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MelioJa speciosa Doidge n. sp. 
Maculis hypophyllis, rotundatis, atris 1-5 mm. diam., hyphis ramosis, 
demum anastomosantibus, usque ad 11 fx crassis, brunnosis, cellulis ca. 18 fi 
longis compositis ; hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, speciosis, alternis, stipi- 
tatis; cellula basali 7-11 X 5*5-7 fi, prope hyphae angustiora, capitulo latiore 
quam longiore, 18-21*5 x 21-5-25 /x, irregular!, 2-4 lobo, quoque lobo leviter 
bilobato ; hyphopodiis mucronatis raris, pallidioribus, tenuibis, arcuatis, ca. 
25 X 7 fx; setis nullis ; peritheciis aggregatis, atris, 125-265 fi diam., basi 
appendiculis numerosis, subcylindraceis, basi 18 crassis ; ascis 2-sporis, 
evanescentibus ; sporidiis ellipsoideis, 3-septatis, leniter constrictis, brunneis 
52-61 X 21*5-25 /jl; conidiophoris erectis, atrofuscis, septatis, ca. 150 fx longis; 
conidiis fusoidibus, 4-septatis, fuscis. 
M. mancae affinis. 
Hab. in foliis Gymnosporiae sp., Woodbush, Zoutpansberg Dist., 2/8/11, 
leg. E. M. Doidge (1740). 
Meliola torta Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, maculas atras tenues, 5-10 mm. diam. efficiens ; hyphis 
tenuibus, 6-7 crassis, tortuosis, anastomosantibus, cellulis 25-36 /x- long ; 
ramis irregularibus plerumque unilateralibus ; hyphopodiis capitatis tenuibus, 
cellula superiore 14-25 x 14-20 /x, diverse lobata, torta, apice obtusa v. con- 
vexa ; hyphopodiis mucronatis, ampullaceis, 20-36 /x long. ; setis mycelicis 
non numerosis, sparsis, rectis, simplicibus, basi 10-11 /x cr., apice acutis ; peri- 
theciis paucis, sparsis, atris, globulosis, rugulosis, 160-250 /x diam. ; ascis 
numerosis, 8-sporis; sporidiis distichis v. conglobatis, 3-septatis ad septa vix 
constrictis, clavatis, 25-30 x 7-11 /x. 
Hab. in foliis Trichocladi cnmh', Izeleni, Kingwilliamstown Dist., 8/6/15, 
(9064). 
Meliola peltata Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena ; maculas atras, rotundatas, pilosas, 3-7 mm. latas, interdum 
confluentes efficiens ; mycelio peritheciigero pseudoparenchymatico, peltif ormi 
V. flabelliformi, composito ex hyphis fuscis, ramossissimis, crebre septatis, 
cellulis ca. 5*5-7 x 11 /x; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis, ad ramos appressis, 
subclavatis, stipitatis, 39-50 /x longis, cellula superiore compressa, plerumque 
tuberculata v. sublobata, 28-32 /x long. ; hyphopodiis mucronatis non visis ; 
setis mycelicis numerosis, simplicibus, rectis, 10-11 /x crassis, usque ad 850 /x 
longis, nigris, opacis, apice acuto pallidiore ; peritheciis paucis, in plagulis 
sparsis, atris, scabris sed non verrucosis; ascis non visis; sporidiis 3-septatis, 
nonnunquam 2-septatis, ad septa constrictis, utrinque ca. 50 x 29 /x; mycelio 
conidiifero inter mycelio peritheciigero intertextis, tenuiore, pallidiore; 
conidiophoris brunneis, torulosis, flexuosis, usque ad 500 /x longis; conidiis 
fusiformibus, non septatis, 16-18 X 10-11 /x. 
