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PLATE XL 



FijT. 67. a, Tympanis conspersa, four clusters which have burst 

 through the bark, the natural size ; 6, a cluster with spermogonia inter- 

 mixed, slightly magnified ; c, a section of a cluster ; d, a portion of the 

 interior of a spermogonium, with the filiform sterigmata; e, the sper- 

 matia produced on the sterigmata ; /, asci mature and immature, 

 surrounded with the adherent paraphyses ; g, a number of sporidia, 

 showing their variation in size and form, d and g x 400 times. 



Fig. 68. a, Crumenula urceoliformis, several cups on Vaccinium 

 twigs, the natural size ; b, a cup magnified ; c, a section of the same ; 

 rf, an ascus with paraphyses ; e, two filiform sporidia ; /, stylospores 

 on their sterigmata. d, e, and/ x 400 times. 



Fig. 69. a, Ephelis Rhinanthi, nat. size ; &, mature cups mag- 

 nified ; c, section of a cup ; d, an ascus with a paranhysis ; e, four 

 sporidia ; /, spermatia with their sterigmata. d, e, and/ x 400 times. 



Fig. 70. a, Patellaria clavispora, a group the nat. size ; &, two cups 

 magnified; c, section of a cup; d, an ascus with several paraphyses; 

 e, sporidia, showing stages of growth, d and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 71. a, ffeterosphceria patella, nat. size; ft, a cup magnified; 

 c, a section of a cup that has not yet split open at the top ; d, an ascus 

 and paraphyses ; e, five sporidia ; /, stylospores. d, e, and / x 400 

 times. 



Fig. 72. a, Laquearia sphceralis, a group the nat. size ; 5, a single 

 receptacle seen from above, enlarged ; c, a section of a receptacle more 

 highly magnified ; d, an ascus with paraphyses ; e, five sporidia. 

 d and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 73. a, Propolis versicolor, the nat. size ; &, a single receptacle 

 magnified ; c, a section of the same ; d, an ascus with paraphyses ; 

 e, seven sporidia removed from an ascus. d and e x 400 times. 



PLATE XII. 



Fig. 74. a, Schmitzomia atro-alba, the nat. size ; 5, three receptacles 

 magnified ; c, section of a receptacle, showing how it is immersed in 

 the matrix; d, an ascus and paraphyses; e, a filiform sporidium. 

 d and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 75. a, Stictis pallida, nat. size ; &, three receptacles magnified ; 

 c, a section of a receptacle ; d, an ascus with paraphyses ; e, six 

 sporidia. d and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 76. a, Phacidium striatum, the nat. size ; 5, two receptacles 

 magnified, the one just splitting, the other having fully opened ; c, a 

 section ; d, two mature asci with paraphyses ; e, six sporidia in different 

 stages of development, d and e x 400 times. 



fig. 77. a, Trocliila craterium, on a fragment of a leaf, the nat. 



