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On i lead branches of SympJioricdrpus /V/CT///O.SV/.V. (California 

 (Harkness). 



We have not seen this, and take tin- diagnosis From Saccardo'- 

 Svlloge, 







ANTHOSTOMELLA, Sacc, 



Syll. I. p. 278. 



Perithecia submembranaceous, globose-depressed, typically cov- 

 ered ly the epidermis. which is generally somewhat blackened around 

 the scarcely erumpont <>Miola. Asci 8-spored- (rarely 4-spored), par- 

 aphysate. Sporidia ovoid n\- ol>]on<r, continuous, dark, sometimes 

 hyaline-appendiculate. 



A. nigro-ammlata, (B. & C.) 



Sph<2ria niffi o-annulata, B. it C. Cuban Fungi, No. 859. 

 Ant/iostnnit'Ila nigro-annttlata, Sacc. Syll. 1032, and Cke. Syn. 4610. 

 Sph&ria Yucca, Sch\v. Syn. Car. No. SS ? 

 Exsicc. Kll. X A. I- jd Ser. 1672. Rav. Car. V, 73. 



Perithecia subgregarious, rovcrcd b\ the '])idfrmis which is. 

 thickened ,1'xrcpt a white spot in the center) around the slightly 

 erunipent ostiola. Asci cylindrical, p. sp. 75-80 p long. Sporidia 

 nliliijiu'ly unisei-iaie. ohlnng or subelliptical, brown, 12-18 (mostly 

 14 15)x7J ft. 



On leave- of )'//<<,/. Carolina and Florida. 



A. minor. E. & )L .Fourn. Mycol. 111. p. 43, 



I-! \sicc. EH N: ICvrhl. X. A. F. 2d Ser. 1965. 



Perithecia scattered, J mm. diam., subglobose, with the upper 

 part subconical and ])rominent. with a rather acute, papilliform osti- 

 olum. A-ci linear. ()5-7"> x o a. Sporidia uniseriate. opake, 2-3- 

 nucleate. sul)ine(|nilateral, 7-8x2J-3 /^ The surface of the matrix, 

 m the specimens seen. \\ a> covered with a thin, black crust, but whether 

 this had any connection with the perithecia. we could not say. 



On petioles of Sabal serru!<it<i. Florida (Calkins). 



A. sepelibilis, (B. & C.) 



Spharia sepelibilis, B. & C. Gre\ . IV, p. 146 

 Anthostoinella septlibilis, Sacc. Syll. 1042, and Cke. Syn. 462$. 

 Hxsicc. EH- N. A. F. 1200. 



Perithecia scattered, depressed-globose, about J mm. diam.. COT 

 red by the blackened cuticle which is raised into pustules and pierced 

 by the papilliform, erunipent ostiola, Asci clavate-cylhidrical par- 

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