398 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



381 ; Fckl., " Symb. Myco," p. 277 ; Cooke, " Handbk," 

 No. 2314 ; TuL, " Select. Fung. Carp./' p. 181 ; Sacc, 

 " Mich./' vi. p. 83. 



Exs.— Desm, "Crypt. Fr.," 188; Moug. and Nest., 

 985; Ayres, No. 72;' Berk., 45; Cooke, "Fung. Brit.," 

 179, ed. ii. 295 ; Fckl., "F. Rh," 1112; Roumg, "Fung. 

 Gal.," 67 and 266; Sacc, "Mich.," vi. p. 83; Winter, 

 "Fungi Eur," 2739 ; Rehm, " Asco," 622. 



On fallen laurel-leaves. 



Disc yellowish when moist. 



Name — The specific name of laurel (Cerasus Lauro- 

 cerasus) on which it grows. 



Common ! 



Genus III. — Stegia. Fries. 



Perithecia orbicular, splitting horizontally; operculum 

 deciduous (Berk.). (Plate XII. fig. 78.) 



Name — crrtyio, to cover ; the hymenium being covered 

 by the perithecium. 



Stegia ilicis. Fries. 



Innate, operculum nearly plane, falling off, surrounded 

 by a ring-like, whitish margin; asci linear; sporidia 

 oblong, 12 x 4/x. (Plate XII. fig. 78.) 



Stegia ilicis — Fries, "Elench," ii. p. 112; Cooke 

 " Handbk," No. 2313 ; Gill, " Champ," p. 172. Eustegia 

 ilicis— " Eng. Flo," v. p. 280; Fckl, "Symb. Myco,' 

 p. 264. Sphcer. concava — Sow, t. 317. Xyloma concava 

 — Grev., " Flo. Eclin," p. 368. 



Exs. — Fries, " Scl. Suec," No. 417 ; Moug. and Nest, 

 No. 82; Baxt, No. 77; Fckl, "F. Rh," 1589; Cooke, 

 "Fung. Brit," No. 178, ed. ii. No. 293; Klotzsch, 431; 

 Rabh, "Fung. Eur," No. 463. 



On holly-leaves. 



Name — Ilex, the generic name of the tree on which 

 it grows. 



Common 1 



