South African Perisporiales. 
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Meliola rigida Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, maculas atras usque ad 1 cm. diam. efficiens ; hyphis rigidis, 
7-8 fx crassis, brunneis, cellulis 18-25 /jl longis, ramis plerumque oppositis ; 
hyphopodiis capitatis numerosis, oppositis breviter stipitatis 14-18 /x long., 
cellula superiore ovata-globulosa 10-12 x 8-10 //, ; hyphopodiis mucronatis 
non numerosis, pallidioribus, oppositis circ. 18 /x long. ; setis mycelicis 
erectis, simplicis, plus minusve sinuosis, atris, opacis, 250-600 x 10-11 /jl ; 
peritheciis sparsis, atris, globulosis, verrucosis, 180-220 /x diam. ; ascis ovatis, 
breviter stipitatis, 3-sporis ; sporidiis 4-septatis, leniter cons trie tis, oblongis, 
compressis, utrinque rotundatis, 40-45 x 18-20 fx. 
In foliis Xymalos monosporae, Woodbush, Zoutpansberg Dist., 3/8/11, 
leg, E. M. Doidge (1775). 
Meliola furcillata Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, maculas tenues, atras, 2-3 mm. diam. efficiens ; hyphis 
rectis v. sinuosis, fuscis, 6-8 /x crassis, cellulis 18-21 /x long., compositis, 
ramis oppositis v. alternis v. unilateralibus, breviterstipitatis 18-21*5 /x 
long., cellula superiore ovata, recta, incurvata v, recurvata, 10*5-12*5 x 7-9/x- 
hyphopodiis mucronatis inter hyphopodia capitata intersparsis, 14-18 /x 
long., ampullaceis, collo longiore plerumque curvata ; setis mycelicis prope 
perithecia congregatis, 330-400 x 7 fx, basi opacis semel v. bis abrupte 
geniculatis, superne rectis, rigidis, pellucidis, plus minusve torulosis, prope 
apicem leniter constrictis, apice mucronatis v. 2-3 dentatis ; peritheciis 
sparsis v. sub-aggregatis, atris, globosis, verrucosis, 160-180 /x diam. ; ascis^ 
2-sporis ; sporidiis 4-septatis, cylindricis, utrinque, rotundatis, ad septa 
constrictis, 43-45 x 16-18 /x. 
Hab. in foliis Maesae rufescentis, Amanzimtoti, Natal, 10/7/11, E. M. 
Doidge (Pole Evans 1573). 
M. hidentatae affinis. 
Meliola varia Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, plagulas minutas, atras, 1-2 mm. diam., efficiens ; hyphis 
sinuatis irregulariter 7-9 /x crassis ; brunneis, cellulis 18-25 /x long., 
compositis ; ramis plerumque alternis v. unilateralibus ; hyphopodiis 
capitatis remotis, non numerosis, alternis v. unilateralibus, 21-35 /x long., 
cellula superiore ovata-globosa, 14-15 x 10*5-12 /x ; hyphopodiis mucronatis 
rarissimis, pallidioribus tenuibus ca. 11 x 5-6 /x ; setis mycelis numerosis, 
180-220 /X longis erectis, rigidis, stipite opaco, simplice, 160-190 x 10 /x; 
superne ramosis, pellucidis, variis, aliis in ramos ternos breves (ca. 18 /x) 
apice bifurcatos divisis, aliis in ramos duos (18-30 x 8 /x) patentes divisis, 
ramis iterum in ramulos duos v. ternos brevissimos ad apicem bi v 
trifurcatos divisis ; peritheciis sparsis atris, globosis, in sicco leniter collapsis, 
verrucosis, 160-180 jx diam., ascis non visis ; sporidiis 4-septatis, ad septa 
vix constrictis, cylindricis, utrinque rotundatis, 45-50 x 16-18 /x. 
