41'.) 



2-3-nucleate, 7-8 x 3-4 t u. with a faint, obtuse, hyaline apiculus about 

 1| // long at the lower end. and a rather shorter one at the upper end. 

 On fallen h-avcs of Magnolia, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. Oreodaphnes, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sph&ria (Anthostomtlla) Oreodaphnes, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 18. 

 Sph&ria Oreodaplmcs Berl. & Vogl. Sacc. Syll. 6321. 

 'Anthostoma Oreodaphnes, Cke. Syn. 4193. 



Scattered, innate, covered. Perithecia globose, scarcely papillate, 

 covered by tin: slightly raised, partially blackened epidermis. Asci 

 cylindrical, 8-spured. Sporidia biseriate, elliptical, inflated in the 

 middle, continuous, brown. 3H-3.~> x 12-14 IJL, with granular contents. 



On lea v< -s-of Utnljclliil'ii'i'i. California (Harkness). 



A. Ludoviriana. Ell. & Langlois. Proc. A cad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July. 

 1890. p. Uii-s. 



Perithecia !< -Carious. <-<vered by the 1 darkened cuticle which i? 

 pierced by tin- jtapillilonn. minutely perforated ostiola, 140-170 fi 

 diam. A-ri ")("" x 3-3 1 //, cylindrical, paraphysate. Sporidia ob- 

 long-elliptical, lij-nwii. mostly 2-nucleate, 4-6 (mostly 4-5) x 2-2^ /^, 

 unisei-iatc. Tin- prritli<ria aiv often in subseriate patches, lying so 

 near as to toiirli each other, hut hardly confluent, and are buried in 

 the substance of the hark, or even in the denuded wood, which is then 

 continuously and uniformly blackened on the surface, but not within, 







Distinguished from other allied species by its small sporidia. 

 On dead sterns of Smilax, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. smilncinina. (Pk.) 



Sph&ria sniilaciinna, Pk. agth Rep. p. 62. 



Antlwstomella smilacinina, Sacc. Syll. 1043, Cke. Syn. 4624. 



Perithecia abundant, slightly prominent, minute, at first covered 

 by the thin, often blackened epidermis. Asci cylindrical or subclav- 

 ute. Sporidia ovate or unequally elliptical, pale greenish-yellow. 

 rJi-15 [JL long, usually with a single large nucleus. 



On dead stems of Smilacina stcllata. New York State (Peck). 



A. brachystoma. E. & E. Bull. Wash. Coll. Vol. I (1884). p. 5. 



Perithecia globose. J mm. diam., buried in the wood, their short 

 stout, obtuse, broadly perforated ostiola slightly projecting. Asci? 

 Sporidia oblong-elliptical or subnavicular, brown, almost opake, 22- 



2.") X 11-1 2/7.. 



On rotten wood of T&njn Puttoniana. Mt. Paddo, Washington. 

 The specc. were old and the asci had mostly disappeared. 



