i 



66 Perisporiacese, Perisporieoe. Meliola. 



densG intricato-ramosis, parce septulatis, gracilibus, 3 u. crass., 

 flexuosis, simplicibus, fuligineis, hinc iude ramulos fertiles, erectos 

 120-300^5, apice integros emittentibus; conidiis solitariis, acro- 

 genis, clavato-fusoideis, 3-septatis loculo infero (seu pedicello) plus 

 minusve elongato, ad septa non v. vix constrictis, 30-40 ^ 6-7, fu- 

 ligineis; peritheciis minutissimis 60-80 y.. d., hinc inde sparsis, glo- 

 bosis, glaberrimis, papilloso-.^jcabris, subcarbonaceis; ascis ellipticis 

 V. obovatis, sursum obtuse crasseque tunicatis, deorsum abrupte 

 brevissiraeque coarctato-stipitatis, 28-35:^12-15, octosporis, apara- 

 physatis; sporidiis cylindraceo-subclavulatis, utrinque obtusis, medio 

 1-septatis, ad septum leniter coarctatis, loculis minute v. grosse 

 2-guttulatis, hyalinis; an postrerao 3-septatis, fuscescentibus? 



Hab. ad folia coriacea viva planta? cujusdara, Apiahy, Bra- 

 silia raeridionali {.L Puiggari). 



23. Meliola brasiliensis Speg. Fung. Arg. Pug. IV. n. 116. — My- 29.s 

 celio orbiculariter expanso, saepe confluente ac totum epiphyllum 

 occupante tenuissimo, atro fere fumoso; hyphi.s omnibus repenti- 

 bus, gracilibus 5-9 a. crass., intricato-strigosis, longissimis 1-1,5 

 mill. long., semper ac exquisite rectis, densiuscule septatis, hinc 

 inde raraos duos oppositos emittentibus, ramis etiara plurijuge ra- 

 raulosis, omnibus apice attenuato-acutatis rectisque, iibique hy- 

 phopodia(?) alterna brevissima, clavulato-capitata 20-22 =; 10-12, 

 1-septata gerentibus; peritheciis 3-8 in centro mycelii laxe gre- 

 gariis, gangliis mycelialibus dense prosenchymatico-radiantibus in- 

 sidentibus, globosis 120-200 a. diara., numquara umbilicatis, atris, 

 subnitentibus, papilloso-granulosis, in juventute setis paucis, spar- 

 sis, rigidis, erectis, apice incrassatis v. s?epius uncinatis, 50 ^ 8-9, 

 atris vestitis, per aetatem subglabratis; ascis 2-3-sporis, subhrom- 

 boideis, raox fluxis; sporidiis elliptico-cylindraceis, utrinque obtu- 

 sis 4-sept&tis, ad septa leniter constrictis, 40-45 ^ 18-20, loculis 

 grosse 1-guttuIatis, primo hyalinis, dein atro-fuligineis. 



Jfab. ad folia viva subcoriacea planta; cujusdam, Apiahy, 

 Brasilia meridionali (J. PuiGGARr). 



2-}. Meliola splnlgera Speg. Fungi Argent. Pug. IV. sub n. 118. — 299 

 Mycelio atorrimo, iu pulvinulos sparsos hemisphioricos 1-2 mill. d., 

 lanoso-compactos aggregato, fasciculis hypharum erectis, rigidis 

 concoloribus, parcis, acutis, spiniformibus hirto; peritheciis im- 

 mersis, atris, carbonaceis globosis papillulosis 150-220 '/. diam. ; 

 ascis non visis ; sporidiis cylindraceo-ellipticis, utrinque obtusis, 

 4-septatis, atro-fuligineis. 



