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on the petioles also, both mycelial setae and pevithecia are formed in great 
abundance, and they are much less numerous in the spreading colonies along 
the leaf margin. It belongs to the comparatively small group with definitely 
uncinate mycelial setae. 
Meliola petiolaris Doidge n. sp. 
Hypophylla et petiolicola, velutina, atra, peritheciis intra setas myceliales 
numerosissimas absconditis, globosis, atris, minute verrucosis, 220-250 jx 
diam.; mycelio ex hyphis fuscis anastomosantibus 5-6 /x crassis composito ; 
cellulis 25-30 /x long. ; ramis oppositis ; hyphopodiis capitatis alternantibus, 
tenuibus, 15-40 fi long, x 10-13 jjl crassis, cellula basali saepe 1-septata, 
cellula superiore obovata, truncata v. sub-lobata, hyphopodiis mucronatis 
non visis ; setis mycelicis simplicibus, curvatis plerumque uncinatis, 150- 
250 /X long., basi 8-9 /x crassis, ad apicem obtusum leniter attenuatis ; ascis 
2-3 sporis, evauescentibus ; sporidiis cylindraceis utrinque rotuudatis as 
septa leniter constrictis, 40-44 X 13-16 /x, loculo medio saepe longiore. 
In foliis et petiolis Oleae laurifoliae Buccleuch, Natal, 17/7/18, leg. 
E. M. Doidge (11558). 
Meliola Podocarpi Doidge. 
Associated with M. peltata on the leaves of Podocarjms falcata Buc- 
cleuch (11552), also on P. elongata (11561). 
Meliola sp. (Fig. 8). 
A rather inconspicuous species on Popowia caffra which has been col- 
lected several times in an immature condition. It has previously been 
found atKentani (A. Pegler, 1996) (8882) and Winter's Kloof (8990). 
Meliola Pojjowiae Doidge n. sp. 
Epiphylla, effusa, pelliculas tenues nigras formans, hyphis brunneis, in- 
aequalibus, undulatis, 6-7 /x crassis ; cellulis, aliis 30 /x aliis 10 /jl longis ; 
ramis oppositis v. irregularibus ; hyphopodiis capitatis stipitatis plerumque 
ad pares angulos hyphibus, 12-15 x 8-10 /x, cellula superiore globosa ; 
hyphopodiis mucronatis sparsis v. oppositis ampullaceis, rectis v. curvis, 
16 x 6 /X ; setis mycelicis parcis, circa peritliecia praecipue evolutis, simplici- 
bus, flexuosis, 300-500 /X long., basi 10 /x crassis, nonnihil ad apicem (6-7 /x 
or.) attenuatis. Peritheciis paucis, globosis, atris, carbonaceis, verrucosis 
180-200 /X diam., ascis evanidis ; sporidiis 4-septatis, cylindraceis, ad septa 
constrictis, utrinque rotundatis, 35-40 x 13-16 /x. 
In foliis Popowiae ca^'rae Buccleuch, Natal, 17/7/18, leg. Doidge 
(11587) ; Hilton Koad, 21/7/18, leg. Doidge (11607). 
Meliola Bhois P. Henn. 
On Rhus laevigata, Buccleuch (11582) ; on Rhzis sp., Buccleuch (11595). 
