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II. Schizophyllum, Fr. Fungus excarnis, aridus. Lamellæ coriacee, ramoso-flabelliformes, 
acie longitudinaliter fissæ, lamellulis diseretis extrorsum revolutis patulisque.—Fr. Epicr. p. 402. 
1. S. commune, Fr. Epicr. p. 403; pileo postice adnato, subporrecto, simplici lobatoque ; 
lamellis e griseo fusco-purpurascentibus villosis, acie revolutis.— Viti Islands (R. B. Hinds!). . 
III. Polyporus, Fr. Hymenophorum inter poros in tramam descendens, sed cum eisdem in 
stratum proprium seu discolor mutatum. —Fr. Epicr. p. 427. 
1. P. sanguineus, Fr. Epicr. p. 444; sanguineo-miniatus; pileo coriaceo, tenui, reniformi, 
glabro, nitido, stipite laterali brevi, basi orbiculari dilatata adnato; poris minutis, rotundis.— Viti 
(Seemann ! n. 857). 
2. P. affinis, Fr. Epicr. p. 445; pileo papyraceo, flabelliformi, rigido, castaneo, zonis obscuriori- 
bus picto, stipiteque laterali tenui æquali castaneo-fusco, basi scutato-adnato, glabris; poris determi- 
natis, curtis, minimis, albo-alutaceis.— P. lateralis, Pers.—Viti (Seemann! n. 858). 
3. P. hirsutus, Fr. Epicr. p. 477; pileo suberoso-coriaceo, convexo-plano, pilis rigidis hirto- 
sulcis concentricis zonato, unicolori albido; poris rotundis, obtusis, albidis, fuscescentibus.— Viti 
(Seemann ! n. 859). 
IV. Xylaria, Fr. Mycelium atrum (exsertum saltem), matrici siepe maculate vel marmoratæ 
innatum. Stroma lignoso-suberinum, rarius carnosum, extus sepissime atro-fuligineum, quandoque 
tamen lætius coloratum, cyliudricum, clavatum, aut filiforme, teres seu compressum, simplex vel in 
ramos varie discedens indeque quasi fruticulosum. Conidia minima, ovata vel lanceolata, summam 
stromatis recentis partem in qua nascuntur veluti pulvere candido (‘ velo farinaceo, heterogeneo ”) 
cinereo, ærugineo luteove obruentia, moxque vel tardius evanida ; hymenio conidiophoro, gongylis 
concolore, e sterigmatibus cylindricis brevibus simplicibus et stipatissime sociatis facto, aliquan- 
doque in squamas tandem secedente, stromate nudato nigricante aut varie infuscato.  Perithecia 
exigua, globosa, brevissime rostrata, aterrima, in extimo stromatis strato spisse nidulantis et modice 
protuberantia ; parietibus crustaceis; nucleo maturo udo, fluxili, atro. Thecæ anguste lineares, 
deorsum versus breviter attenuatæ, 8-sporz et paraphysibus longe filiformibus simplicibusque 
stipatæ. Spore oblique monostichæ, ovate, plus minus inæquilaterales, leves, atre, uniloculares 
oleoque fetee.—Tul. Carp. vol. ii. p. 4. 
1. X. Feejeensis, Berk. in List of Seemann’s Viti Plants; suberosa, simplex vel sursum pal- 
mata, fusco-purpurea, rugosa, rimulosa; peritheciis minutis, subglobosis, subprominulis, ostiolis 
nigris; stipite brevi vel nullo.—Spheria (Hypoxylon) Feejeensis, Berk. in Hook. Journ. 1842, 
p. 456.— On stumps, Viti Islands (R. B. Hinds). 
More nearly allied to Xylaria hypoxylon, Grev., than X. polymorpha, Grev.; the nearest ally being 
Hypoxylon seruposum, Mont. 
V. Sphæria, Pers. Mycelium matrici plus minus maculate glabræque immissum, nec con- 
spicue byssinum. Conceptacula dense gregaria, suffulero natali imposita, exigua, globosa, nonnihil 
conica vel deformia, brevissime imo vix papillata, atque ex parietibus glabris atris et duris facta; 
alia minora pycnidea, stylosporis rectis et spermatiomorphis, scilicet brevissime linearibus et 
exilissimis feta; alia ascophora, thecis lineari-cylindricis monostiche octosporis, sporis autem ovato- 
oblongis multipartitis fuscis muticis et nudis gravida.— Tul. Carp. vol. ii. p. 244. 
