4'_ 



'On dead hickory limits. Xewfield. N. J. 



The ostiola do not project at all. but arc slightly umbilicate- 

 tlepressed. 



D. Carpini, (Pers.) 



Sphczrta Carping Pers. Syn..p. 39. 

 I'alsa Carpini, Fr. Su-mma Veg. Sc. p. 411 

 DiaportJif. Carpini, Fckl. Symb. p. 205. 



Exsicc. T'hum. M. U. 2169. Rehrn Asc. 376. Kunze F. Sel. 121. Rav. F. Am. 746. Krgr, 

 F. Sax. 138. Sydow M. March. 298, 1257. 



Stroma cortical, pale. Perithecia circinate, numerous, crowded, 

 closely circumscribed by a narrow line. Ostiola erimipent through 

 the stellately torn epidermis, not confluent, at first papillate, finally 

 timbilicate, and sometimes roslellate. Asci oblong, sessile, 8-spored. 

 30-60x7-8/2. Sporidia subbiseriate, oblong-cylindrical, uniseptate. 

 obtuse, hyaline, 4-nucleate. 13-18x3-4 //. Spennogonia erumpent 

 1-2 mm. across, with an irregular central opening: spermatia lance- 

 fusoid, 2-nucleate, hyaline, 12-15 x3J-4 JUL. 



On Cui'i'ttm* AiiK'i'icoiKi. South Carolina (Ravenel); Canada 

 (Dearncss). Now York (Peck and Fairman). 



The spccc. IVom I>r. Fairman have asci and sporidia correspond- 

 ing to the smaller dimcn.-ions in the foregoing diagnosis, which i. 

 taken from Sju-i-Mi-do's Svllo-- 



D. striiinella. (Fr.) 



SphcEria stmniella, Fr. S. M. II. p. 565. 

 Diatrypc strumdla. Fr. Summa Veg. Scand. p. 

 Diaportfie sti unu'Ha, Fckl. Syrnb. p. 205. 



Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 598. Rab. Herb. Mj-c. 49, 255. id. F. E. 2431. Reh'm Asc. 429 

 Sydow M. March, 196. Thum. M, U. 1160, 1857. Desni. Pi. Crypt. Ed. I, 1752, Ed. 

 II, 1402. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2524. 



Stromata thickly and evenly scattered, orbicular, depressed 

 formed of the unaltered substance of the inner bark, and covered by 

 the epidermis. Perithecia 10-15 in a stroma. circulate, small, spheri- 

 cal, penetrating to the wood, and often adnate to it. Ostiola cylin- 

 drical, closely packed together, and erumpent in a black, elliptical, 

 transverse disk which is finally obliterated ; mostly short and obtuse, 

 but sometimes elongated. Asci 50-60x7-10 //, subsessile. clavate. 

 Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, uniseptate and constricted at the septum, 

 13-22x3-4 //, greenish-hyaline, slightly curved. 



On dead stems of R-iltes hicnstre. Canada (Dearness), New York 

 (Peck). 



D. snbcongrna, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia ovate-globose. J mm. diam.. 6-12 together, enclosed in 

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