South African Ferisjpoviales. 
748 
Meliola Natalensis Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, plerumque epiphylla, maculas atras carbonaceas, rotundatas, 
2-8 mm. diam. efficiens ; mycelio radiante ramoso ; hyphis fuscis, sub- 
sinuosis et saepe ad septa constrictis, 6-8 fji crassis, e cellulis 14-18 fx long 
compositis ; ramis oppositis ; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis v, unilateralibus, 
stipitatis, 18-21 /x, long, cellula basali breve, prope hyphas angustiore ; capi- 
tulo latiore quam longo 2-3 lobato, quoque lobo bi-lobulato, 12-14 x 16-20 /x; 
hyphopodiis mucronatis raris, sparsis, tenuibus, rectis v. recurvatis, ca. 16-18 
X 4-5 fji ; setis mycelicis nullis ; peritheciis aggregatis, atris, globosis, car- 
bonaceis 130-150 /x diam., rugulosis, appendiculis numerosis, subcylindraceis, 
larviformibus, acclivis, 40-45 x 18 fx, apice interdum recurvatis; ascis bi- 
sporis ; sporidiis 3-septatis, rectis v. leniter curvatis, ad septa valde constrictis, 
40-44 X 14-16 /X. 
Hab. in foliis arboris ignotae, Umgeni prope Durban, Natal, 27/5/15, leg. 
E. M. Doidge (8980). 
Meliola conferta Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, maculas atras, subcrustaceas 1-3 mm. diam. efficiens; hyphis 
fuscis, rectis, ramosis ; 6-8 fi crassis, ex cellulis 11-18 /x longis compositis ; 
ramis numerosis, oppositis; hyphopodiis capitatis numerosissimis, confertis, 
oppositis, interdum unilateralibus vel alternis 14-18/xlong; cellula superiore 
diverse lobata, plerumque bi-triloba, quoque lobo bilobulato, 9-14 x 11-14 /x ; 
hyphopodiis mucronatis pallidis, 18 /x long. ; setis mycelicis nullis ; peritheciis 
(vix maturis) paucis, sparsis, 100-130 /x diam., atris, verrucosis, quibusdam 
cellulis externis usque 18/x productis; ascis non visis; sporidiis atro-brunneis, 
3-septatis, ad septa vix constrictis, utrinque attenuatis et rotundatis, rectis 
vel leniter curvatis, 43-50 x 18-25 fx. 
Hab. in foliis arboris ignotae, prope Durban, 14/5/1897, leg. J. Medley 
Wood (345), (Wood 6467). 
Meliola Fodocar])i Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, plerumque epiphylla, maculas atras tenues, 2-5 mm. diam. 
efficiens ; hyphis rectis v. sub-sinuosis, 6-7 /x crassis, fuscis ; hyphopodiis 
capitatis alternis, breviter stipitatis, 14-15 /x long, cellula superiore globosa, 
10-12 X 10-11 /X ; hyphopodiis mucronatis non visis ; setis mycelicis nullis ; 
peritheciis sparsis v. sub-aggregatis, atris, globosis, verrucosis, 200-250 /x 
diam. ; ascis 2-4 sporis ; sporidiis 3-septatis, ad septa valde constrictis, 
leniter curvatis, utrinque attenuatis et rotundatis, 50-56 x 14-16 /x. 
Hab. in foliis Podocarpi Thunhergii, Woodbush, Zoutpansberg Dist., 
3/8/11, leg. E. M. Doidge (1748) ; Knysna, C.B.S., leg. P. J.Pienaar (2436). 
In foliis Podocarpi elongatae, Fort Cunningham, Toise Eiver, 20/3/15, 
(8897). 
