191 



The specimens of S. caviiuata, 0. & E., in my Herb., and of 

 S. n.nnhmta, Cke. in Rav. F. Am., do not afford anv characters to 



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distinguish them from this. 



C. carpophilum. Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. IX, p. 73. 



Perithecia subglobose, \ mm. or over in diam., rough. Ostiolum 

 capillary, three times or more as long as the perithecium, and more or less 

 (.rooked or bent. Asci slender, about 50 p. long, with filiform paraph - 

 yses. Sporidia uniseriate or biseriate, fusiform, yellowish. 4J-G n. long. 



On old chestnut burs, with Sp1nt>ria (LcBstadia) echiuopJiiln. 

 Schw. which lias the asci and sporidia hardly distinguishable from 

 those of this species. 



C. snbnlatmii, Ell. Am. Nat. March, 1883, p. 318. 



Perithecia covered by the epidermis, globose. 150 //. diam. Osti- 

 olum erumpent, subulate, | mm. long, apex subfimbriate. Asci 8-spored, 

 evanescent, elliptical, 15x11 /i. Sporidia. subcubical in the asci, be- 

 coming ovate or subglobose when free, brownish, 4|-5| x 3-3^ n. often 

 oo/ing out in a globule at the tip of the ostioliiin. 



On dead stems and capsules of Oenothera bicmi/x, and on the 

 brush of an old broom-corn broom, Xewfield, X. J. 



In the description of C. subulatum in Am. Xat. the perithecia 

 were erroneously described as "subulate." The ostiolum is subulate, 

 but the perithecia are globose and immersed. C. caulincolum, Fckl. 

 has larger perithecia and sporidia. 



f. eonicnm, E. & E. Proc. A.cad. Xat. Sci. Phil, Pa., July. 1890. 



Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2348. 



Perithecia immersed or superficial by the falling away of the sur- 

 rounding wood, gregarious, subovate, about J mm. diam., rough, pro- 

 longed above into a conical, rough ostiolum projecting above the 

 surface of the wood, and finally elongated to about 1 mm. in length. 

 Asci 75-80x8 p (p. sp.), with stout, lance-pointed paraphyses much 

 longer than the asci. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-fusoid, pale brown, 

 about 5-nucleate, straight, 18-20x3 11. 



On rotten pine logs, Xewfield, X. J. 



C. parasiticum, E. & E. 1. c. 



Perithecia membranaceous, sul (hemispherical, J mm. diam., red- 

 dish-brown, becoming slaty -black, prolonged above into a stout beak 

 2-2| mm. long. 150 /JL thick below, narrowing to about 75 at the 



