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13. ASTEKINA INTRICATA, E. & M. D. Sp. 



Mj^celium white, scanty, evanescent ; perithecia brown, flat-orbicu- 

 lar, soft, very thin, hypophyllous, 500 in diameter, asci subglobose, stip- 

 itate, 15—18 x 18 z^-; sporidia hj^aline, obovate or ovate, 1-septate, 7—12 x 

 2—3 !J: Closely allied to Ascomycetella. 



On living leaves of Quercus o)'e?i«rm, Florida. 

 11. AsTERiNA LEPIDIGEN"A, E. & M. Am. Xat. 18, p. 1U8. Ellis 

 A. F. :iSro. 1361. 



Mycelium hyaline, scanty, hypophyllous ; perithecia black, snbglob- 

 ose, at length flat, very thin and fragile, 200—300 in diameter ; asci 

 ovate, 8-spored, 30 x 15 or -12 x 12 ; sporidia obovate, hyalina, 1-septate. 

 12 X 4 



Attached to the epidermal scales Oii old, living leaves of Andromeda 

 ferruginea, Florida. Closely allied to Ascomycetella. 



15. AsTERiNA PATELLOiDES, E. & M. A. erysiplioides, E. & M. 

 Ellis A. F. Xo. 1359. 



Perithecia dark brown, soft, orbicular, flattened, depressed in the 

 center, hypophyllous, 275—300 with a narrow border of scanty, radiat- 

 ing, white, mj'Celium ; asci ovate, oblong, 8-spored, 36 x 15 /->■ ; sporidia 

 obovate, 1-septate, 2-seriate. hyaline, 15—5 y-. Closely allied to Ascomy- 

 cetella. 



On living leaves of Quercus laurifoUa, Florida. 



The name of this species Las been changed, as A. erysiph »ides had 

 previously been given to another plant. 



16. ASTERIXA PUSTULATA, E. & M. Am. ^at. 18, p. 1148. 



Perithecia brown, soft, flattened, hypophyllous, adnate, 200—500 /J- in 

 diameter, structure a membranous disc of brown, branching, coalesced 

 hyphse, covering the nucleus and forming a narrow border beyond ; asci 

 subglobose, 8-spored, 50 — 60 in diameter; sporidia hyaline, obovate, 



1- septate, 30 — 40 x 10—12 /J-. Closely allied to Ascomycetella. 



On living leaves of Qurecus laurifolia, Florida. 



1 7. AsTERiNA STOMATOPHORA, E. & M. Joumal of Mycology , I, p. 98 . 

 Perithecia brown black, lenticular,- stomatous, hypophyllous, scat- 

 tered, 170—180 !J- in diameter, texture cellular, forming a disc which cov- 

 ers the nucleus and extends beyond in a thin reticulated margin ; asci 

 oblong, broader above and abruptly contracted into a short stipe, 30—35 

 x6— 8/^; paraphyses none; sporidia oblong-obovate, hyaline, 1-septate. 



2- seriate, 7—12 x 2i— 3 



On living leaves of Quercus laurifoUa and of Gelsemium sempervirens , 

 Florida. 



18. AsTERiNA SUBCYAXEA, E. & M. Am. Nat. 18, p. 1148. Ellis N. 

 A. F. No. 1360. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, convex, depressed, ostiolate, obsolete 

 beneath, 250—300 3/^- in diameter, structure moniliform hyphse of sub- 

 globose, dark greenish blue cells, 5—7 fJ- in diameter, which cover the 



