562 



V. Notarisii, (Mont.) 



Valsa Notarisii, Mont. Syll. No. 754. 

 Valsaria Notarisii, Sacc. Syll. 2810, Cke. Syn. 2071'. 

 Sf>/itzria Pertploccz, De Not. Micr. VIII. 



Pustulate, perforating the epidermis, at length bare. Peritheeia 

 ovoid, circinate, black, buried in a cinereous-black, cortical stroma. 

 the ostiola connate and ormnpont in a flat, black, rugulose disk. Asci 

 cylindrical, lOOx 10 p.. Sporidia uniscriate, uniseptate, oblong, brown, 

 constricted at the septum,. 20 x 10 p. 



On Robinia and Gleditschia, Carolina (Curtis). 



V. viticola, (Schw.) 



Sph(zria viticola, Schw. Syu. Car. No. 64. 

 Diatrype viticola, Berk. & Curt. Grev. IV, p. 96. 

 Diatrype (Valsaria} viticola, Cke. Grev. XIV, p. 44. 

 Valsaria viticola, Sacc. Syll. 2712. 



Pustules small, scattered or in parallel series, grayish-black, 

 rugose. Perithecia few, 2-3 ? black, in a shining-brown stroma, or 

 scattered singly in the thick, blackened bark. Sporidia oblong, uni- 

 septate, constricted slightly at the septum, 15 tj. long, brown. 



On dead branches of Vitis rotundifolia, Carolina (Schw.). 



We have seen no specimens. Perhaps a depauperate form of 

 F". insitiva. 



V. gregalis, (Schw.) 



Sphceria gregalis, Schw. in Fr. Elench. II, p. 68. 

 Valsaria? gregalis, Sacc. Syll. 2847. 

 Melogratnma ( Valsaria) gregale, Cke. .Syn. 1488. 



Irregularly effused. Perithecia very delicate, globose, subacute, 

 pulverulent, nearly superficial and connate, papillate, brown. Stroma 

 very thin. Sporidia oblong, uniseptate, 12-13 /2 long. 



On rotten wood, Carolina (Schw.). 



The stroma is very thin and indeterminate. Perithecia minute,, 

 exactly globose, sometimes connate and sometimes only crowded, very 

 fragile, brownish-black. Ostiola minute, papillifbrm. 



V. actidia, Berk. & Rav. in Herb. Berk. Grev. XIV, p. 14. 



Stromata innate-emergent. Peritheeia large, few (4-6). Ostiola 

 cuneiform, stel lately arranged. Asci ample, (4-spored)? Sporidia 

 elliptical, uniseptate, constricted, brown, 40-42 x 16-18 //. 



On branches of Ostrya and Carpinus, South Carolina (Ravenel), 



V. gemmata, (B. & Rav.) 



Hypoxylon gemmatum, B. & Rav. Grev. IV, p. 50. 

 H \poxylon Walterianum, Rav. Fung. Car. IV, No. 35. 

 \Ielogramma (Valsaria) gemmatum, Cke. Grev. XTII, p. 103. 



