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has been used recently by Rehm ; perisporioides being the most 
frequently used up to that time. The original works of Kuntze, 
containing descriptions or exsiccati have not been available, and 
the change is herewith accepted solely upon the authority of 
Rehm. The fungus is placed in Dimerium because it offers no 
striking differences from other members of that genus. 
3. Dimerium melioloides (Berk. & Curt.) comb, nov, 
Parodiella melioloides Winter, Hedwigia 24 : 257. 1885. 
Dimerosporium lateritium Speg. Fungi Puiggariani Pug. i: no. 
1889. 
Fig. I. Dimerium melioloides, showing concentric arrangement of perithecia. 
Sphaeria melioloides Berk. & Curt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10; 387. 
1869. 
Rosellinia melioloides Sacc. Syll. Fung, i : 276. 1882. 
Nectria megalospora Sacc. & Berk Rev. Myc. 7: 157. 1885. 
On leaves of Clusia rosea Jacq. in Porto Rico: Maricao 285a, 
816, 946, 3615. 
