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DIDYMOSPHAERIA M I N UTELLOl DES Rehm sp. nov. 
Perithecia gregaria, cortici interiori late denigrate insidentia, 
demum per epidermidem hand decolorotam prorumpentia glo- 
bulosa, glabra, minutissime papillulata, nigro-fusca, parenchy- 
matice crasse contexta, ca. 150 jj. lat. Asci clavati, apice rotun- 
dati, teneri, 45-50 X 7 8-spori. Sporae clavatae, medio sep- 
tatae et subconstrictae, cellula superiore latiore, inferiore angus- 
tata, fuscae, 7-8 X 2.5 n, distichae. Paraphyses filiformes. 
Ad petioles emortuos Arengae. 
Luzon, Prov. Laguna, Los Banos, C. F. Baker 17 h. 
Reiht sich olfenbar eng an Didymosphaeria minutella Penz. & Sacc. Syll. 
1 4 ; 555 an Bambusa in J ava, welche aber “sporae obovatae, non constrictae” 
hat, wahrend bei unserer Art diese ganz keulig, unten fast spitz sind und 
die Zellen sich leicht trennen. 
MERRILLIOPELTIS H6HNELII Rehm sp. nov. 
Perithecia in maculis 5-9 mm latis, plus minusve arete gregarie 
innata, epidermide clypeiformiter denigrata, 0.4-0.5 mm-2 cm 
diam., obtecta, demum denudata, globoso-lentiformia, substro- 
matice posita, 0.25-0.3 mm diam., fusco-nigritula, ostiolo globu- 
loso minimo prominente. Asci cylindracei, teneri, ca. 300 Xl2- 
15 g, 8-spori. Sporae fusiformes, rectae, utrinque acutatae, 
medio septatae, baud constrictae, utraque apice filiformiter 5 p. 
long, appendiculatae, hyalinae, 50-75 X 6-7 g, distichae. Para- 
physes filiformes perpaucae. 
Ad petioles emortuos Arengae. 
Luzon, Prov. Laguna, Los Banos, C. F. Baker 52. 
Merrilliopeltis n. gen. ab P. Hennings in Hedwigia 47 (1908) 261 
conditum et a cl. v. Hohnel, Ber. Kais. Ak. Wiss. Wien 121 in Fragm. 
Myc. 13: 54 rectificatum ad Sphaeriaceas juxta Didymellam, non ad 
Hysteriaceas relatum est. Ipsius auctoritate haec specimina hue ponuntur; 
a M. Calami P. Henn. sporis utrinque appendiculatis nec non clypeola 
denigrata epidermidis hand conspicue decidua differunt. 
GNOMONIACEAE 
CERATOSPHAERIA PHILIPPINARUM Rehm sp. nov. 
Perithecia gregarie innata, dein emergentia, globulosa, 100- 
120 p lat., parenchymatice fusee contexta, hyphis dispersis fusci- 
dulis inprimis ad basim obsessa, usque ad 80 X 5-10 p, in ros- 
trum rectum, subcylindraceum, ad apicem acutatum et hyalinel- 
lum, fusco-nigrum, 1-1.5 mm longum, ad basim usque ad 60 p 
