The Scottish Naturalist. 89 



This genus was formed for the reception of one 

 species — Ephelis typhina Fr. — from Mexico, and differs 

 from Rhytisma in the prominent cup-shaped receptacles 

 formed irom the black superficial stroma. 



2295. Ephelis radicalis (Cooke) Phill. & Keith. In Litt* 



Rhytisma radicate Cke. Gnrittea, Vol. VIII. p. 9. 



Cups substipitate, crowded, black, rugose (under a 

 lens) ; disc concave, cinereous ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 

 8, oblong ovate, trinucleate, -or x '004 u. ; paraphyses 

 filiform, or slightly thickened upwards. 



Forming black swollen patches at the base of dead 

 stems of Rhinanthus crista-galli. Cup developed in 

 April. 

 East. - — — Dee Moray — 



West. — — — 



Forres. Rev. Dr. Keith. Near Aberdeen. Prof. J. W. H. 

 Trail. 



2296. Dothidea trifolii Fr. C. Hbk. No. 2416. 



On Trifolium medium. Aug. Sep. 



East. — — — Moray — 



West. — — — — 



Grantown. Rev. Dr. Keith. 



England. Europe. 



2297. Diatrype verrucseformis Fr. Var. Tocciaeana De 



Not. Gr evil lea, I. p. 155. 



PustuLxform, subhemi spherical, depressed at the apex> 

 fuscescent, soon naked. Perithecia 3-6, seldom more* 

 spheroid, with a short neck. Asci clavate, very much 

 elongated at the base, polysporous. 

 Sporidia minute, spermatoid. 

 On Alder. May. 



East. — — — — Moray — 



West. — — — — 



Forres. Rev. Dr. Keith. 



2298. D. pyrrhocystis B. & Br. C. Hbk. No. 2441. 



On Hazel. May. 



East. — — — — Moray — 



West. — — — — 



Forres. Rev. Dr. Keith. 



(To be continued.) 



