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in the Bureau of Science herbarium so named by Bresadola. When fresh 
the margin of the pileus was lavender in color, soon fading however to 
brown. 
SPHAERIOIDACEAE 
PHYLLOSTICTA Persoon 
PHYLLOSTICTA HEVEAE Zimm. in Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenz. 10 (1901) 21. 
British North Borneo, Membakut, Yates 113, October 9, 1917, on 
leaves of Hevea brasiliensis. 
This specimen is referred here though it differs in some respects from 
Zimmerman’s description. The spores are about 8 x 3.5 to 4 ^ and the 
ends are obtuse. 
PHYLLOSTICTA MELOCHIAE sp. nov. 
Maculis amphigenis, orbicularibus, 2 ad 4 mm diametro ; 
albescentibus, linea fusco-purpurea cinctis; pycnidiis epiphyllis 
sparsis, immersis, minutissimis, atris, 45 ad 60 g diametro, poro 
vix conspicuo, contextu subopaco, irregulariter parenchymatico ; 
sporulis paucis, subglobosis, hyalinis, 5 ad 6 X 4 ad 4.5 g 
diametro, intus granulosus. 
British North Borneo, Tenom, Yates 109, October 16, 1917, on Melochia 
leaves. 
The spots are small and irregularly scattered over the leaf. The 
affected tissue finally drops out leaving holes in the leaf. 
DEMATIACEAE 
CERCOSPORA Fresenius 
CERCOSPORA MANGIFERAE Koord. Bot. Unters. Java Pilz. (1907) 
236, /. 47. 
British North Borneo, Bangawan, Yates 93, October 10, 1917, on 
leaves of Mangifera indica. 
This species was first described from Java and is a common fungus on 
this host in the Philippines. The leaf spot produced by the fungus ap- 
parently causes very little injury to the tree. 
