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On leaves of Hypoestes aristata (sub A.fimbriata), Inanda, Wood ( Wood, 
608), 9512. 
On Hypoestes verticillaris, Kentani, 6/5/15, Pegler (Pegler, 2317), 9074; 
van Staden's Drift, 12/11/17, Doidge, 10856. 
On Isoglossa Woodii, Lemana, Zoutpansberg, 14/8/11, Doidge, 1791 ; 
East London, 24/11/17, Doidge, 10923. 
On DicUptera heterostegia, Mayville, Durban, 22/7/15, Wood, 9028. 
On Peristrophe sp., Claridge, Natal, 31/5/15, Doidge, 8998. 
Theissen (' Die Gattung Asterina,' p. 103) remarks : " Die Art ist kaum 
mehr als eine Form von A. diplocarpa.'' The species is certainly very closely 
related to A. diplocarpa, but there is a constant if rather slight difference in 
the form of the hyphopodia. The variety differs from the type in the 
narrower spores. 
Species Excludendae. 
Asterina capensis Kalch. et Cke., G-revillea, ix, p. 32 ; Syll. Fung, ii, 
p. 41 = Meliola capensis (K. et Cke.) Th., Ann. Myc. x, 1912, p. 19; 
Trans. Eoy. Soc. of S. Af. v, 1917, p. 731. 
Asterina confluens K. et Cke., Grevillea, ix, p. 33 ; Syll. Fung, i, p. 49, 
is the conidial stage of some undetermined fungus ; Theissen, Die Gattung 
Asterina, p. 4. 
Asterina ditricha K. et Cke., Grevillea, ix, p. 32 = Meliola ditricha 
(K. et Cke.) Doidge, Trans. Roy. Soc. of S. Af. v, 1917, p. 728. 
Asterina interrupta Wint., Flora, 1884, p. 6 ; Syll. Fung, ix, p. 381 = 
Entopeltis interrupta (Wint.) v. Hohnel, Fragmente z. Myk. 489. 
Asterina Macowaniana K. et Cke., Grevillea, ix, p. 33; Syll. Fung, i, 
p. 41 = Parenglerula Macowaniana (K. et Cke.) v. Hohn., 1. cit., 525. 
Asterina myriadea Cke., Grevillea, x, p. 130 ; Syll. Fung, ix, p. 389 = 
Dimerium myriadenm (Cke.) Theissen, Ann. Myc. x, p. 193. 
Asterina jphaeostroma (Cke.), Grevillea, x, p. 130; Syll. Fung, ix, 
p. 396 = Balladyna velutina (Cke.) v. Hohn., Ann. Myc. x, p. 16 ; Trans. 
Eoy. Soc. of S. Af. v, 1917, p. 716. 
Asterina similis Cke., Grevillea, x, p. 130 = Asterina diplocarpa Cke., 
Ann. Myc. x, p. 14. 
Asterina Solaris K. et Cke., Grevillea, ix, p. 33; Syll. Fung, i, p. 42 = 
Asterodothis Solaris (K. et Cke.) Theissen, Ann. Myc. x, p. 179. 
Asterina stylospora Cke., Grevillea, x, p. 129, does not belong to the 
Microthyriaceae, Ann. Myc. x, p. 13. 
Asterina toruligena Cke., Grevillea, x, p. 129, is not an Asterina, Ann. 
Myc. X, p. 19. 
Asterinella, Th. 
Fragmenta brasilica, v, no. 123 ; Ann. Myc. x, 1912. 
Mycelium superficial, creeping, branching, without hyphopodia. Thyrio- 
