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apparently vary in number but in some cases certainly exceed 

 fifteen. 



Key to the Species of Corynelia 



A. Perithecium with a -definite cylindrical neck broadened at the apex into a 



flattened disc ; dehiscence by fimbriate-laceration, no definite cleft 

 formed. 



1. Asci 8-spored ; stromata confluent to form an effuse crust; species on 



Rapanea (Myrsine). 



1. C. fructicola (Figures 20, 21). 



2. Asci 2-spored ; stromata scattered ; species on Podocarpus. 



2. C. bispora^ (Figure 43). 



B. Perithecial neck lacking or if present then not broadened at the apex into 



a flattened disc ; dehiscence by one or more definite clefts ; all species 

 on Podocarpus. 



1. Apex of unopened perithecium not definitely lobed. 



a. Perithecium barrel-shaped, more or less roughened and wrinkled, 



the apex flattened and the sides longitudinally grooved. 



3. C. tropica (Figures 26-29). 



b. Perithecium at maturity more or less dumb-bell shaped and. fre- 



quently inequilateral, with a constricted middle portion, and a 

 terminal swelling which is usually shaggy and traversed by 

 several transverse parallel grooves. 



4. C. uberata (Figures 13-18). 



c. Perithecium top-shaped, the broadly rounded apex traversed by a 



single prominent shallow furrow. 



5. C. nipponensis 10 (Figure 19). ' 



d. Perithecium wedge-shaped at the apex, short-cylindrical below, 



dehiscence occurring along the sharp edge. 



7. C. brasiliensis (Figures 4, 5). 



2. Apex of unopened perithecium definitely lobed. 



a. Apex typically 3-lobed, rarely 2- or 4-lobed, asci typically 8-spored. 



6. C. oreophila (Figures 8-12, 39, 40). 



b. Apex typically 2-lobed, in some individuals 3-lobed, asci typically 



3-spored. 



8. C. portoricensis (Figures 1-3, 41, 42). 



c. Apex typically 3-lobed, in some individuals 4-5-lobed, asci typically 



3-spored. 



9. C. jamaicensfc (Figures 6, 7). 



i. Corynelia fructicola (Patouillard) v. Hohnel, Sitzber. 

 Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 120 : 450. 191 1 



Capnodium fructicolum Patouillard, Journal de Botanique 3 : 258, 

 259. 1889. 



9 Dehiscent perithecia not yet seen, but dehiscence probably as in C. 

 fructicola. 



10 Dehiscent perithecia not yet seen, but dehiscence by a single apical cleft 

 is probable. 



