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paraphysatis, ovoideo-globosis, 28-32 y longis, 18-24 y latis, octo- 
sporis; sporidiis ellipsoidiis, utrinque rotundatis, ad medio 1- 
septatis et constrictis, brunneis, laevis, 15-17 y longis, 8-9 
y latis. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 278J,2 Ramos, February 
to March, 1917, on leaves of Litsea sp. 
ASTERINA MOMORDICAE sp. nov. 
Epiphylla, maculas 2-4 mm latas, atras efficiens; mycelio ex 
hyphis remote septatis fuscis 5-6 y crassis composito; hypho- 
podiis numerosis, irregularibus, unicellularibus, 8-12 /x longis, 
lobatis; peritheciis rotundatis, 80-90 /x diam., stellatim dehis- 
centibus, contextu ex hyphis rectis brunneis radiatis 2.5-3 y 
latis composito; ascis subglobosis, 35-40 x 22-24 /x, octosporis, 
paraphysatis; sporidiis oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, ad medio 
1-septatis et constrictis, brunneis, laevis, 19-21 y longis, 9-11 
/x latis; cellula superiore latiore. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28890 Ramos & 
Edaho, May 13, 1917, on leaves of Momordica sp. 
Asterina momordicae is parasitized by Dimerium tayabensis Yates and 
is associated with an undetermined species of Meliola. 
ASTERINA N EOLITSEAE sp. nov. 
Epiphylla, plagulas suborbiculares, 4-10 mm diam. vel con- 
fluentes, atras ; mycelio ex hyphis brunneis septatis 5-7 y crassis 
longe articulatis (30 y) anastomosantibus formato; hyphopodiis 
numerosis, alternantibus, bicellularibus; cellula superiore lobata, 
15 /x lata; cellula inferiore 4-5 y longa, peritheciis numerosis, 
rotundatis, 150-170 y diam., applanatis, obscure brunneis, opacis, 
contextu ex hyphis 3-4 y latis radiantibus composito, articulis 
6-7 /x longis, ambitu fimbriatis; ascis ellipsoideis, octosporis, 60 
x 25-30 /x, aparaphysatis ; sporidiis oblongis, ellipsoideis, utrinque 
rotundatis, constrictis, fuscis, verruculosis, 44-46 x 14-15 y. 
Luzon, Abra Province, Bur. Sci. 27088 Ramos, February, 1917; Mount 
Posuey, Bur. Sci. 27076 Ramos, February, 1917, on leaves of Neolitsea. 
ASTERINA PI PERIS sp. nov. 
Mycelio epiphyllo, parce evoluto, tenue, laxo, effuso, ex hyphis 
brunneis 4 y crassis formato; hyphopodiis alternantibus vel 
irregularibus, 2-cellularibus, cellula superiore irregulariter lobata, 
6-8 y longa, 4-5 y lata, cellula inferiore, 4-5 y longa ; peritheciis 
numerosis, applanatis, rotundatis, brunneis, stellatim dehiscen- 
tibus, 115-130 y diam., contextu ex hyphis fuscis 2-3 y crassis 
composito, ambitu parum fimbriatis; ascis globosis vel subglo- 
bosis, aparaphysatis, 25 x 20 y, octosporis ; sporidiis conglobatis, 
