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On Olea Pegleri, Kentani, 29.8.14, Pegler (Pegler 1948) [8382-8785 |. 
On Oleaceae (2), Woodbush, Zoutpansberg District, 4.8.11, Doidge [1767]. 
Meliola oleicola Doidge, nov. sp. 
Amphigena, maculas atras orbiculares 2-4 mm. diametro formans. Mycelium ramosum, 
intertextum, ramis oppositis anastomosantibus, hyphopodiis capitatis alternis, stipitatis, 
26-3C u long, cellula superiore ovata v. clavata, recta v. leniter curvata, 18-20 x 10 u; 
cellula infertore breve, hyphopodiis mucronatis oppositis, alternis v. unilateralibus, 
ampullaceis, 20-23 « 6-7 vy: setis mycelicis satis numerosis, sparsis, opacis, rectis v. 
leniter flexuosis, simplicibus, 240-200 py, long, basi 9-10 vy crassis, apice acutis.  Peritheeia | 
globosa, 222-250 u diametro, verrucosa. Asci 2-4 spori, mox evanescentes. Sporae . 
oblongae 4-septatae, leniter constrictae, utringue rotundatae, 45-50 x 20-23 uy. 
Hab. in foliis Oleae laurifoliae. Buccleuch, Natal, 17.7.18, leg. Doidge [11557]. 
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72. Meliola Panici Karle. 
Muhlenbergia, 1901, p. 12, Sacc.; Syll. Fung. XVIT, p. 550. 
On leaves of Stipa dregeana var. elongata, Langholm Estates, Bathurst District, 14.7.19, 
Doidge [12358]. 
The type specimen was collected in Porto Rico, and this species has not previously 
been recorded from South Africa. The original description is as follows :— 
Forming minute spots 1-3 mm. diameter, which often become confluent. Hyphae 
6-8 u thick, sparingly branched. Capitate hyphopodia usually alternate and forming 
a broad angle with the hyphae, 16-20 « 6-8 p, terminal cell broader than long, irregular, 
usually three to four lobed. Mucronate hyphopodia numerous, opposite, inserted at right 
angles, broadly ampulliform, paler, 12 u long. Mvcelial setae numerous, straight, simple, 
obtuse, obscurely septate, opaque, 400-600 x 8-10 p, tapering gradually towards the apex. 
Perithecia scattered, black, three to four spored, evanescent. Spores cylindrical, com- 
pressed, four-septate, slightly constricted, rounded at both ends, 40 x 12 x 8 u. 
