252 Microtyhriacese, Phragmosporac, Micropeltis. 



culo deficientibus, atris, dimidiato-scutatis, 2§0 u. diara., per seta- 

 tem medio stellatim dehiscentibus, contextu eximie radiante, fu- 

 ligineo, subopaco; ascis globosis, 45 y., diam., aparaphysatis, 8- 

 sporis; sporidiis conglobatis, eliipticis v. elliptico-ovatis, utrinque 

 obtusiusculis, 20-22=: 9-10, medio 1-septato-constrictis, rectis vel 

 inaequilateralibus, loculis vix iaa^qualibus, prirao hyalinis dein di- 

 lute fuscis. 



Ilab. ad folia viva Laurineno cujusdam prope Piragu Bras. 



Sect. 5. PliragmosporcC Sacc. 



SCUTELLUM Speg. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 668. 

 *1. Scutellum guaraniticum Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 301. — 7338 

 Maculis nullis; subiculo parcissimo plus rainusve eflfuso, fusco, in- 

 nato, fere lichenino, conidiis tamen carente; peritheciis paucis, 

 epiphyllis, hinc inde 3-5 laxe aggregatis, discoideis, dimidiato-scu- 

 tatis, parvulis, 130-160 a. diam., atris, coriaceis, glaberrimis, ni- 

 tentibus, ostiolo minuto, rotundo, 15 a. diam., perforatis, contextu 

 indistincto, atro, opaco; ascis cylindraceis, antice truncato-rotun- 

 datis, crassissirae tunicatis, postice attenuatis, breviter crasseque pe- 

 dicellatis, 50 i; 15-18, aparaphysatis, 8-sporis; sporidiis distichis, 

 ovoideis, sursum rotundato-subtruncatis, postice acutiuscule obtu- 

 satis, loculis duobus superis fuligineis, supremo centrali duplo lon- 

 giore, infimo liyalino, fere appendiculari, 12-14 s 5-6. 



Hab. ad folia viva Pilocarpi pin nat i f ol i;e in silvis sub- 

 virgineis prope Paraguari Bras. 



MICROPELTIS Mont. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 660. 



1. Micropeltls applanata Mont. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 669, *M. depaupe- 5390 

 rata Sacc. et Berl, Misc. Myc. II, pag. 6. — Peritheciis amphige- 

 nis, % mra. diam., convexulo-applanatis, atris, dein centro hianti- 

 bus; contextu subradiante; ascis oblongo-clavatis, breve, ssepe ob- 

 lique stipitatis, apice rotundatis crasseque tunicatis, 45-50 :=1S- 

 21, 4-6-sporis; sporidiis fusoideis, curvulis, initio leniter mucosis, 

 18-20 := 4,5-5,5, spurie l-;--septatis, hyalinis. 



Ilab. in foliis languidis Kucalypti ter e tico r n is, Logan 

 AustraliriR. 



*1. MJcropeltis aeruginosa Winter in Hedwigia 1880, pag. 100. — 7339 

 Peritheciis epiphyllis, sparsis, orbiculari-scutatis, depressis, arabitu 

 raycelio deasisiime iutertexto, ex hvphis ramosissimis, tenuis.sirais, 



