684 



tin 1 apex of the ]><'ritli<viuin. Asci cylindrical, sessile, 35-45x4 //, 

 (paraphysate) ? Sporidia uniseriate, clavate-oblong, uniseptate, hyaline, 

 C>-7x2-2i p m 



On the inner surface of the loosened bark, on cedar (Cupressus 

 tin/nicies) stumps not much decayed; not uncoinmon around Newfield, 

 N. J. 



(i. chlorinum, (B. & 0.) 



Hysterium chlorinum, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 12. 



Glonium chlorinum, Sacc. Syll. 5595. 



Soon liberated from the cuticle, elevated from the bark, often 

 narrowed at the base, elliptical, at first greenish from a fine, powdery 

 coat which soon wears off; lips sulcate; disk greenish. Sporidia in 

 two rows, oblong, uniseptate, constricted in the middle, 7| p. long; the 

 endochrome has frequently a little emargi nation.'' 



On twigs of Quercus aquatica, Alabama (Beaumont). 



G. medium, (Cke.) 



Hysterium medium, Cke. Texas Fungi, p. 183. 

 Glonium medium, Sacc. Syll. 5604. 



Perithecia oblong, about 1 mm. long, emergent, but only slightly 

 prominent, gregarious, lying parallel ; lips closed, forming a narrow, 

 subacute ridge along the top of the perithecium, finally more or less 

 open. Asci cylindrical, 50-60x4-5 /*. Sporidia ovoid, uniseptate, 

 hyaline, 6-8x3 //, (8-10x4 p, Cke.). 



On decorticated branches of Berckemia, Houston, Texas (Rav- 

 enel). Diagnosis from a specimen from Ravenel. 



G. Ravenelii, Cke. & Phil, in Rav. F. Am. 763. 



Perithecia narrow-cylindrical, 1-2 mm. long, subflexuous, gre- 

 garious on a very thin, dark-colored subiculnm which, however, is 

 sometimes wanting; lips closed or leaving only a very narrow cleft 

 between them, and with 2-3 distinct, longitudinal striae on each side. 

 Asci clavate-oblong, 75-80x12 /*. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, clav- 

 ate-oblong or clavate-fusoid, hyaline, uniseptate, about 20 x 5 //. 



On bark of Platanus, seaboard of South Carolina (Ravenel). 

 The diagnosis is from the spec, in Rav. F. Am. and from other specc. 

 sent by Ravenel. 



GL velatum, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia gregarious, oblong, black, rounded off above towards 

 each end, rough and more or less distinctly longitudinally striate, 

 hardly more than 1 mm. long; lips only slightly swollen, closed at 



