187 

 Z. quereetis, (Cke. & Massee). 



Conispli&tia (Zignoella) qnetct'tis, Cke. & Mass. Grev. XVI, p. 91. 



Perithecia scattered or gregarious, semiimmersed, laterally com- 

 pressed, hysteriiform, black, ostiolum papilliform and finally deciduous. 

 Asci clavate-cylindrical. Sporidia biseriate, lanceolate, 4-nucleate. at 



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length triseptate. hyaline, 35x8 /*. 



On naked, bleached wood. South Carolina (Curtis, 1915). 



Z. exigua, (1. & P.) 



Spha-iia e.rigua, C. & P. 3oth Rep. X. Y. State Mas. p. 65. 

 Zignoflla exigua, Sacc. Syll. 3629. 



Perithecia subgregarious, small. 300 //. diam., globose, sometimes 

 collapsed, smooth, shining, black, papillate. Asci clavate or cylin- 

 di'ical. Sporidia elliptical, binucleate. then 1-3-septate, hyaline. 15- 



On de<-ayiim- wood. New York (Clinton). 

 Z. funieola, Ell. 



Spli&riafunicola, Kll. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VIII, p. 90. 

 Zignoella fttnicola, Sacc. Syll. 3639. 



Perithecia scattered, minute (150-200 //), ovate-glolioH 1 . partly 

 covered by the fibers of the cotton, pierced above, but without any 

 prominent ostiolum. i-ou^h, black, carbonaceo-membranaceous. Asci 

 oblong-cylindrical, contracted below into a short stipe, 65-75x15- 

 18 ft, Avith abundant conglutinated paraphyses. Sporidia crowde*!- 

 biseriate, oblong-elliptical, obtuse, o-septate. hyaline. 15-20x7-$ // . 



On old cotton cord on a grape trellis, New Jersey. 



Too near the next species. 



Z. diaphana, (C. & E.) 



Sphtzria diaphana, C. & E. Grev. V, p. 53. tab. So fig. 15. 

 Zignoella diaphana, Sacc. Syll. 3653. 

 Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 781. 



Perithecia gregarious, mostly on bleached spots, suberumpent. 

 membranaceous, finally collapsing above, subelongated or subhysterii- 

 form. J-f mm. in the longer diam., ostiolum not prominent. Asci sub- 

 sessile, cylindrical, paraphysate, about 75x12 it. Sporidia overla]- 

 ping or biseriate, clavate-oblong or oblong-elliptical, hyaline, 3-septate, 

 1 5-22 x 6-7 //. 



Yar. albociiicta (Spliccrta albocincta, C. & E. C-rev. VII, p. ( .). 

 has the perithecia surrounded at l>ase by a narrow zone of bleached 

 wood, but does not differ otherwise, unless the sporidia may average a 

 little larger (20-23 ft long). 



