410 



Cl. itiaiiiillaiia, (Fr.) 



Sphceria mamillana, Fr. S. M. II, p. 487. 



(Clypeosphceria mamillana, Lambotte, Fl. Myc. Helg. II, p. 247)? 

 Clypeosphczria limitata, Fckl. Sytnb. p. 117. 

 Kxsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 915. 



IVrithecia gregarious, partly sunk in the matrix, globose, with a 

 Hat base, 400-450 // diam.. with an obtusely conical ostiolmn erum- 

 pent through the black, epidermal shield, and surrounded with a 

 whitish zone. Asci narrow-cylindrical, short-stipitate. 8-spored, 150- 

 1 60 x 8-0 //. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong-lanceolate, subattenuated 

 and rounded at the ends, subinequilateral, 3-septate, brown 19-24 x 

 .">-(> ft. 



On branches of Celastrux, Bethlehem. Pa.. (Schw.i. Diagnosi- 

 from Winter's Pilze. 



Cl. imperfeeta, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia gregarious, globose, | mm. diam.. covered by the epi- 

 dermis which is raised into strong pustules blackened and pierced 

 by the erumpent, papilliform ostiolum. Asci broad clavate-cylindrical. 

 SO-100 x 20 IJL. Sporidia biseriate. elliptical, 3-septate, brown, 20-30 

 x 10-12 //, subinequilateral, slightly constricted at the septa. 



On bark of living birch, Syracuse, N. Y. (Underwood). 



This has the aspect of a lichen (Pyrenula) but seems really more 

 i-losely allied to Clypeosphceria mamillana (Fr.). 



Cl. aliquanta, (C. & E.) 



Sphceria aliquanta, C. & E. Grev. V, p. 94. 



Clypeosphczria ? aliquanta, Sacc. Syll. 3198. 

 He.ptameria aliquanta, Cke. Syn. 4984. 



Perithecia scattered, covered by the blackened epidermis, 200 (i 

 diam., or less. Asci oblong-clavate, p. sp. 65-70x12-15 u, paraphy- 

 sate. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, oblong-fusoid, slightly curved, hya- 

 line and uniseptate, becoming yellowish-hyaline, 3-septate and slightly 

 ronstricted at the septa, 20-25 x 8-10 // including the broad, hyaline 

 Mivelope, the body of the sporidium being mostly only 18-20 x 6-7 / . 



On dead sterns of Smilax, Newfield, N. J. 



( 1 ooke makes the sporidia 30-35 x 10 /*, but we do not find them 

 as large as that, nor do they ever appear to become brown, only yel- 

 lowish- hyaline. 



V 



Cl. Hendersonia, (Ell.) 



Sph&ria Hendersonia, Ell. Grev. VI, p. 14. tab. 95, fijf. N. 

 Leptosphceria Hendersonia, Cke. Syn. 4311. 

 Clypeospheeria Hendersonia, Sacc. Sj y ll. 3194. 

 Sphceria melantera, Pk. 2gth Rep. p. 62. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 581. 



