379 



On leave- of Lycopodhun <utnotiitufn and L. Sel<ic/o. Mt. Marcy, 

 \ew York. 



L. lycopodiicola, (Pk.) 38th Rep. p. 105. 



Lcptosphceria lycopodiicola, Sacc. S3~ll. 6690. 

 Heptameria lycopodiicola, Cke. Syn. 4928. 



Perithecia small (125-150 //). sphaeroid or elliptical, erumpcnt. 

 black. Asci subcylindrical, nearly sessile, 55-75x7-10 tj.. Sporidia 

 oblong or subfusiform, slightly colored, 3-5-septate, 20-25 x4|-5 //. 



On dead peduncles of Lycopodium da rat inn, Adirondack Mts.> 

 New York. 



The perithecia are associated with a minutely tufted Clodo 

 xporhnn. Some of them are laterally compressed. The sporidia arc 

 much narrower than in L. Cr^'ntt and L. Marcyensis* 



L. Crepiui, (West). 



Spinet ia Ctepini, West, in Bull, de la Soc. de botaii. de Belg. II, tab. VII 

 Leptosphcctia Ci-'pini, De Not. Nuov. Reel. Pireu. Ital. p. 10. 

 Exsicc. Rab. V. E. 444. Thum. M. U. 354. 



Perithecia mostly hypophyllous, gregarious, buried, covered by 

 the epidermis, globose 01- sul (depressed, broadly perforated above, 

 black, 100-150 n diam. Asci cylindrical or elongated-subclavate, 

 sessile, 8-spored, 70-75x13-14 ft, Sporidia 2- or partly 3-seriate. 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly i-nrved, 3-septate, yellowish, 20-26 x 7-10 p. 

 Paraphyses filiform. 



On spikes of Lycopodium annotinum, J\It. Marcy. X. Y. (Peck), 

 Igaliko. cVc.. in (Greenland (Rostrup). 



L. polaris, Sacc. ^yll. II, p. 83, (Sphseria No. 8, Th. Fries in 

 Hedw. 1881, p. 59). 



Perithecia small, immersed, black. Asci cvlinclric-clavate, with 



t/ 



al iiindant 1 (ranching paraphyses, 4-spored. Sporidia nniseriate, oblong, 

 obtuse, 3-septate, somewhat constricted at the septa, especially the 

 middle one, cells 1-2-nucleate, obscurely clouded, 28-32x9-10 t a. 

 On the lichen Rhizocarpum geographicum, Greenland, 



METASPH.ERIA, Sacc. SylL II p. 156. 



We have reluctantly accepted this as a genus distinct from Lepto 

 sphwria. from which it differs only in its permanently hyaline spo- 

 ridia. Practically it makes little difference whether these hyaline- 

 spored species are recognized under a separate generic name, or 

 considered a section or subgenus of Leptosphc&ria. In either case 



