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1855. Ascochyta apiospora. Cke. cf- Mass. Grev. xv., 98. 
Spots on the upper surface, orbicular or irregular, tawny, girt by 
a purple zone; perithecia minute, innate, with a small pierced 
ostiolurn ; sporules pear-shaped, unequally uniseptate, hyaline 
brownish, with the upper cell globose and broad, the lower cell 
minute and papillaiform, 12 x 12 p.. 
On leaves of myrtle. Queensland. 
Genus 14. ROBILLARDA. Sacc. 
Perithecia globose-depressed, covered by the epidermis, then 
pierced, membranaceous; sporules fusoid, uniseptate, hyaline, the 
apex crowned with long seta3. 
1856. Robillarda sessilis. Sacc. Syll. 2255. 
Spots small, angular, becoming whitish, encircled with red ; 
perithecia on the upper surface, innate, covered by the epidermis, 
then cut round and lens-shaped; sporules sessile, oblong, 9-1 lx 
3£ fi, uniseptate, slightly constricted, pale olive, crowned at the 
apex with three hyaline hairs (14 p long). 
On fading leaves. Queensland. (Pig. 279.) 
Genus 15. ACTINONEMA. Fries. 
Perithecia minute, obtuse, somewhat superficial, without definite 
mouth, adnate. by radiating dendritic fibrils to the surface of leaves ; 
sporules typically oblong, hyaline, stipitate, uniseptate (or some- 
times with more septa). 
1857. Actinonema rosae. Lib. Fries S. V. Scan, 424. 
Sacc. Syll. 2257. 
On the upper surface ; spots purplish, fibrils radiating from the 
centre, branches distinct, cobweb-like; perithecia-like tubercles 
scattered and collapsing, blackish ; sporules oblong, constricted, 
uniseptate, 18-20x5 p, growing on rather short basidia. 
On rose leaves. Victoria. Queensland. (Fig. 280.) 
Genus 16. DIFLODINA. West. 
Perithecia covered by the cuticle or erumpent, globose, papillate, 
black, becoming smooth ; sporules ellipsoid-oblong, uniseptate, 
hyaline. 
1858. Diplodina dendrobii. Cke. Sf Mass. Grev. xvi., 8. 
Epiphyllons ; perithecia gregarious, innate, black, convex, at 
length splitting the cuticle, and naked above, shining; sporules 
uniseptate, elliptic, hyaline, 20 x 6-7 p. 
On leaves of Dendrobium speciosum. Queensland. (Fig. 281.) 
Section 5. Phhagmospouae. 
Genus 17. HENDERSONIA. Berk. 
Perithecia covered by the cuticle, erumpent, or nearly superficial, 
globose, papillate, or depressed, membranaceous or rather carbona- 
ceous, black; sporules oblong or fusoid, two or many septate, 
olive or sooty brown. 
