1284 General Notes. [ December, 
fusiform, subhyaline; endochrome three times divided, 12-16 x 
3-3'%4., much as in H. castaneum S. & E. On living leaves of 
Persea palustris, on patches of sterile mycelium of some Meliola. 
Helotium maculosum E. & M.—Orbicular sessile, 3™ diam., 
plane or convex when fresh, concave when dry, disk dull, dirty 
flesh-color, darker outside with a few brown bristle-like, faintly- 
septate hairs arising from near the base; asci oblong-clavate, 55 
x {2.; paraphyses rather stout; sporidia biseriate, broad fusi- 
form, endochrome three times divided, 16-20 x 4-5». Differs 
from H. castaneum S. & E., in its duller color, bristle-like hairs i 
and larger, 3-septate sporidia. On pale brown spots on living 
leaves of Persea palustris. 
Meliola manca E. & M.—Mostly epiphyllous in small (1-2™) 
suborbicular patches thickly scattered over the leaf and often sub- 
confluent. Prostrate hyphæ with opposite branches and short, 
obovate, alternate, obtuse branchlets (haustoria ?); erect hyphæ 
(bristles) none; perithecia subglobose, about 200. diam., collaps- 
ing, papillose, appendages none; asci ovate-oblong, mostly w 
spored; sporidia oblong-cylindrical, brown, 3-septate, constricted 
at the septa, slightly curved and a little flattened, 35-43 X 12-15% 
On living leaves of Myrica cerifera. | 
Meliola cryptocarpa E. & M.— Mostly epiphyllous, ees 
small (2-4"") patches thickly scattered over the leaf and rat 
confluent. Prostrate hyphæ pale brownish, irregularly branche 
and septate, bearing numerous oblong-fusiform, pale brown, 34 : 
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septate conidia, 30-40 x 5-9%., obtuse or acute above and ea : 
tracted below into a short stipe; erect bristles, abundant, ee a 
multiseptate, black, tips entire and paler; perithecia not al E 
dant, often sterile, small, collapsing, surround 
rowly elliptical, crowded, brown, 3-5 septate, 30-5 | 
sporidia. On leaves of Gordonia lasianthus. Bee 
Asterina delitescens E. & M.—Mycelium thin,black, oP ine 
leaves of Persea palustris. ‘pelliculesa 
Outwardly this has much the same appearance as ee brown, 
Berk., but the specc. in Rav. F. Am., No. 75, have eft” 
strongly constricted sporidia 35 x 19%. ( 
Syll.), and the mycelium is of a different character. oie 
Kalch. & Cke., has the perithecia on small brown spores, 
Asterina carnea E. & M.—Hypophyllous 
