South African Ferisjp orioles. 
721 
On leaves of Limnanthemum Thunhergianum, Belfast, Transvaal, 12/11/09, 
E. M. Doidge (765). 
Parodiella perisjoorioides (Berk. & Curt.) Speg. 
Sacc. Syll. Fung, i, p. 717. 
Epiphyllous ; perithecia globose, 150-200 /x diam., astomous, smooth, 
black, superficial, adnate at the base, very closely crowded together, 
entirely covering the whole of the leaf surface ; wall of the perithecium 
membranaceous, parenchymatous, olivaceous-fuliginous. Asci clavate, 
briefly pedicellate, rounded and thickened at apex which is traversed by 
a pore, 120 x 20-24 fx, 8-spored. 
Paraphyses filiform. Spores distichous, elliptic-bi-conical, 1-septate, 
constricted, at first each loculus is 1-guttulate, later eguttulate ; the upper 
cell somewhat more swollen and sometimes slightly curved ; obtuse at both 
ends, fuliginous 28-30 x 10-11 /x. 
On leaves of Eriosema sp., Belfast, Transvaal, 16/2/09, E. M. Doidge 
(574). 
On leaves of Indigofera sp., Belfast, Transvaal, 16/2/09, E. M. Doidge 
(676). 
On leaves of Vigna angustifolia, Grarstfontein, Pretoria Dist., 12/2/10 
and 4/12/11, P. J. Pienaar (1201 and 1958) ; Muckleneuk, Pretoria, 
27/4/13, I. B. Pole Evans (6694). 
On leaves of Psoralea decumbens, Newlands, CP., 20/11/10, C. P. 
Lounsbury (1005). 
ZUKALIA. 
Mycelium abundant, effuse ; perithecia superficial, globose, sub-astomous, 
sub-membranaceous, black. Asci 8-spored. Spores ovate-oblong, 2-pluri- 
septate, hyaline or sub-hyaline. 
ZuJcalia transvaalensis Doidge n. sp. 
Epiphyllous, effuse forming very thin, spreading, black colonies. Hyphae 
radiating, branched, anastomosing 7-8 /x thick, composed of cells about 
30-32 /X long, bearing unicellular hyphopodia. Hyphopodia unilateral, 
alternate or opposite, globose, flattened, or sub-lobed, usually broader than 
long, 8-10 X 11-14 /X. Perithecia black, globose, scattered, rather 
numerous, under microscope sub-pellucid, brown, smooth, with a false 
ostiole, 130-160 /x diam. Asci numerous, fasciculate, 8-spored, thin-walled, 
elliptical, or narrow-ovate, frequently slightly curved, 70-90 x 18-22 /x. 
Paraphyses none. Spores distichous or tristichous, clavate, hyaline, 5-sep- 
tate, 45-55 x 5-7 /x, obtuse at both ends. 
On leaves of Eugenia Zeyheri, Woodbush, Zoutpansberg Dist., 3/8/11, 
5]. M. Doidge (1759). 
