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Perithecia numerous, black, globulose, carbonaceous, minutely verrucose, 
140-160 /z diam., setulose. Setae 15-25, uncinate, about 55-65 long and 
5 /X thick at the base, somewhat attenuated towards the blunt apex. Asci 
numerous, paraphysate, elliptical, 8-spored, thickened at the apex, sessile, 
55-70 X 12-14 fx. Spores sub-distichous, fuscous, 1-septate, ellipsoid, very 
slightly constricted at the septum ; one cell slightly broader than the other, 
16-18 X 4 X 5 /X ; loculi bi-guttulate. Pycnidia similar to perithecia, conidia 
ellipsoid, fuscous, unicellular, 2-guttulate, about 14 x 3 ft. 
On leaves of Apodytes dimidiata, Knysna, CP., 3/6/12. P. J. Pienaar 
(2426). 
Parodiella. 
Aerial mycelium none. Perithecia superficial, globose, astomous, black, 
adnate at the base to the leaf. Asci cylindraceo-clavate, 8-spored, typically 
paraphysate. Spores 2-celled, obscurely fuligineous. 
Parodiella Schimperi P. Henn. 
Sacc. Syll. Fung, xi, p. 260. 
Fung. Ethiop. i, p. 119 ; Bull. Herb. Boiss. i, 1893. 
Epiphyllous ; perithecia numerous, sub-hemispherical, 100-180 /x diam. ; 
crowded, and forming small round groups 1-5 mm. diam. Asci ovate- 
cylindrical, 25-33 X 18-25 fx, 4-8-spored. Spores 1-septate, hyalino- 
flavidulous, 8-11 x 4-5 fx. 
On living leaves of JRhynchosia sp.,near Durban, 25/5/97, J. Medley Wood 
(356), (Wood No. 6445) ; Durban, 15/6/15, K. Lansdell (9015). 
arodiella congregata Syd. 
Ann. Myc. x. (1912), p. 37. 
Perithecia epiphyllous, globose, very minute, 60-100 diam. ; closely 
crowded and forming small round groups 1-4 mm. diam., resembling in 
habit a Doassansia ; very slightly immersed at the base, astomous, wall 
minutely parenchymatous, under the microscope at first dark olive colour 
and finally more or less brown and sub-opaque. Asci varying in form and 
size, some ovate or sub-globose, about 30-40 x 20-30 /x, some elongated, 
saccate, 50-65 x 15-20 fx, sessile, thickened at the apex, 8-spored. Paraphyses 
indistinct. Spores distichous, tristichous or crowded together, elongated 
1-septate, not constricted, olivaceous, 26-30 x 6-7"5 {x, the upper cell usually 
rather shorter and broader. 
Key to Species. 
A. Spores 8-11 X 4-5 /x. 
B. Spores 26-30 /x long. 
a. Spores 6-7*5 fx broad. 
6. „ 10-11 IX „ 
P. Schimperi. 
P. congregata. 
P. perisporioides. 
