490 The Philippine Journal of Science leis 
ASTERINA CASSIAE Syd/ 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao, Merrill 8687, January, 1913: Prov- 
ince of Bataan, Bur. Sci. 19012 Graff, November, 1912, both specimens 
on leaves of Glochidion llanosii. 
ASTERINELLA Theissen 
ASTERINELLA OBESA Syd. sp. nov. 
Epiphylla, maculas atras laxas rotundatas 2-8 mm diam. 
efformans; mycelio laxo, ex hyphis longis parce ramosis et 
remote septatis obscure brunneis crassis 6-10 p, latis composite ; 
hyphopodiis nullis ; peritheciis laxe aggregatis, fere semper 
elongatis et 250-400 p, longis, 125-200 p, latis, rarius rotundatis, 
centre elevatis, rima longitudinali apertis aterrimis, amoene 
radiatim contextis, contextu opace olivaceo-atro ex hyphis 3.5- 
4.5 /j, latis obscure olivaceo-brunneis fimbriatis; ascis globosis, 
subglobosis vel ovatis, aparaphysatis, 50-60 p, longis, 40-52 p, 
latis; sporidiis conglobatis, ellipsoideis vel ellipsoideo-oblongis, 
ex hyaline obscure olivaceo-brunneis, levibus, 32-38 p longis, 
16-20 p latis, cellula superiore maxima, inferiore minima 7-10 
p tantum longa et omnino appendiculiformi saepe dilutiore. 
Luzon, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Bur. Sci. 20265 McGregor, Jan- 
uary, 1913, on leaves of Canarium villosum. 
This is in some respects a very interesting member of the genus Aster- 
inella, as the hyphae both of the mycelium and of the perithecial tissue 
are, by comparison, very thin, and the sporidia are very unequally 
septate, the lower cell being only an appendix of the upper larger one. 
ASTERINELLA LORANTHI Syd. sp. nov. 
Hypophylla, maculas atras irregulares plus minus longas 
efformans, saepe totam folii superficiem occupans; mycelio par- 
cissimo, ex hyphis anastomosantibus parcissime septatis flavo- 
brunneis usque brunneis 4-6 p latis composite; hyphopodiis 
nullis; peritheciis laxe aggregatis, rotundatis, 140-180 p diam., 
subcarbonaceis, stellatim dehiscentibus et mox late apertis, 
atris, contextu radiate olivaceo-fusco ex hyphis breviter articu- 
latis (articulis 6-8 p longis, 2.5-4 p latis) strato simplici com- 
posite, ascis globosis usque ovatis, 45-60 p longis, 32-45 p latis, 
octosporis; sporidiis ellipsoideo-oblongis utrinque late rotunda- 
tis, medio 1-septatis et valde constrictis (loculis facile seceden- 
* Reexamination of the type material of Asterina cassiae Syd. shows 
that the host is Glochidion llanosii and not Cassia timoriensis. The cor- 
rection as to the host should be made on the label of Sydow’s Fungi exotici 
exsiccati No. 135. E. D. M. 
