et obtusis, 1-2- 

 septatis laxe donatis, facillime deciduis, coriaceo-membranaceis, 

 contextu obscure crasseque parenchymatico (cell. 10-13 y.. diam.), 

 olivaceo-fuligineo; ascis ellipticis, utrinque obtuse rotundatis, 40 

 s 15, primo hyalinis, continuis, dein opace fuligineis, 4-septatis, 

 loculis crassissime 1-guttatis. 



Hab. ad folia viva Lucheaj divaricata^ in silvis subvi!- 

 gineis prope Guarapi Bras. 



*9, Mellola obesa Speg. Fung. Guar. Pug. I, n. 179. — Eiiiphylla; o,q., 



mycelio subcrustaceo, subfragili foliorum epidermide arcte adha)- 



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