300 



FrcMjiicnt on dead loaves of Planfago lanceolata of last year's 

 growth, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Sphceria coccineo-maculata, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1801. Peri- 

 tliecia black, seriate or inordinate, astomous, oblong, finally empty, 

 seated on a scarlet spot slightly elevated in the center. 



On leaves of grasses, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Sphceria Andromedarum, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1702. Perithecia 

 minute, innate, scattered or aggregated, convex-globose finally, as it 

 were, circtimscissile, the upper part deciduous. 



On the lower side of leaves of Andromeda axillaris, Salem, N. (X 



Sphcvria apertiuscula, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1785. Perithecia 

 scattered, brownish -black, minute, arising from the bullate paren- 

 chyma, at first innate, with a large opening above, finally empty. 

 Resembles a minute Peziza. 



Rarely met with, on the lower side of leaves of Vlmus fulva, 

 New York State (Torrey). 



Spliceria perigynicola, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1782. Perithecia 

 scattered, very minute, astomous, black, erumpent, subconic-compressed. 

 at length empty, often distantly seriate-erumpent. 



Met with occasionally on the perigynia of Carices, especially of 

 C. xanthophysa, Mt. Pocono, Pa. Allied to S. recutita. 



Spliozria Angelica? lucidce, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1781. Perithecia 

 scattered, innate, subprominent, dark, astomous, collapsing, occupying 

 the lower side of languishing leaves, effused on subcrustaceous, yellow 

 spots. 



On leaves of Angelica lucida, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Sphceria kerbicola, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1794. Perithecia at first 

 concealed under an effused, subhimantoid, white crust, which finally 

 disappears (except around the ostiolum), leaving the scattered, black 

 perithecia bare. Ostiola conical, equal in length to the diameter of 

 the perithecia, finally deciduous; then the perithecia appear globose 

 and perforated. 



On leaves of various herbaceous plants, Bethlehem, Pa. 



PHARCIDIA, Korber. 



Parerga lichenol, p. 469. 



Perithecia more or less sunk in the matrix, finally erumpent, small, 

 menibranaceous, with a simple, perforated ostiolum. Paraphyses unit- 

 ed in a shiny mass or wanting. Sporidia 1-3-septate, hyaline. 



