142 



Stroiiiata cortical, not. discolored, minute, about I mm. diaui., sunk 

 to the wood. Perithecia 3-8. Ostiola short-cylindrical, obtuse, per- 

 forated, eriimpent in a short, compact iaseiele rising from the center of 

 the pulvinulate stroma, and rupturing the closely eiivelopiiiir epidermis- 

 in a stellate manner. Asci subrylindrieal. Sporidia crowded or bi- 

 seriate, oblong, a little narro \ver at one end, obscurely uniseptate, hya- 

 line, with a minute bristle at each end, 7-8 x .: u, 2- or more-nucleate. 



On dead stems of Rubii* N/y/V/o.s^.y. New York and New Jersey, 



D, syngenesia, (Fr.) 



Sphtzria syngenesia, Fr. S. M. II, p. 382. 

 Valsa syngenesia, Fr. Summa, p. 411. 

 Diaporthe syngenesia, Fckl. Symb. p. 204, 

 Diatrype Frangulce, (Pers.), Cke. Hndbk. II, p. 816. 



lixsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 601. Kze. F. Sel. 120, 349. Rab. F. F). 1249, 2525. Sydow,. M. March 

 264. Thum. F. Austr. 697. id. M. U, 2171. Cke. F. Brit. Ser.i, 238, Ser. 2, 222. 



Stroma mostly conical, adnate to the wood, concentrically substri- 

 ate, black, dusky inside, about 2 mm. diam. Perithecia 5-9 in a 

 stroma, sphaeroid, black. Ostiola bound together in a compact disk 

 which raises the epidermis in a pustuliform manner and ruptures it,, 

 but scarcely rises above it. Asci sessile, cylindric-clavate, 54-58 x 7- 

 !) //, 8-s}ored. Sporidia biseriate, clavate-oblong, 4-nucleate, greenish- 

 hyaline, 13-15 x3| JUL, with a short, bristle-like appendage at each end. 



On dead limbs. Carolina and Pennsylvania (Schw.). (Syn. N. 

 Am. 1321.) 



D. sulphiirea, Fckl. Symb. p. 205. 



IA lanconis? umbonata, Sacc. My col. Vert. .Spec. p. 126, tab. XII, figs. 39-41 (fide 



Winter). 

 Kxsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 2539. Kunze F. Sel. 350. 



Stromata scattered, slightly convex, orbicular or elliptical, seated 

 on the inner bark and covered by the epidermis, which is raised into 

 slight pustules, but not discolored, 2-3 mm. diam., sulphur-yellow. 

 Perithecia 410 in a stroma, subcircinate, bedded in the bark, globose, 

 at length flattened, tolerably large, their ostiola united in a small, 

 round, or subelliptical, ernmpent disk which rises but slightly above 

 the epidermis. Asci snbelavate or fusoid, sessile, 80-90x12-14 //. 

 Sporidia biseriate, oblong, narrowed and rounded at the ends, septate 

 in the middle, 20-24 x 7 //, with a small, globose appendage at each 

 end. 



On dead branches of (7or?/fo&s rostwitu. Ganesvort, X. Y. (Peck), 



