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trispptatis, fuscis (•015--016 X *004 miii.). Perithccia discoidea, 
imperfecte evoluta. 
On living' leaves of some Celastrus. No. 3. 
In the absence of perfect perithecia, it can only be thus provi- 
sionally described. 
Asterina confluens , Kalch. & Che. 
Epiphylla, Crustacea, membranacea. Peritheciis applanatis, dis- 
coideis, confluentibus, radiato-cellulosis, hinc illic maculis crustaceis 
efformantibus. 
On fading leaves of Plectronia ciliata. No. 1331. 
There are no definite radiating threads, and no asci or sporidia 
have yet been detected, so that this imperfect diagnosis must be 
accepted as provisional. The perithecia are one-tenth of a mille- 
metre in diameter. 
Asterina flmbriata, Kalch. & Cke. 
Epiphylla. Peritheciis gregariis, radiato-fibrosis, convexo- 
applanatis, atro-fuscis, stellato-fissurato dehiscentibus ; margine 
fimbriato (T5 mm. diam.). Ascis saccatis, pyriformibiis. 
Sporidiis ellipticis, profunde constrictis, uniseptatis, fuscis (’015 X 
*008 mm.). 
On living leaves of Sclerochiton Harveyanvm. No. 1290. 
The perithecia are collected together in little brown patches. 
Asterina reticulata, Kalch. 6c Che. 
Phyllogena, effusa, fuliginea. Peritheciis convexo-applanatis, 
reticulato-fimbriatis, fuscis (T5 mm. diam.). Mycelio intricato, 
ramoso, anastomoso, reticulato, fusco, processibus hamatis bicellu- 
latis ornatis. Ascis clavatis. Sporidiis ellipticis, atro-fuscis, 
medio fascia hyalina ornatis (‘OIG-’OIS x '007 mm.). 
On living leaves of Olinia cymosa. No. i336. 
The dark opaque sporidia, with a transverse hyaline band in the 
centre, are peculiar. 
Asterina solaris, Kalch. 6c Che. 
Amphigena, Crustacea, atra. Peritheciis convexis, centro de- 
pressis, atro-fuscis, densissime radiato-strigosis. Ascis ? Sporidiis 
ellipticis, 1-2 septatis, fuscis (•02--025 X '008 mm.). 
On living leaves of Olea verrucosa. No. 1307. 
The parallel simple radiating fibres of the perithecia are often 
longitudinally attached in bands. Small obtuse papillse project at 
right angles from some of the threads. 
Asterina IMTacowaniana, Kalch. 6c Che. 
Atra, effusa. Peritheciis gregariis, discoideis, applanatis (*1 
mm. diam.), mycelio radiante nidulantibus. Ascis pyriformibus. 
Sporidiis ellipticis, uniseptatis, constrictis, fuscis (•02-*022 X *00 
mm.). 
On leaves of Celastrus buxifolius. 
This is apparently Meliola Macowaniana, Thumen, but it is in 
no respect a Meliola, from which genus the flattened perithecia are 
quite sufficient to separate it. 
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