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finger- or flask-shaped, sessile, 6-10 x 4-5 /x. Tliyriotliecia scattered, 
flattened-liemisplierical, 190-220 /x diam., formed of radiating hypliae 
3- 3 '5 [Ji thick, opaque in the centre, more translucent towards the fimbriate 
margin ; dehiscence stellate. Asci aparaphysate, 8-spored, ovate or sub- 
spherical, 40-46 X 43-50 /x, embedded in a yellowish mass of mucilaginous 
matter. Spores conglobate, 1-septate, constricted, 25-27 x 12-13 m, dark 
brown, opaque wdien mature and minutely scabrous, upper loculus slightly 
broader. 
On leaves of Trichilia dregeana, Winkle Spruit, ISIatal, 28/5/16, Doidge,, 
9006. 
On TricJiilia emetica, Louis Trichardt, Zoutpansberg, 8/4/19, Putterill, 
11833. 
12. Asterina raripoda Doidge, sp. nov. 
Plate XIY, fig. 17. Slide XXIY, 9. 
Epipliyllous, forming thin black spots 3-5 mm. diam. ; mycelium poorly 
developed, branching irregularly and occasionally anastomosing ; hyphae 
pale-fuscous, 3'5-5 /x thick, frequently septate and somewhat sinuous, cells 
mostly 10-15 /x long ; hypliopodia rare, alternate, 1-celled, hemispherical, 
4- 5 [J. high and 6-7 /x broad. Thyriothecia scattered or confluent in small 
groups, flattened-hemisplierical, arising at the tips of secondary hyphae and 
at first fan-shaped, or, less frequently, medial and round from the start, 
150-200 /X diam., at first papillate, then dehiscing by a stellate fissure; 
margin irregularly crenulate, but not fimbriate. Asci aparaphysate, cylin- 
drical- clavate to ovate, not tunicated, 8-spored, 40-52 x 16-24 /x. Spores 
conglobate, 2-celled, brown, slightly constricted, smooth, 15-18 x 7-10 /x ; 
upper loculus broader, spherical ; lower loculus ellipsoid. 
On leaves of Ansellia africana, Zululaiid, April 1913, Franks, 6687. 
13. Asterina ferruginosa Doidge, sp. nov. 
Plate XIY, fig. 18. Slides XXXIY, 1-2 ; XXXIX, 13. 
Epipliyllous, forming thin, black, carbonaceous spots up to 8 mm. diam., 
frequently coalescing to form irregular blotches. Hyphae brown, slender, 
4-6 /X thick, branches usually opposite, anastomosing, cells 23-27 /x long ; 
hypliopodia alternate or unilateral, sessile, hemispherical or sub-globose, 
6-8 /X high and 8-10 p. broad ; there are occasional stipitate hypliopodia, 
chiefly in the neighbourhood of the thyriothecia ; they are 2-celled, 12-13 x 
6-7 /X, the stipe cell being about 6 /x long. Thyriothecia numerous, scattered, 
or confluent in small groups, flattened-hemisplierical, 160-190 /x diam., 
ferrugineous, formed of radiating hyphae 3-3*5 /x thick ; margin densely 
fimbriate ; dehiscence stellate. Asci aparaphysate, 8-spored, sub-spherical, 
33-37 /X diam., embedded in a dirty yellow mass of mucilaginous matter. 
Spores conglobate, 1-septate, brown, slightly constricted, smooth, 23-26 x 
11-12*5 /x; upper loculus slightly broader. 
