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Asterina Peglerae Doidge, sp. nov. 
Mycelium hypophyllum ; hypliis fuscis, tenuibus, 3"5-4 crassis, alterne 
ramosis; hyphopodiis alternis, pedicellatis, 10-15 altis, 6-10 /tt latis, supra 
bi- V. trilobatis, rectis vel recurvatis. Thyriotliecia sparsa, ex liyphis undu- 
latis, cr. contexta ; stellatim dehiscentia ; ambitu fimbriata. Asci 
aparapliysati, sub-globosi, octospori, 45-50 x 43-45 Sporae atro-brunneae, 
opacae, uniseptatae, constrictae, 23-28 x 13-16'5 /j., loculo supero majore^ 
episporio ciliata. 
Hab. in foliis Bhois? sp., Kentani, 16/9/15, leg. Pegler (Pegler, 2354), 
9130. 
Asterina polythyria Doidge, sp. nov. 
Mycelium epipliyllum ; liyphis brunneis, sinuosis, 3'5-6'5/x crassis, 
cellulis 10-20 jw longis, ramis plerumque oppositis ; hyphopodiis continuis,. 
2-3 lobatis, 5-7 // altis, 6-10 jx latis. Thyriotliecia numerosa, densiuscule 
disposita, aut applanato-heniisphaerica, 150-170 jw diam., stellatim dehis- 
centia, aut oblouga, 190-200 x 140 /x, rinia longitudine dehiscentia. Asci 
cylindracei v. ovati, aparapliysati, octospori, 26-40 x 20-24 fi. Sporae 
brunneae, sub-constrictae, laeves, 16-20 x 6-7 ^l, loculo supero paulo majore. 
Hab. in foliis Osyridicarjji natalensis, Tongaat, Natal, 12/9/13, leg. v. d. 
Bijl, 6949. 
Asterina raripoda Doidge, sp. nov. 
Mycelium epipliyllum, parce evolutum, alterne ramosum ; liyphis fusci& 
3*5-5 fjL crassis, undulatis, cellulis 10-15 /x longis ; liyphopodis raris, alternis^ 
continuis, hemisphaericis, 4-5 /x altis, 6-7 jx latis. Thyriothecia sparsa, 
applaiiato-hemisphaerica, alia in sunimis liyphis secundariis, alia in mediis 
liyphis primariis oriunda, 150-200 /x diam., ceiitro umbilicato et irregulariter 
stellatim dehiscentia, margine crenulata. Asci aparapliysati, cylindracei v. 
ovati, octospori, 40-52 x 16-24 fx. Sporae brunneae, vix constrictae, laeves,. 
15-18 x 7-10 [x, loculo supero latiore, globose ; infere ellipsoideo. 
Hab. in foliis Anselliae africmiae, Zululaiid, April 1913, leg. M. Franks,. 
6687. 
Asterina reticulata K. et Cke., char, emend. 
Mycelium aiiiphigenum, effusum, reticulatuni; liyphis brunneis, rectis,. 
5-6 jx crassis, cellulis 15-30 /x longis ; ramis plerumque oppositis, anasto- 
mosantibus ; hyphopodiis alternis, breviter pedicellatis, clavatis, recurvatis 
V. sub-lobatis, 7-13 x 6-8 /x. Thyriothecia applanato-liemisphaerica, 160- 
240 fx diam., ex liyphis rectis, 3-3'5 /x cr. contexta, margine fimbriato, poro 
irregular! centrali et demuni stellatim dehiscentia. Asci aparapliysati, 
sessiles, ovati, 45-50 x 30-33 /x. Sporae brunneae, uniseptatae, constrictae,. 
laeves, 20-23 x 10 p^, loculis sub-aequalibus, vel supero parum latiore. 
Hab. in foliis Oliniae sp., Barberton, 18/1/91, leg. Gralpiii (G-alpin, 1275). 
