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inucronatis oppositis v. unilateralibus, inter liypliopodias capitatas inter- 
persis, piriformibus v. ampullaceis, saepe curvatis, 18-20 X 6-7 /x ; setis 
mycelicis nullis ; setis perithecialibus nuniei'osis (circ. 20), 100-150 /x long., 
basi brunneis, 6 /x crassis, ad. apiceni pellucidem, 3 /x cr. attemiatis ; pleruni- 
que plus minusve incurvatis, et nonnumquam iincinatis, non-septatis ; peri- 
tlieciis gregariis, atris, globulosis, carbonaceis 200-240 /x diam., verrucosis ; 
ascis bisporis, evanescentibus ; sporidiis cvlindraceis brunneis, 4-septatis, 
vix constrictis, leniter utrinque attenuatis, 40-43 x 15-17 /x. 
In foliis ? Ipomeae sp. Woodville Forest, George, 15/11/17, E. M. 
Doidge (11020). 
This fungus is very mucli overgrown by a number of parasites, cbiefiy 
Dhnerium, intermedium, Speggazinia sp., and an ascomycete witli tliyriotliecia 
of the Microthyriaceae type which is frequently found parasitic on various 
species of Meliola, but up to the present always in an immature condition. 
Meliola Cryi^tocaryae Doidge n. sp. 
Hypophylla, maculas rotundas v. enormes, 4-10 /x diam. efficiens ; hyphis 
undulatis, 6-7 /x crassis ; ramis oppositis v. irregularibus, cellulis 20-30 /x 
longis ; hyphopoiliis capitatis alternis, breviter stipitatis, 26-33 x 8-10 /x, 
tenuibus, undulatis, uncinatis v. sub-lobatis, cellula basali 6-7 /x long. ; 
hypliopodiis mucronatis oppositis pallidioribus, ampullaceis, curvatis, 15-16 /x 
long.; setis mycelicis paucis, sparsis, sed circum perithecia numerosis, rectis 
V. sub-flexuosis, basim abrupte geniculatis, 400-500 /x longis, opacis, 6-7 /x 
crassis, paulatim ab imis ad apiceni pellucidem, 3 /x cr. attenuatis ; peritheciis 
gregariis, atris, globosis, verrucosis, 240-260 /x diam.; ascis bisporis evanes- 
centibus ; sporidiis 4-septatis cvlindraceis, leniter constrictis, utrinque sub- 
attenuatis rotundatis que, 50-57 x 18-20 /x. 
In foliis Cryptocaryae latifoliae, Umbilo, Natal, 29/10/16, leg. P. van der 
Bijl (N. H. 517) (11016) ; Stella Bush, Durban, January, 1917, P. v. d. 
Bijl (N. H. 518). 
In foliis Cryptocaryae WoocUi, Mayville, Natal, 22/7/15, leg. J. Medley 
Wood (9025). 
The mycelium is more undulate, and the setae more wavy in the col- 
lections on O. latifotia than in those on C. Woodii. This is probably to be 
attributed to the tomentose under-surface of the leaves in the former species. 
On C. Woodii the setae are as a rule quite straight. 
Meliola Evansii Doidge n. sp. 
Amphigena, plerumque epiphylla, maculas atras rotundas, 3-5 mm. 
diam. efficiens : mycelio conferto, copiose ramoso, anastomosante ; hyphis 
br unneis 6—8 fx diam.; cellulis circ. 20 /x long.; ramis alternis, ad articulas 
cum hyphis abrupte attenuatis ; hyphopodiis capitatis alternis, stipitatis, 
26-36 X 13-16 fx, cellula basali 8-10 /x long.; ad articulum cum hypha 
