Perithecia hypophyllous, gregarious, erumpent, globose, pierced 



above, llack. 75-- 100 p. diam. Asci clavate-cylindrical, very short- 

 stipitatc. sometimes obliquely inflated below, 42-51 x 8-9 p.. Sporidia 

 jibout 6 in an ascus, imperfectly biseriate, fusoid or rod-shaped, septate 

 in the middle, not constricted, straight or slightly curved, hyaline. 

 1 7-24 x 3-4 fji (seldom 5 p. thick). 



On leaves of Sibbaldia procumbent, Greenland. 



S. ootheca, Sacc. Mich. II, p. 160. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, subgregarious, innate-erumpent, depressed 

 conoid-globose, black, thick-membranaceous, 100 p. diam. Asci thick- 

 obovate. 40x28 p, rounded at the apex, short-apiculate-stipitate, 

 8-spored, without paraphyses. Sporidia 2-3-seriate, oblong, unisep- 

 tate, Very slightly constricted, 15-16x6-7 //, subobtuse at the ends, 

 hyaline. 



On leaves of Drya* integrifolia, Disco, &c., Greenland. 



8. inelaiioplaca, (Desm.) 



Sphczria melanoplaca, Desm. XX, Not. 10. 

 Sph&rella melanoplaca, Awd. M. Eur. Pyr. p. 13. fi^f. IDS. 

 Exsicc. Desm. PI. Crypt. Ed. i, 2097. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, more rarely amphigenous. very minute, 

 numerous, innate-subprominent, black, subsuming, pierced above, 50- 

 80 p diam.. with a whitish nucleus, gregarious, on large, sooty-black 

 spots. Asci short-cylindrical, 40-42 x 8 a, without paraphyses. Spo- 

 ridia 3-4-seriate, lanceolate-fusoid, obtuse at the cuds, uniseptate, hya- 

 line, 22 x 3 p.. 



On leaves of Alchemilla <ilpina, Kobbefiord, Greenland (asci 48- 

 52 x 13-15 , sporidia 18-22x4-6 p). 



S. Iinpatientis, F. & C, 30th Rep. p. 67. 



Perithecia abundant, minute, black. Asci subcylindrical. Spo- 

 ridia crowded, oblong or lanceolate, uniseptate, usually quadrinucleate, 

 12 p long. 



On living leaves of fmpatiensfulva, Adirondack Mts., N. Y. 



S. phlogma, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. IV, p. 65. 



Perithecia scattered, erumpent-superficial, conic-hemispherical, 

 Mbuiit 165 p. diam., epiphyllous. Asci ovate-oblong, 65-75x20- 

 22 ft. Paraphyses none. Sporidia clavate-oblong, uniseptate and 

 slightly constricted at the septum, rounded at the ends, yellowish-hya- 

 line, with several small nuclei, "20-30 x 7-9 p. Allied to S. Stella- 



