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angular from mutual pressure, rather less than ^ mm. diam., buried in 

 tlie light-colored stroma in a single laver with rather short but slender 



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necks and subglobose, black ostiola erumpent in a dark brown, convex 

 disk loosely surrounded by the ruptured epidermis. Asci clavate, 

 100-125x12-15 JK, aparaphysate, subsessile. Sporidia biseriate above, 

 fusoid-oblong, hyaline, subobtuse, 3-5-pseudoseptate, 40-55 x 6-8 //. 



On dead branches of Carya, Knowersville, X. Y. (Peck), Iowa 

 (Holway). 



We have supplemented the original description by an examina- 

 tion of specimens sent us by Mr. Peck. 



Species imperfectly known, 

 Cr. gemmata, (B. & C.) 



Valsa gemmata, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 102. 

 Valsa (Calospora) gemmata, Cke. Syn. 2046. 

 Calospora gem mata, Sacc. Syll. 3704. 



" Perithecia few, tircinatmg, necks united. Ostiola stellate. 

 Sporidia shortly fusiform, triseptate." On RJnis radicans. South 

 Carolina. 



Cr. ciliata, (Pers.) 



Sph&ria ciliata, Pers. Syn. p. 35. 



Valsa ciliata, Stevenson's Add. to Cke. Valsei, No. 100. 



Diapoi flu- (Owrostate) .' ciliata, Sacc. Syll. 2442. 



Perithecia about 10 together, erect-convergent, circulating in the 

 inner bark, which is raised into a small, round pustule above them. 

 Ostiola very slender, 1-2 lines long, subsetaceous, divaricate, subflaccid. 

 Sporidia (sec. Stevenson 1. c.), navicular, biseptate, 12^x5 //. 



On bark of elm, Carolina and Pennsylvania (Schw.j. 



Cr. inconspicna, (C. & E.) 



Valsa inconspicua, C. & E. Grev. VI, p. u. 

 Vaha (Calospora) inconspicua, Cke. Syu. 2047. 

 Calospora inconspicua Sacc. Syll. 3706. 



Perithecia valsoid-aggregated. Sporidia narrow-fusoid. 3-septate, 

 4-nucleate, 15x4//. 



On dead alder, Xewfielcl, X. J. 



Our specc. of this species are entirely without fruit. 



PSEUDOVALSA, Ces. & De Not. 



Schema Sferiac. p. 32. 



Stroma and perithecia as in Melanconis. Asci 4-6 or 8-spored, 

 typically paraphysate. Sporidia 2- or more-septate (not muriform), 

 mostly brown. 



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