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into little obtusely conical projections, around which the surface of the 

 matrix is of a tawny color. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 50-60x7-8 //. 

 Sporidia biseriate, oblong-, 3-septate and slightly constricted at the 

 -cpta. brown, ll-lf>x3-3 t u. ends obtuse. 



On petioles of Suhul wi-rnlatd. Florida (Martin and Calkins). 



This is closely allied to L. sabaUgera. B. <t C.. but (sec. Louisi- 

 ana sprrc. ii'oni Langlois), differs in its rather larger, less prominent 

 perithecia and shorter, darker, const ri<'ted and obi use sporidia, 



L. gigaspora, Xiessl. in Rab. F. E. 2998. 



Perithecia somewhat scattered, glolnilose, sunk in the parenchy- 

 ma of the leaf, J mm. diam.. with a broad, flattened, scarcely erumpent 

 ostiolum, black. Asci broad cylindric-clavate. sessile, rounded at the 

 apex. S-spored, 144-150x22-24 a thick. Sporidia 2-3-seriate, elon- 

 Li'ated-iusoid. at first hyaline and 2-nvlled. finally 3-septate and some- 

 what constricted at the septa, honey-yellow. 50-55 x 10-12 IJL, 



On Iravrs of Carc.i- microglochin^ Igaliko, Greenland. 



L. cnlinoriini. A\vd. Verzeichn. des Leipz Tausch Yereins (18(><'n. 

 p. 4. 



/.> ptosphan /a //i-!osfop/ca, Karst. Fungi in Ins. Spetsb. collecti, in Oefvers, af 



\\tensk. Akad. Forhandl. (1872), p 102. 

 Exsicc. Rab. F. K. 1553. 54, 2759. Rehm. Asc. 240. Thum. F. Austr. 1254. id. M. U. 761. 



Perithecia scattered, buried except the very small papilliforin. 

 projecting ostiolnm. finally more or less erumpent, black, glabrous, 

 about 100 IJL diam. Asci elongated-clavate, very short-stipitate, S- 

 spored, 60-80 x 12-16 //.with scanty, filiform paraphyses. S]>oridia 

 2-3-seriate, obiou^-fusnid. subinequilateral or slightly curved. 3-sep- 

 tate. the penultimate cell often a little enlarged, honey-yellow, 17-22 

 (or even 27 i x (i-1) . 



On Luzul't arcuata, #j>t<'ata. and mulf /flora, Poo ghtura. and 

 Jcxuosa, and on Alopevm-'i* <>1 i>'nin*. in western Greenland, 



L. juneiiia, (Awd.) 



Sphceria juncina* Awd. in Rab. F. E. 748. 

 Sphezrellajiutcina, Awd. Myc. Eur. p. 18, tab. VI, fig. 74. 

 Heptamstiajnncina, Cke. Syn. 4865. 

 Leplospfueria juntina, Sacc. Syll. 3094. 



Perithecia very numerous, thickly scattered, covered by the epi- 

 dermis, globose, pierced above, black, 50-60 IJL diam. Asci elongated- 

 ovate, very short-stipitate, 8-spored, 48 x 10-12 /j. Sporidia 3-4- 

 seriate, fusoid. subobtuse. slightly curved, 3-septate, not constricted 

 brownish, 24x3-4 //.. often surrounded by a gelatinous envelope. 



On Juncu* t)i yln in ix. Disco, Greenland. 

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