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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 
On leaves of P. elongata, Fort Cunningham, Toise Eiver, 20/3/15, Forest 
Officer (8897). 
Meliola speciosa Doidge n. sp. 
Hypophyllous, forming orbicular-irregular spots 1-5 mm. diam. Hyphae 
branching, occasionally anastomosing, up to 11 ft thick, Mikado brown 
(E. XXIX), articulations short, about 18 long. Capitate hyphopodia 
numerous, alternate, stipitate, basal cell 7-11 x 5-5-7 /x, narrower at junction 
with hypha ; terminal wall broader than long, 18-21*5 x 21'5-25 /j, irregular, 
2-4-lobed, each lobe being slightly 2-lobed ; mucronate hyphopodia very 
scarce, paler, slender and curved, about 25 x 7 /x. Mycelial setae none. 
Perithecia grouped in the centre of the colony, black, with a false ostiole, 
almost smooth, 165-265 ft, diam. ; bearing a number of sub-cylindrical, larvi- 
form appendages, 70-90 /x long, 18 /x thick at the base, apex curving upward. 
Ascus 2-spored, evanescent. Spores ellipsoid, 3-septate, scarcely constricted 
at the septa, hazel brown (E. XIY), 52-61 x 21*5-25 /x. Conidiophores dark 
brown, erect, septate, about 150 /x long; conidia fusoid, 4-septate, pale. 
On leaves of Gymnos])oria sp., Woodbush, Zoutpansberg Dist., 2/8/11, 
E. M. Doidge (1740). 
Meliola torta Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigenous, forming thin, black colonies 5-10 /x diam. Hyphae slender, 
6-7 /X thick, Vandyke brown (E. XXYIII). tortuous, anastomosing, cells 
25-36 /X long ; branching irregular, usually unilateral. Capitate hypho- 
podia, distant, slender, tortuous, alternate or unilateral, 32-40 /x long ; basal 
cell irregular in shape and size, rather long and slender ; frequently 
geniculate ; terminal cell 14-25 x 14-20 /x, variously lobed and contorted, 
some flattened at apex, others more or less rounded. Mucronate hypho- 
podia rather numerous, 1-celled, occasionally 2-celled, unilateral, alternate, 
or opposite, interspersed with capitate hyphopodia, ampulliform, with a 
rather long, slender neck, 20-36 /x long. Mycelial setae not numerous, 
scattered, simple, straight, abruptly geniculate at the base, 300-600 x 
10-11 ft at base, tapering to the acute apex, opaque except near apex. Peri- 
thecia few and scattered, black, globular, rugulose, 160-250 ft diam. Asci 
numerous, 8-spored ; spores distichous or conglobate, 3-septate, brown, 
scarcely constricted at septa, clavate, broader at one end than other, 25-30 
X 7-11 ft (at broadest part). The two middle cells are longer than the 
terminal ones. 
On leaves of Trichocladus crinitus, Izelini Forest, King William's Town 
Dist., 8/6/15, Forester Emmett (9064). 
There is another Meliola associated with this on leaves with 4-septate 
spores and no setae — but it was badly parasitised and I was unable to 
etermine it. 
