1918] STEVENS—MELIOLA PARASITES 233 
thin-walled, 45-55 25-40 uw. Spores hyaline, oblong to oblong- 
elliptical or with one side nearly straight and the other arched; 
ends obtuse, a rigid, obtuse, straight, sometimes slightly curved 
awn at each end. Spores 3-septate, 2 outermost septa arched 
strongly outward, spore body 7-10 22-30; awn 2X8 uy. 
On Meliola tortuosa Wint. on Piper umbellatum, sa Maricao (type). On 
Meliola glabroides Stev. on Piper aduncum, 4930, 
This interesting genus differs from Calonectria oe I in the possession of 
appendaged spores. There are less than 10 species, none of which agrees at 
all closely with ours. PP. albo-lanata Speg. described on bamboo does agree 
closely in spore character but not otherwise. The fungus without the use of 
a lens is barely visible. 
Paranectria miconiae, sp. nov. (text fig. 4).—Perithecia globu- 
lar, gray to white, 100-150 uw in diameter, with a whorl of basal hairs 
which are non-septate, thick-walled, obtuse; in length equal to 
Fic. 4.—Paranectria miconiae, sp. nov.: a, habit sketch showing Paranectria 
overgrowing Meliola; b, perithecium seen from below, showing basal hairs; ¢, spores 
on microthyriaceous fungus on Miconia; no. 6705 
half the diameter of the perithecium. Asci numerous, clavate to 
ovate, obtuse, thin-walled, 6012-15 uw. Spores fusiform, strongly 
thickened in middle and tapering equally to each end. Almost 
long diamond-shaped in outline, with a straight, cylindrical awn at 
each end, 327-8 u including awns, 3-septate. Spores in mass, or 
in ascus, slightly greenish. Paraphyses threadlike, short. 
On Miconia on Microthyriaceous fungus, 6705, Yabucoa (type). 
SPHAEROPSIDALES 
Naemosphaera hyptidicola, sp. nov.—Pycnidia spherical, about 
60 w in diameter, black, mycelium inconspicuous. Rostrum long, 
often 500 w, 17 w thick, dark, tip pale, composed of parallel hyphae. 
Spores straw colored, oblong, obtuse, 5-6 X2.5-3 #- 
