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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
theciigero atro, composito ex hyphis, atro-brunneis, dense septatis, 
cellulis circa 8 — 14 x 7 — 9/r, ramis anastomosantibus, hyphopodiis 
capitatis numerosis, alternantibus vel unilateralibus, bicellularibus, 
breviter stipitatis, ad hyphas appressis ; cellula stipitis circa 7 x 4 — 
7q; superiore majore, obovoidea, plerumque retorta, 14 — 18 x 7 — 11 p,, 
hyphopodiis mucronatis paucis, oppositis, 14 — 22 x 7 q, ampullaceis; 
setis nullis ; peritheciis in plagulis centrum versus confertulis, atris, 
rugulosis, 126 — 235 p, diam. ; ascis 2 — 4-sporis evanescentibus ; spori- 
diis oblongatis utrinque rotundatis, 4-septatis, ad septa vix constrictis 
29—43 x 18/x. 
On leaves of Anastrabe integerrima, Kentani, 4 June, 1912. ( Pegler , 
1883; Pole Evans, 2363.) 
Epichloe Eragrostis Pole Evans ( H gpocreales-Clavicipiteae ). 
Stromatibus inflorescentibus destruentibus, sclerotioideis, sub- 
cylindraceo-typhoideis, 3-5 — 6 cm. longis, 3 — 4 mm. latis, primo rubi- 
cundis conidiophoris, demum nigrificantibus, ostiolis potius prominulis, 
intus albus ; peritheciis ovoideo-elongatis vel ellipsoideis, 300 — 360 
x 120 — 150p; ascis cylindraceis, apice rotundato-tunicatis, circa 
60 — 93 x 3-5 — 4q, octosporis, aparaphysatis ; sporidiis hliformibus, 
ascorum longitudine, circa 1 — l-5q, crassis, hyalinis, liaud septatis. 
On haulms of Eragrostis plana, Kentani, 29 February, 1912 ( Pegler , 
1855; Pole Evans, 2076). 
Note . — Epichloe Cinerea B. & Br. is described on Eragrostis nutans 
from Ceylon, but the description is far too meagre to be of any value 
for identification purposes. 
Montagnella Peglerae Pole Evans ( Dothideales-Dothideaceae ). 
Stromatibus hypophyllis, sparsis vel gregariis hemisphaerico-pulvi- 
natis, atris, circa J ^ mm. diam. ; peritheciis in stromate super- 
ficialibus ; ascis clavulatis vel clavato-cylindraceis, basi attenuatis 
brevissimeque stipitatis sed ad apicem rotundatis et crasse tunicatis, 
70 — 85 x 20 — 28 q, octosporis, aparaphysatis; sporidiis plerumque 
distichis vel saepe etiam tristichis, subfusoidiis, utrinque leniter at- 
tenuatis, triseptatis, ad septum medium plerumque constrictis, 27 — 
30 x 6 — 8 q, primo hyalino dein olivaceis. 
On living plants of Rapanea melanophleos , Kentani, 3 April, 1912, 
and May, 1913. ( Pegler , 1865 and 1892 ; Pole Evans, 2206 and 6620.) 
Puccinia Kentaniensis Pole Evans ( Uredinales-Pucciniaceae ). 
Soris teleutosporiferis amphigenis vel petiolicolis nervos saepe 
sequentibus, maculis exaridis vel irregularibus pallidis insidentibus, 
interdum tuberculiformibus, solitariis vel in crustas elongatas con- 
fluentibus, durissimis, primo epidermide tectis, dein irregulariter 
erumpentibus, atro-brunneis ; teleutosporis oblongis vel subclavatis, 
