228 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [MARCH 
PEZIZACEAE 
BELONIDIUM LEUCORRHODINUM (Mont.) Sacc. on Meliola chio- 
coccae Stev. on Chiococca alba, 7325, Hormigueros; on Meliola 
tortuosa Wint. on Piper umbellatum, 5656, Jajome Alto; on Meliola 
rudolphiae Stev. on Rudolphia volubilis, 4835, Maricao, 5439, 
Luquillo Forest. 
This fungus is very inconspicuous and would escape observation 
except under a good lens. It then appears as numerous small pale 
disks upon the Meliola mycelium. Although the present specimens 
agree well with the description given in the Sylloge Fungorum, there 
is still some doubt as to its generic position; indeed, the limits of 
the genera Calloria and Belonidium are of such nature that this 
fungus might well be placed in either of them. Although septation 
of the spores was not definitely proved, there is a segmentation of 
the protoplasm in the spores which seems to indicate beginning of 
septation. 
PERISPORIACEAE 
Perisporium paulliniae, sp. nov. (text fig. 1).—Mycelium incon- 
spicuous. Perithecia few in centers of old Meliola colonies. Asci 
fasciculate from base of perithecium, 100 X25 yu, clavate, 8-spored; 
spores inordinate, clavate to 
somewhat _ irregular-cylindrical, 
5-septate, 44X10 pw, usually with 
two cells decidedly thicker than 
the others; these thickened cells 
the second and third from one end. 
es Ends obtuse, constriction medium, 
xo a color dark smoky. 
Ske hes nor apt). On Medliola hessii Stev. on Paullinia 
pinnata, 1207 (type), Mayagues. 
Perisporium meliolae, sp. nov. (text fig. 2).—Mycelium scant, 
. inconspicuous, growing upon Meliola mycelium. Perithecia 
clustered in the central regions of old Meliola colonies, lenticular, 
slightly taller than broad, 230-280 » thick, 312 » high, surface 
closely covered with short tubercles. Asci numerous, fascicled, 
8-spored, cylindrical. Paraphyses absent. Spores 7-1431-44 #, 
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