diam.. with thick. I thick walls, and contracted above into short, con- 

 verging necks witli quadrisulcate ostiola collected in a slightly eruni- 

 jient fascicle in the center of the disk. The upper part of the .stroina 

 around and between the necks of the peritheda. is filled with whitish. 

 "ruinous matter. Asci about 100 a long, including the slender base. 



(p. sp. 50x10-12 fjtj, Paraphyses filiform, abundant. Sporidia 8 in 

 an ascus. allantoid. yellowish, moderately curved, 12-18 x3|-4 a. 

 The stromata are often confluent. The wood beneath is marked bv a 



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distinct. black. circumscribing line. The circular, flat, grayish-1 (lack- 

 disk is a distinguishing character. 



On dead brandies of >SV///,-. Decorah. Iowa (Holwayi. 



Eu. sabaTina. Cke. Grev. VII. p. ">-. 



Pustule^ small, oblong. l-'2 mm. long, prominent. Perithecia 

 2 o in a stroma composed of the unaltered or more or less blackened 

 substance of the stem, globose, about J mm. diam.. black and shining 

 inside, walls thick. Ostiola subconvergent, erumpent but scarcely 

 prominent, obtusely conical, distinctly quadrisulcate, stout. Asci 35- 

 40 x 5-6 //, lanceolate-clavate, <S-sp<>red. Sporidia snbbiseriate. allan- 

 f oid. nearly hyaline, obtuse. 7-8 x 1 j-2 a. 



On Sulx.tL Geoi'gia and Florida. 



The surface of the stem is uvneradv blackened continuously where 







occupied by the fungus, but there is no distinct circumscribing line- 

 around each separate pustule 



Eu. tuniidiila. (('. & P.) 



/ 'aha tur.iidHl-a, C. & P. 2gth Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 58 

 EntypeUa tidiitdiila, Sacc. Sj'll. 593. 



Erumpent, piercing the elevated, discolored cuticle, ultimately 

 exposing the blackened disk. Perithecia 4-6, semiimmersed in the 

 wood, circumscribed by a black line. Ostiola obtuse, quadrisulcate. 

 Asci clavate. Sporidia linear, straight or curved, obtuse, hyaline. 10- 

 lo // long. 



On dead branches of Cratcegus, New York State ("Peck \. 



Eu. aleiirina, (B. & C.) 



I'alsu (EntypcUa] aleitrina, B. & C. Grev. XIV, p. 46. 



Pustules convex, orbicular, densely gregarious, erumpent, the epi- 

 dermis. stellately cleft around the ostiola. Perithecia black, nestling 

 in the bark, their sulcate necks converging. Asci clavate. 8-spored. 

 Siioridia allantoid. hvaline. 8 u loiiii 1 . 



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On l>ark of Plotunus. North Carolina, 

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