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5. Meliola fukcata, Lev. Kavenel, F. A., i^o. 330. Ellis, A. 

 F., No. 1297. 



Spots orbicular, mostly epiphyllous, often confluent and covering 

 nearly the entire surface ; mycelium brown, creeping, remotely septate, 

 branching, intricate also with short, obovate, 1-septate, alternate 

 branches ; perithecia black, globose, often thickly clustered, at length 

 collapsing, appendaged, 150 in diameter ; appendages black, erect, rigid, 

 apices twice dichotomous, 200 x 6 !>- \ asci ovate, rostrate, 4-spored, evan- 

 escent; sporidia brown, oblong, 4-septate, constricted at the septa, 40— 

 60 X 15—20 



On leaves of Bignonia ccvprcolata and Sahal servulata, Florida. 



6. Meliola manca, E. & M. Am. Nat. 17, p. 1281. Ellis, N. A. F., 

 No. 1292. 



Spots orbicular, 1—2 mm. in diameter, mostly epiphyllous, thickly 

 scattered and often confluent ; mycelium black, creeping, branches oppo- 

 site, also short-obovate, alternate branches (haustoria); perithecia black, 

 subgiobose, papillose, collapsing, appendages and erect hyphse none ; asci 

 ovate-oblong, mostly 2-spored ; sporidia oblong-cylindrical, brown, 3-sep- 

 tate, constricted at the septa, slightly curved and a little flattened, 35—45 

 X 12—15 !K 



On living leaves of Myrim cerifera, Florida. 



7. Meliola MiTCHELL.E, Cke. Ravenel, F. A.,No. 88. Ellis, N. A. 

 F., No. 1294. 



Spots black, thin, mostly epiphyllous, often covering the entire sur- 

 face, mycelium dark brown, branching, intricate, also with short, ovate, 

 alternate, 1-septate branches ; erect hyphje, simple, dark browai, seta- 

 ceous, apices entire, 250 x 6 conidia light brown, obovate or clavate, 

 3-septate, 27—30 x 4 /'•, borne upon erect, light brown, subhyaline hyphse ; 

 perithecia black, globose, smooth, 100—125 r-in diameter ; asci cylindrico- 

 clavate, 39 x 9 f^- ; sporidia oblong-elliptic, brown, 4-septate, 35 x 15 



On leaves of Mitdiella repens, Florida. 



8. Meliola TENUIS, B. & C. Grev, 7, p. 49. 



On Arundinaria. Ravenel, F. A., No. 330, Georgia. 

 This appears to be Meliola amphitricha, Fr. 



NEW FUNG-I. 



BY J. B. ELLIS AND B. M. EVERHART. 



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LoPHiosTOMA iiosEOTi]srcTU3i, E. & E.— On dead twig and limbs of 

 Stapliylea trifoUa. Perithecia gregarious, hemispheric or subgiobose, 

 subcarbonaceous, black and roughish, i mm. diameter, with a slightly 

 prominent, compressed ostiolum, covered at first by the epidermis which 

 assumes a dull rose colored tint over that part of the stems occupied by 

 the fungus. Asci clavate-cylindrical, subsessile. 100—112 x 13—15 



