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Asterina huallagensis P. Henn., Hedwigia 1904, p. 372 ; Syll. Fung, 
xvii, p. 879 ; on Croton sp., Peru (non Asterina huallagensis 
[P. Henn.] Theiss. Lembosia huallagensis P.H.). 
Plate XVI, fig. 34. Slides XXIV, II, 14; XXXI, 19 ; XXXIX, 6. 
Mostly epipliyllous, effuse ; mycelium undulate, reticulate ; Lyphae 
I)rown or pale fuscous, 3'5-5 fx thick, formiog more or less regular zigzag 
lines ; hypliopodia alternate or unilateral, continuous, sessile, 6-7 m high and 
5-10 IX broad, lobed, the majority with three flattened or rounded lobes, 
€rect or hooked. Thyriothecia numerous, crowded, flattened-hemispherical, 
100-150 fx diam., composed of radiating hyphae 3-3"5 jx thick, Avith cells 
3-5 (X long ; dehiscing by a stellate fissure ; margin not fimbriate. Asci 
8-spored, aparaphysate, with a short foot, globose or ovate-pyriform, 
27-35 fx diam., or 46 x 22 fx, not stained blue by iodine. Spores conglobate, 
2-celled, very slightly constricted, dark brown, 17-22 x 8-10 /x ; epispore 
verrucose, upper cell slightly broader. Pycnidia smaller than the thyrio- 
thecia, 70-85 jx diam. ; conidia continuous, brown, elliptic or pyriform, 
18-23 X 12-14 IX. 
On leaves of Sida rhomhifolia, Inanda, 1877, Wood (Wood, 544), 10192. 
On leaves of Sida cordifolia, Inanda, Wood (Wood, 601), 10194, 9506; 
Van Staden's Drift, 13/11/17, Doidge, 10858. 
On Hibiscus pedmiculatus, Maritzberg, 21/3/18, Doidge, 9710; East 
London, 11/11/17, Doidge, 10927. 
30. Asterina tertia Rac. 
On the leaves of different Acanthaceae {Adhatoda, Crossandra, etc), 
Buitenzorg, Java, Herb. Eaciborsky; Die Oattung Asterina, p. 103. 
var. africana Doidge, var. nov. 
Plate XVI, fig. 35. Slides XXVI, 9, 10; XXIV, 12, 15; XXXI, 18; 
XXXIII, 15. 
Epiphyllous ; mycelium radiating, consisting of fuscous, undulating 
hyphae, 3-3*5 fx thick, irregularly branched and anastomosing ; hypliopodia 
1 -celled, alternate or unilateral, 6-7 /x high and 7-10 [x broad, irregularly 
lobed, the majority either more or less symmetrical, with 2-3 flattened, 
rounded or bilobulate lobes, or hooked, w^ith 2-4 rounded lobes on the con- 
vex side. Thyriothecia crowded, flattened-hemispherical, 120-130 jx diam., 
formed of radiating hyphae about 3 /x thick, cells about 3*5 /x long; margin 
not pronouncedly fimbriate ; dehiscence stellate. Asci aparaphysate, 
8-spored, broadly ovate to spherical, sessile, thickened round the apex, 
30-40 X 23-27 fx. Spores conglobate. 1-septate, fuscous, constricted, 
15-18 X 6-5-8 fx; upper cell often slightly broader, epispore minutely 
verrucose at maturity. Pycnidia smaller than the thyriothecia, 50-70 /x 
•diam. ; conidia brown, continuous, ovate to pyriform, 13-17 X 11-13 fx. 
