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Genus 44. DIDYMOSPH2ERIA. Sacc. 
Corticolous, innate ; sporidia uniseptate coloured. 
1637 . Didymosphaeria conoidella. Sacc. Berl. Sacc. 
Syll. 6573. 
Perithecia loosely gregarious, naked by the falling away of the 
epidermis, globose, then conical, black, often concentric, obsoletely 
plicate m.m.), ostiolum rather acute; asci clavate (80-90 x 
12 ji ) ; sporidia ellipsoid-oblong, uniseptate, constricted (15-18 x 
6-7 p), dingy brown. 
On branches of Capparis. Queensland. 
1638 . Didymosphaeria Banksiae. Che. Grev. xix., 91, 
Epiphyllous, spots orbicular, pallid, wiith a nebulous brown 
margin ; perithecia few, central, erumpent by cracking the cuticle, 
black, subglobose, papillate ; asci clavate, sessile, octosporous ; 
sporidia biseriate, uniseptate, the upper cell nearly globose, the 
lower cell rather narrower, brown, 10 x 5 p. 
On living leaves of Banksia. Victoria. (Pig. 231.) 
Family XIV. CAULICOLTE. Fries. 
Immersed, innate, for the most part observed on the dead stems 
of herbaceous plants. 
Genus 45. PHOMATOSPORA. Sacc. 
Perithecia covered or erumpent, sporidia continuous, hyaline. 
* Physalobi-ora. Having paraphyses. 
1639 . Physalospora gregaria. Sacc. Syll. 1660. 
Perithecia densely gregarious, covered by the epidermis, globose, 
■very shortly papillate, black, white within ; asci clavate, rounded, 
membrane thick, shortly stipitate ; sporidia ovoid-oblong (30-40 X 
6-8 ya), granulose or guttulate, hyaline. 
On stems of Ricinus communis. Queensland. 
Genus 46. DIDYMELLA. Sacc. 
Sporidia uniseptate, hyaline. 
1640 . Didymella bryonise. I ckl. Sacc. Syll. 2174. 
Perithecia nestling beneath the epidermis, at length almost free, 
gregarious, very minute (260-280 p diam.), globose, depressed, 
papillate, black. Asci oblong, attenuated at the base (62 x 12 p) ; 
sporidia oblong, subclavate, unequally two-celled, upper cell largest, 
lower cell obconical, obtuse, hyaline (14-16 x 5 p). 
On twigs of Cucurbitaceous plant. Queensland. (Pig. 231.) 
Genus 47. ANTHOSTOMELLA. Sacc. 
Sporidia continuous, coloured. 
1641 . Anthostomella lepido sperm®. Cooke Grev. xx., 5. 
Perithecia seated on bleached elongated spots which have a 
dark brown border, globose, at first covered, then splitting the 
cuticle. Asci shortly stipitate. Sporidia elongated-elliptical, 
biseriate, rounded at the ends, continuous, clear brown (14x4 p). 
On Lepidosperma. Victoria. (Fig. 226.) 
