LOrilODEKMIl'M. 41 



elliptic and obtuse, or roundish, Blightly convex, even, black, 

 opaqne, slit narrow, up to 1 mm. long; asci olavate, apes 



rather narrowed, base narrowed into a Blender pedicel, 

 8-spored ; spores needle-shaped, continuous, hyaline, nearly 

 as long as the ascus, 66—75 x 1*5 /a, arranged in a parallel 

 fascicle in the ascus, curved when free ; paraphyses filiform, 

 hooked at the apex, hyaline. 



Xyloma hystertoides, Pers., Syn, Fung., p. 1 < > #3 . 



Hysterium xylomoides, Cke., Hdbk., p. 7t>2. 



On dry leaves of hawthorn and other rosaceous plants, also 

 on leaves of barberry. 



Specimen in Berk. Fung. Exs., n. 196, examine' 1. 



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Gymnosjjerms. 



Lophodermium pinastri. Chev., Flor. Paris, i. 

 p. 430; Khem, Krypt. -Flora, Hyst., p. 43 ; Saoc., Syll., ii. 

 n. 5819. 



Epiphyllous, scattered on pale spots that are often bounded 

 by a thin black line, innate, shortly elliptical or roundish, 

 brownish then shining black, slit at length gaping and ex- 

 posing the livid disc, 1-2*5 x 1 mm.; asci clavate, apex 

 rather narrowed, 8-spored ; spores needle-shaped, hyaline, 

 continuous, multiguttulate, nearly as long as the ascus, 

 straight or slightly curved, 90-120 x 1*5 /a, arranged in a 

 parallel fascicle in the ascus ; paraphyses filiform, about 2 • 5 /x 

 thick, apex slightly wavy, colourless. 



Hysterium pinastri, Schrad., Journ. Bot., ii. p. 69, t. 3, 

 fig. 4; Cke., Hdbk., p. 763. 



On fallen leaves of Scotch fir or other conifers. 



Spermogonia. Spores cylindrical, colourless, continuous, 

 6-8 X 1 fi. 



Leptostroma pinastri, Desm., Ann. Sci. Nat., 1843, p. 338. 



Lophodermium juniperinum. De Not., Pir. 1st., 

 p. 40 ; Sacc, Syll., n. 5820 ; Eehm, Krypt.-Flora, Hyst., 

 p. 44. 



Scattered on the under surface of the leaf, innate and 

 slightly protruding, convex or almost plane, roundish or 

 elliptical, ends blunt, blackish-brown, lips smooth, slit long 

 and narrow, J— 1 mm. long ; asci clavate, sessile, apex rather 



