374 Bev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi, 



888. B, (Obtectse) melina, n. s. Subcuticularis globosa ; os- 

 tiolo minuto ; ascis sublinearibus ; sporidiis uniserialibus cymbi- 

 formibus triseptatis. 



On dead ash twigs. Batheaston, March 1850. 



Perithecia immersed in the bark, which is stained brown im- 

 mediately above them, piercing the cuticle by a minute ostiolum ; 

 asei elongated, linear, obtuse ; sporidia uniseriate, subcymbiform 

 when seen laterally, triseptate, '0009 inch long. 



Plate XL %. 33. a. Ascus magnified ; b. sporidia seen laterally and 

 dorsally. 



*>S^. (Obtectse) clypeata, Nees, Syst. f. 355. On dead Epilo- 

 Mum. Batheaston, March 20, 1851. 



Asci linear ; sporidia uniseriate, oblong, -0008 inch long, 4-5- 

 septate. 



889. S. (Obtectse) anserina, Pers. Ic. et Desc. t. 1. fig. 8. 

 Shrewsbury, Rev. W. A. Leighton. 



Mr. Leighton's specimens have sublinear asci, and elliptic 

 uniseptate uniseriate sporidia 'OOOS-'OOl inch long. The spo- 

 ridia in fact resemble the common type of Diplodia, 



890. S. (Obturatse) obliterans, n. s. Peritheciis sparsis, fibris 

 matricis dealbatis semitectis, collabentibus astomis ; ascis cylin- 

 drico-clavatis, sporidiis uniserialibus obovatis triseptatis, septis 

 demum obliteratis. 



On bare fir poles. Batheaston, March 22, 1850. 



Scattered, half-covered by the bleached fibres of the wood, 

 collapsing, astomous ; asci cylindrico-clavate ; sporidia '0007 inch 

 long, uniseriate, obovate, triseptate; septa at length obliterated, 

 their position being still indicated by a slight constriction. 



Plate XL fig. 34. a. Ascus magnified ; 6. sporidia magnified. 



891. >S^. (Caulicolse) planiuscula, n. s. Sparsa complanata, 

 ostiolo obscuro; ascis clavatis; sporidiis biserialibus oblongis 

 uniseptatis centro irregulariter incrassatis. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants. Ashley, Wilts., 1853, 

 C.E.B. 



Minute, scattered, covered by the cuticle, depressed, with an 

 obscure ostiolum ; asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, oblong, uni- 

 septate, slightly but irregularly swollen at the commissure, 

 the one articulation generally being more swollen than the 

 other, -0006 inch long. 



Plate XL fig. 35. Sporidia magnified. 



892. S. (Caulicolse) Lunarice, n. s. Gregaria ; peritheciis atris 

 subglobosis, ostiolo tantum papillseformi epidermidem pene- 

 trante ; ascis linearibus ; sporidiis biseriatis oblongis triseptatis. 



On dried pods of Lunaria rediviva, King^s Cliffe, M. J. B. 

 Gregarious, minute, blapk, subglobose, piercing the cuticle by 



