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Hab. ad folia coriacea, Apiahy, Brasilia merid., socia Me- 

 liola pulveracea (J. Puiggari). 



25. Meliola megalospora Speg. Fungi Argent. IV. n. 115. — Mycelio 300 

 orbiculariter expanso 2-3 mill. diam., saepius hypophyllo, solitario 



V. subgregario, non raro confluente, tenui-membranaceo, subcru- 

 staceo, glabro, ex hyphis imperspicue radiantibus, crassiusculis 

 10 u.. crass., densissime ramoso-intricatis, atris, opacis composito, 

 mox per maturitatem obliterato ac frustulatim deciduo; hyphis 

 (Helminthosporii spec.?) conidiis deficientibus ; peritheciis centrum 

 mycelii occupantibus, saspe illo deficiente, nudis, udis, globosis, 

 siccis subcupulato-umbilicatis, mujusculis, 300 ::; 450, atris, glaber- 

 rimis, 4-14 dense gregariis, subcarbonaceis, ubique, cellulis pro- 

 minulis, granuloso-scabriusculis ; ascis ellipticis, sursum obtuse ro- 

 tundatis, deorsum brevissime et crasse stipitatis, 80-85 ^ 40, paucis, 

 tantum per juventutem conspicuis ac mox difiiuentibus, aparaphy- 

 satis, bisporis; sporidiis ellipticis v. subcylindraceo-ellipticis, utrin- 

 que obtuse rotundatis 70-80 ^ 25-32, 4-septatis, ad septa non v. 

 vix leniter constrictis, primo hyalinis, dein opace fuligineis atque 

 fragilissimis. 



Hab. ad folia viva Jodinae rhombifoliae in sylva austra- 

 liore ((Tordillo)) dicta, ac in dumetis maritimis ((Cabo S. Anto- 

 nio», (Amer. austr.) — Species Meliolce amphitrichce Fr. peraf- 

 finis, sed peritheciis majoribus, sporidiis longioribus, crassioribus- 

 que, mycelio subcrustaceo ssepius evanido, statu conidico deficiente 

 recedens. 



26. Meliola polytricha Kalch. et Cooke, Natal. Fungi in Grevill. — 3oi 

 Hypophylla, vel araphigena, atra, maculseformis; mycelio efi^uso, 

 radiato, conidiifero; peritheciis globosis; appendiculis erectis, sim- 

 plicibus, acutis, plerumque flexuosis; ascis ovatis; sporidiis cylin- 

 dricis, obtusis, 4-septatis, constrictis, atrobrunneis. Conidiis clava- 

 tis, 3-5-septatis, 50 ^ 8, hyphis erectis, flexuosis insertis. 



Hab. in foliis Osyridis albse et Cunoniae capensis, Na- 

 tal (Afr. austr.). — Conidia Helminthosporium sistunt. 



27. Meliola zig-zag B. et C. Cuban Fungi n. 882. — Floccis repen- 302 

 tibus confervoideis, articulis utrinque emargiiiatis obliquis ; peri- 

 theciis setis acutis tenuibus curvulis cinctis ; sporidiis magnis 50 y.. 

 long. conidiis helminthosporoideis 40 a. long. triseptatis utrinque 

 appendiculatis. 



Hab. in foliis Cinnamomi zeylanici etc. Ceylon et Cuba. • 

 Flocci vere singulares, 



