South African Perisporiales. 
725 
unilateral or alternate, 14-18 /jl long ; terminal cell variously lobed, usually 
with 2-3 lobes, each of which is bi-lobulate, 9-14 x 11-14 /x. Mucronate 
hyphopodia rare, interspersed with the capitate hyphopodia, 18 long, pale, 
with a short, rather thick neck. Mycelial setae none. Perithecia (not quite 
mature) few, scattered, 100-130 /x diam., black, globose, verrucose, certain of 
the surface cells being prolonged into sub-cylindrical processes about IS fi 
long. Asci not seen. Spores almost black, 3 -septate, straight or slightly 
curved, somewhat constricted at the septa and tapering towards the rounded 
ends, 40-50 x 18-25 /x. 
On leaves of tree unknown, near Durban, 14/5/1897, J. Medley Wood 
(345), (Wood 6457). 
On leaves of Boryaclis rhamnoides, near Durban, 14/5/97, J. Medley 
Wood (Wood 6454). 
On leaves of tree undetermined, 22/7/15, Mayville, Natal, J. Medley 
Wood (9065). 
This specimen, which is labelled M. sapindacearum in Medley Wood's 
collection, is the one referred to under that name in Hedwigia, 1899, p. 132, 
with the following note : " Hab. in foliis arboris ignotae et Doryadis rham- 
noides, pr. Durban. Obs. Perithecia obsoleta hinc species dubia. Affinis 
quoque M. triloba Wint." The present specimen has both perithecia and 
spores, and differs widely from M. sapindacearum in the 3 -septate spores 
and the absence of mycelial setae. 
Wood's numbers are not quoted in the note in Hedwigia, but the 
numbers are given in a letter containing a list of determinations sent by 
Sydow to Dr. Medley Wood, now in my possession. 
Meliola Podocarpi Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigenous, but mostly epiphyllous, forming thin, black colonies 
2-5 mm. diam. ; frequently confluent. Hyphae straight or somewhat 
sinuous, 6-7 /x thick, sepia or warm sepia (E. XXIX), composed of cells 16- 
18 /X long ; branches opposite. Capitate hyphopodia alternate, briefly stipi- 
tate, 14-16 /x long; terminal cell globose, 10-12 x 10-11 /x. Mucronate 
hyphopodia not seen. Mycelial setae none. Perithecia scattered or in 
small groups, black, globose, verrucose, 200-250 /x diam. ; when immature 
there are numerous, slender hyphae radiating from the base of the peri- 
thecia, some of them bearing hyphopodia ; occasionally a few of these are 
upright, and become differentiated into slender, pointed setae. Asci 2-4- 
spored. Spores 3 -septate, strongly constricted at the septa, slightly curved 
and tapering towards the rounded ends, 50-56 x 14-16 /x ; the two central 
cells larger than the others, and when the spore is immature, darker in 
colour. 
On leaves of Podocarpus Thunbergii, Woodbush, Zoutpansberg Dist., 
3/8/11, E. M. Doidge (1748) ; Knysna, CP., P. J. Pienaar (2436). 
