188 



Var. xo/ufd ($i>lia'ri<i xuluta, C. &. K. (Jrcv. V, p. ">4, tab. <S(). fig. 

 hi), has the perithecia siibovate. \\itli the sporidia. averaging rather 

 <maller (IT) IS x4-~> //,. 



On exposed \\ood.botJi of coniferous and deciduous trees. New- 

 field. X. ,J. 



Z. Sequoia, (Plovvr.) 



ui Sft/iioitf, Plowr. Grev. VII, p. 73. 

 Zignoella Sequoice, Sacc. Syll. 3670. 



tN'rithocia rather bir^e. immersed, then snberumpent, seated ort 

 lileaehed spots. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia hyaline, obscurely 3-sep- 

 tnte. sliu'hlly unec|iial, the u]>per half being the larger, 25-30x8-10 it. 



On dead bark of>S>y//o/W tjigaiilcu. California. 



Z. eyrillicola. (B. & ( 1 .) 



Spha-i ia cyriUicola, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 143. 

 Mfhinonuna ivrillicolum, Sacc. Syll. 3267. 



t-ia cy> illicola, Cke. Grev. XVI, p. 87. 



Perithecia scattered. l.)lack, ovate, with an acute apex. Asci 

 elongated, linear. Sporidia lanceolate, slightly curved, 4-septate, 

 20 it long. 



On Cyrilla, North Carolina. 



Specimens from Pennsylvania (Michener) have the sporidia a 

 little stouter, but of the same length. 



Cooke. in (I rev. XVI. p. 87, places this with hyaline-spored 

 species. 



Z. nmcrasca, Sacc. ^lich. II. p. 138. 



Perithecia scattered, seiniimmersed, | mm. diam. r globose-conical, 

 carbonaceous, llack. Ostiolum papilliform, at length deciduous. 

 texture parenchymatic. dense, sooty-black. Asci cylindrical, verv 

 large. 200 x 10 ft, with a short stipe and sun-ounded by short (genuine)? 

 paraphyses. S-spoi-ed. rounded and entire above. Sporidia obliquely 

 imiseriate. {'iisoid, slightly curved, 3-septate, 30x6 /JL, not constricted, 

 hvaline. 4-nuclejite. 







On rotten wood, Carolina (Ravenel). 



Sec. Cooke (Syll. 1. c.) this species approaches Sphceria picastra, 

 Schw.. in its sporidia. 



Z. humiilina, Pk. Hull. N. V. State Mus. Xo. i>, ]. 24. 



Perithecia small, 260-310 // broad, depressed-hemispherical, 

 slightly sunk in the matrix, subglabrous, black, with a minute, papil- 

 late ostiolum. Asi-i cylindrical, 60-70x8-10^. Spondia uuiseriate, 



