South African Perisporiales. 
745 
Hab. in foliis Fodocarpi Thunhergii, Knysna, C.B.S., 3/6/12, P. J. Pienaar 
(2436). 
Meliola ditricha (K. & Cke.) Doidge, 
Asterina ditricha K. & Cke. G-revillea, 1880, p. 3. 
Hypophylla, effusa, maculas, tenues, atras, 2-5 mm. diam. efficiens; hyphis 
radiantibus, brunneis, 7-10 crassis, ex cellulis 18-21 />t long, compositis ; 
ramis plerumque oppositis, anastomosantibus; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis, 
stipitatis, 25-30 /x long., cellula superiore irregulare, diverse lobata, 18-23 x 
14- 22 /X ; hyphopodiis mucronatis numerosis, oppositis v. unilateralibus, 
tenuibus 21-25 x 7-8/;'.; setis nullis; peritheciis non numerosis, atris, globosis 
(immaturis) ascis non visis, sporidiis 4-septatis, atro-brunneis, ad septa 
constrictis, utrinque rotundatis, 54 x 25 /x, ; mycelio conidiophoro tenui ; 
conidiophoris erectis, ca. 70-80 jx long., conidiis fusoidibus, 3-septatis, 
15- 18 X 4-8 IX. 
Hab. in foliis Celasiri sp., Inanda, Natal, J. Medley Wood (Wood 
No. 3). 
Meliola Stropha7ithi Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, plerumque, hyphophylla, sub-crustacea ; maculas minutas, 
atras, orbiculares, 1-2 mm. diam., efficiens : mycelio peritheciigero ex hyphis 
fiexuosis, 6-9/x crassis, e cellulis ca. 18/x longis compositis, brunneis, ramis 
oppositis ; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis, breviter stipitatis, 20-25 /x long., 
cellula superiore cylindrica, recta v. leniter curvata, convexa, 16-18 x 7-9 /x ; 
hyphopodiis mucronatis paucis, ampullaceis, ca. 18 /x long. ; setis mycelicis 
nullis, peritheciis paucis, congregatis, atris, globosis 215-250 /x diam., verru- 
cosis ; ascis maturis non visis ; sporidiis 4-septatis, cylindricis, ad septa vix 
constrictis, utrinque rotundatis 40-45 x 16-18 jx ; mycelio conidiifero inter 
mycelio peritheciigero intertextis, pallidiore, tenuiore ; conidiophoris nu- 
merosis, erectis, septatis, brunneis 180-200 /x long. ; conidiis fusiformibus, 
3-septatis, 18-32 x 5-9 /x. 
Hab. in foliis Strophanthi speciosi, Wobdbush, Zoutpansberg Dist., 
3/8/11, leg. E. M. Doidge (1781). 
Meliola Bosciae Doidge n. sp. 
Epiphylla, rarius hypophylla ; pelliculas tenues, suborbiculares, nigras, 
2-3 mm. latas formans ; hyphis radiantibus, circa perithecia crebre anas- 
tomosantibus, fuscis, septatis, plerumque curvatis, vermiculatis, 5*5-9 /x 
crassis ; ramis oppositis, v. unilateralibus ; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis v. 
unilateralibus, rarius oppositis, breviter stipitatis, 14-20 /x long., cellula 
superiore 10-5-16 [x long., scabra, convexa, truncata v. sub-lobata ; hypho- 
podiis mucronatis plerumque prope perithecia, in ramis separatis v. inter 
hyphopodia capitata sparsis, oppositis v. unilateralibus, ampullaceis, apice 
interdum uncinatis, 14-18 /x long., basi ca. 7 /x crassis ; setis mycelicis nullis ; 
