38 THE PERISPORIACEjE of saccardo’s sylloge fungorum. 
rounded at the ends, brown ; usually two in each ascus. On leaves 
of Bignonia. Florida. 
Page 63. Meliola glabra , B. & C. 
There are four specimens in the Berkeley Herbarium, of which 
three are on Rubiacece, and one, apparently, on palm ; the latter is 
probably M. palmarum, Kze., and the former the true M. glabra. 
The name is, however, misleading, since the perithecia have each 
cell prolonged into a conical wart, so that by their verrucose ap- 
pearance these may be readily distinguished from the perithecia of 
any other described species. 
Page 69. Meliola quinquespora , Thum. (No. 309). 
We doubt the existence of any species corresponding to this 
description. 
Meliola abietis , Sacc. (Apiosporium abietis, Ckei), 308. This is 
certainly not a Meliola , with which it has nothing in common. It 
is a victim to an artificial system. Although in all other respects it 
agrees with Apiosporium, it has not the requisite septum. 
Page 70. Meliola triseptata, B. & Br. (No. 313). Further ex- 
amination of authentic specimens has convinced me that the 
opinion furnished to Professor Saccardo was inaccurate, and that 
the sporidia are not as in M. amphitricha, but triseptate, 
*035 x *012 mm., constricted, brown, rounded at the ends. 
Page 71. Meliola seminata, B. & C. (No. 317). To this descrip- 
tion should be added “ Asci saccate, sporidia quadriseptate, brown.” 
To these may be added — 
Meliola octospoxa, Cooke. 
Spots orbicular, rather small, velvety, perithecia of medium size, 
appendages erect, twice or three times dichotomous above (as in 
M. mollis , B. & C.). Asci large, saccate, usually with 8 spores, 
sporidia triseptate, strongly constricted, brown. *045 X *018 mm. 
On leaves. Mauritius. 
Astexina oleina, Cooke in Rav. Fungi Amer. (No. 757). 
Scattered, punctiform ; perithecia flattened, discoid, with a radi- 
ating brown mycelium at the margin, minute, asci clavate, sporidia 
hyaline, small, uniseptate (immature ?). Pycnidia similar, but 
smaller, stylospores minute, oval, hyaline, '005 mm. long. 
On leaves of Olea Americana. Georgia, U.S. 
The foregoing suggestions are not made in any captious spirit, 
since the majority are the result of examinations of authentic 
specimens, to which Saccardo had no access. They are offered with 
the desire that they may be of some service as “ emendata.” 
M. C. Cooke. 
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