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EXOTIC FUNGI. 
Asterina myriadea, Che. 
Amphigena, sparsa. Peritheciis numerosissimis, fuscis, puncti- 
formibus, subglobosis, ad basim applanatis, vel hemisphericis (07- 
*1 mm.) sub lente olivaceis, membranaceis, aliis microstylosporis, 
ovalibus, hyalinis (-006 X *003 mm.), aliis ascosporis gerentibus. 
Ascis arcte clavatis ; sporidiis sublanceolatis, utrinque obtusis, 
uniseptatis ("01 X ‘003 mm.) lnteo-fuscis. 
On living leaves. Inanda, Natal. (Wood, 641.) 
Scattered over the leaves, with somewhat the appearance of an 
Erysiphe , without any visible stroma. 
Asterina grewiae, Cke. 
Amphigena. Peritheciis hemisphaericis, atris, opacis, gregariis, 
punctiformibus (‘12-*14 mm. diam.) ; mycelio fusco obsoleto. 
Ascis arcte clavatis. Sporidiis cylindraceis, uniseptatis, fuscis, 
utrinque rotundatis (*018 x ‘005 mm.). Hinc illic conidiis lanceo- 
latis, brunneis, triseptatis, stipitatis, cum peritheciis immixtis. 
On leaves of Grewia lasiocarpa. Inanda. (Wood, 639.) 
Perithecia scattered over the entire surface, or collected in 
patches, in minute black dots, without any appreciable mycelium, 
until examined under the microscope, when each perithecium is 
seen to be attached by short radiating brown threads. 
Asterina phseostroma, Cke. 
Atra, velutina, orbicularis, demum confluens, vel late effusa. 
Peritheciis hemisphericis (*06-‘l mm. diam.) brunneis, intra hyphis 
nidulantibus. Ascis amplis, subpyriformibus ; sporidiis ellipticis, 
arcte constrictis, utrinque obtusis, pallidis, uniseptatis (‘022 x ‘01 
mm.) mycelio ramosissimo, laste fusco, aculeis rigidis erectis opacis 
(•1 mm. long) dense ornato. 
On leaves of Pavetta Natalensis. Inanda. (Wood, 656.) 
Similar in habit to A. velutina B. & C., but with different fruit. 
No. 652 on Kraussia appears to be the same species, but immature. 
Asterina similis, Cke. 
Epiphylla, atra, inaculzeformis. Peritheciis hemisphericis ( 08- 
•12 mm.) stellato-fissuratis, hyphis ramosis, radiantibus circum- 
datis. Ascis clavatis. Sporidiis ellipticis, uniseptatis, fuscis, 
utrinque rotundatis (‘OlS-’Ol? X ‘006 mm.), microstylosporis 
minutis, ovatis, hyalinis. 
On leaves of Sida rhombifolia. Inanda. (Wood, 544.) 
Similar to A. myriadea in some respects, but with a definite 
brown mycelium and larger spores. Mixed with Asterina di- 
plocarpa on the same leaves. 
Braithwaite’s Moss Flora. — We regret that the fifth part 
was published too late for notice in our last issue. Nevertheless 
we take this opportunity of reminding Bryologists that the work 
is in steady progress, and succeeding numbers are well in hand. 
