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1675. Meliola orbicularis. B. 8p C. Cuban Funqi 880 Sacc 
St/ll. 294. 
Spots rather thick, orbicular ; perithecia globose, appendages 
flexuous, curved, 50 p long, thick, obtuse ; sporidia 4-septate, 
50 X 14 /x. 
On branches and leaves. Queensland. 
1676. Meliola densa. Cooke Grev. xii., 85. 
On either surface of leaves, forming orbicular, very black, velvety 
spots (1 c.m. broad), then confluent ; perithecia globose, black 
slightly warted (180 /x diam.), surrounded by crowded, erect 
appendages, the apices of which are curved ; asci broadly clavate, 
bisporous ; sporidia elliptic, 4-septate, constricted, brown, 45 x 18 p. 
On Eucalyptus leaves. Queensland. (Fig. 244.) 
1677. Meliola loganiensis. Sacc. Seri. Sacc. Syll. 
6244. 
Epiphyllous ; mycelium broadly effused, but thin ; hyphse creep- 
ing, filiform, branched, septate, somewhat hyaline, perithecia 
globose, obtuse, 130-140 p diam., black, sparingly beset with 
straight, divergent, cuspidate, septate, sooty-brown bristles ; asci 
fusoid-clavate, 45-50 x 18 /x (sub-octosporous) ; sporidia fusoid, 
clavulate, 28-32 x 7-8 p, more acute downwards, 7-8 septate, not 
constricted, hyaline. 
On leaves of Smilax. Queensland. 
1678. Meliola octospora. Goolce Grev. xi., 38. 
Spots orbicular, minute, velvety, perithecia of medium size, 
appendages erect, two or three times dichotomous ; asci saccate, 
mostly with 8 spores ; sporidia 3-septate, constricted much, 45 X 
18 /x, brown. 
On leaves. Queensland. 
1679. Meliola mollis. B. & Br. Ceylon Fungi 1178.= 
Dimerosporium molle. B. $ Br. Sacc. Syll. 237. 
Mycelium of soft, interwoven, black threads resembling Racodium; 
perithecia globose, rugulose, appendages erect, 3 times dichotomous 
at the apex, brown ; asci linear ; sporidia elliptical, uniseptate, 
20 x 10 p. 
On leaves. Queensland. 
1680. Meliola tetracerae. Timm. Symb. Myc. Aust. n., No. 
92. Sacc. Syll. 310. 
On both surfaces, spots more or less orbicular, or rather stellate 
or dendritic, black, evanescent ; flocci simple or rarely somewhat 
branched, unequal, flexuous, short, brown ; perithecia carbonaceous, 
globose, grumous ; asci eylindrieally fusiform, acute at each end, 
36 x 12 p; sporidia ovoid or elliptic, 8, rounded at the ends, pale 
brown, 7x5 p, simple, rather pellucid. 
On leaves of Tetracera Wuthiana. Queensland. 
