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paler, subfimbriate tip. Asci oblong-ovate, p sp. about 20-25 x 7-8 //. 



Sporidia crowded, acutely elliptical, hyaline, hemming dark. 7-N x 

 4|-5 //. The asci and sporidia often ooy,e out at the tip of the long 

 beak oi 1 ostiolum. and form a dark colored globule. wJiich inclines to 

 flatten out. and thus gives the appearance of an enlarged, truncate tip. 



On old Fomc.x applanatus, West Chester. Pa. 



Specimens of Periconia sphcerophila, Pk., found by Mr. Mes- 

 chiitt in Northern New Jersey, and by Miss Minns in New Hampshire, 

 are ascigerous and much resemble this. 



T. jnniperinum, E. & E. 1. c. 



Perithecia gregarious, awl-shaped, black, 700-800 JJL high, slightly 

 enlarged at the tip, swollen and about 150 it thick below. Asci 

 included in the ovate-swollen base, oblong-elliptical, about 12x6//. 

 with a slender stipe 12-15 a long. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, ovate- 

 globose, brown, 4x3| /i, or a little less. The sporidia exude and 

 form a little brown head at the apex of the perithecium, thus giving the 

 appearance of a Calicium. 



On a wounded, dead ]>la.ce on a limb of Juniperus Virginiana, 

 Flatbush, Long Island (Zabriskie). 



C. subriifum, E. & E. (in Herb.) (Plate 22) 



Perithecia gregarious, minute, erumpent-superficial, ovate, 112 /*. 

 diani., with a cylindrical ostiolum about 300 it long. Asci ovate, stipi- 

 tate, p. sp. 10x6 //, evanescent. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, 8 in an 

 ascus, subcubical, brown, about 4x3 //.with a single large nucleus. 



On dead places in oak limbs partly killed by fire, in company 

 with Wallwrothiella melanostigma, (C. & E.), Newfield, N. J. 



('.Pfoliicolnni, Fckl. 2d. Dutch North Polar Exp. p. 94, tab. I. 

 fig. 7, Sacc. Syll. Addit, I, p. 37. 



Perithecia with the habit of Gnomon? a, scattered, at first im- 

 mersed, finally suberumpent, globose, minute, black. Ostiolum very 

 long and black. Asci not seen. Sporidia perfectly globose, nucleate, 

 epispore smooth, 8 /j. diam. 



On the lower surface of dry leaves of Salix arctk-a Sabine Island. 

 Arctic America. 



Spccicx imperfectly known. 



C. iallax, ( A ke. & Sacc. Grev. V1L p. 8. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 788. 



Perithecia loosely gregarious, superficial, globose-depressed, \ mm. 



