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ridia '002 -'003 inch long. There are sometimes three septa, and 

 the appendages are more acute. 



Plate X. fig. 14. a. Mature and immature sporidia magnified; h. spo- 

 ridium from the plant on alder. 



854. V. (Obvallatse) tetraploa, Berk. & Curt. MSS. Peri- 

 theciis congestis, ostiolis 20-30 csespitem compactum efforman- 

 tibus, subquadrisulcatis ; sporidiis minutis oblongis curvis. 



On dead sticks. Elmhurst, Feb. 1850, C. E. B. 



Perithecia 20-30, crowded, their ostiola, which are mostly 

 quadrisulcate, forming a little close tuft. Sporidia minute, 

 sausage-shaped. 



A very common species in the United States, occurring on 

 many different kinds of wood. 



855. V, (Obvallatse) rJiodophilaj n. s. Pustulis minutis con- 

 vexis epidermidem discretum elevantibus ; ostiolis minutis Isevi- 

 bus nitidulis ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis octonis oblongis curvis. 



On dead rose twigs. Orton Wood, Leicestershire, Bev. A. 

 Bloxam. 



Pustules minute, lifting up the cuticle, which separates from 

 them ; disk convex ; ostiola minute, shining, even ; asci clavate, 

 containing eight sausage-shaped sporidia, '0004 inch long. 



856. F. (Obvallatse) querna, Curr. /. c, p. 279. On oak twigs. 

 F. Currey, Esq. 



Sporidia oblong, slightly curved, -0002 -'0003 inch long. 



857. V. (Obvallatse) biconica, Curr. /. c, Weybridge, F. Cur- 

 rey, Esq. 



Sporidia biconical, '0011- '0012 inch long. 



858. V, (Obvallatse) pulchra, Curr. /. c. 



Sporidia elliptic, greenish, slightly constricted in the middle 

 and slightly acuminate at either end, uniseptate. 



859. V. (Obvallatse) tetrasporaj Currey, /. c. On willow. 

 Weybridge, Jan., F. Currey, Esq. 



Sporidia four in each ascus, sausage-shaped, obtuse, '0008 

 inch long. 



860. V. (Obvallatse) intea^ta, Curr. /. c. On oak. Weybridge, 

 F. Currey, Esq. 



Sporidia interwoven, filiform, very long. 



861. F. (Circinatse) bitorulosa, n. s. Peritheciis suboctonis 

 brunneolis subpulverulentis ; coUibus decumbentibus rectis os- 

 tiolis confluentibus ; sporidiis uniseptatis, septo articulisque 

 binucleatis constrictis. 



On hornbeam. Elmhurst, Dec. 1851, C. E. B. 



Concealed by the cuticle ; perithecia globose, collapsed, cir- 

 cinating, about eight in a group, with straight decumbent necks 

 and confluent ostiola; asci clavate; sporidia biseriate, '0007- 



