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crebreque nervosae, late marginatae dimidio superiore rubido-pur- 
pureo, exteriores (circa in media spica) ovatae, subacutae, dimidio 
superiore subdeltoideae, 1*5 cm. longae, 0 - 9 cm. Iatae, interiores rhom- 
boideo-ovatae, obtusae, 1-2 cm. longae, 1-1 cm. Iatae; perianthii tubus 
substrictus, dimidio superiore parum dilatatus, 1 cm. longus, segmentis 
unguiculatis, obtusis, summo elliptico, 1-9 cm. longo, 0-75 cm. lato, 
2 lateralibus rhomboideis, 1-4 cm. longis, 0-7 cm. latis, 2 lateralibus 
inferioribus ovato-oblongis, 0-9 cm. longis, 0-5 cm. latis, medio ob- 
longo, 1-05 cm. longo, 0-45 cm. lato, 3 superioribus pallide flavidis, 
profuse purpureo-maculatis, 2 lateralibus inferioribus purpureo-striatis 
et apice marginibusque purpureo-notatis, medio eodem colore parce 
maculatis ; stamina stylusque dimidium segmenti summi attingentia, 
antheris linearibus, 0-55 cm. longis. 
Transvaal: Kalahari Region; Lydenburg Div., near Lydenburg, 
fl. Jan. 1895, Dr F. Wilms (Herbarium of the Transvaal Museum, 
No. 6457). 
Well marked by the very dense spike, the reddish-purple margins 
of the spathe-valves and by the spotted upper segments of the 
perianth. 
Described from a single dried specimen in the Herbarium of the 
Transvaal Museum. 
Meliola arcuata Doidge ( Plectascineae- Aspergillaceae ). 
Velutina, maculas minutas, 1 —2 mm. diam. irregulariter rotunda - 
tas interdum confluentes, atras formans ; hyphis ramosis, sinuatis, 
multo septatis, brunneis, circa 10-5 — lip. crassis, demum anastomo- 
santibus ; hyphopodiis capitatis alternantibus 1 -septatis, breviter 
stipitatis, 20— 29p. x 10-5 — 11 p, capitulo irregulariter ovoideo, den- 
tato vel lobulato ; hyphopodiis mucronatis paucis oppositis, 14 18 
x 7 — 9-5 fji ; setis mycelicis simplicibus, copiosis, arcuatis, interdum fere 
rectis, atris, opacis, apice acuto, impariter crassis, 7 lip, longis 
295— 330 p,: peritheciis intra setas absconditis, atris, 115- 150 p 
diam. ; ascis 2-spoi'is, mox evanescentibus ; sporidiis ellipsoideo- 
oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, 4-septatis, luscis, leviter constrictis, 
50—54 x 14 — 16p,. 
On stems of Viscum sp., Kentani, 1 June, 1912, and 4 August, 1914. 
(Pegler, 1881 and 1949 ; Pole Evans, 2364 and 8389.) 
Meliola Peglerae Doidge. 
Epiphylla, sub-crustacea, atra, maculas minutas, orbiculares, 
1—3 mm. diam. demum confluendo majores formans; mycelio pni- 
Fungi 
