144 Sphseriaeeae, PbSBophragmije, Melogramma. 



— A K. hemiiapha (B, et Br.), cui proxima, differt in primis spo- 

 ridiis typiee 6-cellularibus. 



5. KaSmusia hypotephra (B. et Br.) Sacc, Sphceria hypotephra B. 3377 

 et Br. Not. Brit. Fungi 11. 624, t. IX, f. 7. — Peritheciis liguo 

 cinereo-raaculato immersis, giobosis; ostiolis obtusiusculis, emer- 

 gentibus; ascis linearibus, octosporis ; sporidiis elongatis, curvulis, 

 denique triseptatis, 25 u.. longis, sa?pe 2-nucleatis, (coloratis "?). 



Tlab. in ligno quercino, King' s Cliffe Britannise. 



6. Kaimusia invsta (Cooke) Sacc, Sphcvria (Immersre) inusta Cooke 337S 

 Rav. Am. Fungi in Grevill. VII, p. 53. — Sparsa, immersa, ni- 

 grofacta; ostiolo albido; ascis cylindraceis; sporidiis uniseriatis, 

 ellipticis, triseptatis, brunneis, 15-18 ~ 8. 



ITab. in ligno Juniperi, Darien, Amer. aor. (Ravenel). 



7. Kaimusia pachyasca (C. et Ell.) Sacc, Sphceria (Immersae) pa- 3379 

 chyascus C. et E. New Jersey Fungi in Grevill. IV, 179, t. 68, 



rlg. 1. — Ligno immersa, sparsa ; peritheciis minutis, subglobosis, 

 nigris, ostiolo brevi; ascis late clavatis; sporidiis congestis, sub- 

 fusitbrmibus, 5-7-septatis, constrictis, rectis vel curvulis, brunneis, 

 40-45 » 8. 



Hab. in ligno quercino decorticato, New Jersey Amer. bor. 

 (Ellib). 



8. Kalmusia surrecta (Cooke) Sacc, Sphceria (Imraersao) surrecta 3380 

 Cooke Grevill. V. p. 119. — Sparsa; puritheciis imrhersis; ostiolis 



in tnberculo erumpente; ascis cylindraceis ; sporidiis uniseriatis, 

 elongato-ellipticis, triseptatis, torulosis. brunneis, 25 »8. 



Hab. in iigno pineo putrescente in Britannia et in ligno po- 

 puleo in America boreali. 



MELQGRAWIfl/lA Tul. Carp. II, p. 81. (Etym. melas, niger et gramma, 



scriptum). — Stromata erumpenti-superficialia, subgloboso-pulvi- 

 nala; perithecia plurima stromate immersa, prominulaque, ostiolis 

 brevibus v. Iongiusculis ; asci elongati 8-spori, paraphysati ; spo- 

 ridia fusoidea, pluriseptata, typice fuliginea. 

 1. ^elogramma vagans De Not. Micr. ital. Dec IX, in Act. Acad. 3381 

 Taur. (1857), p. 459, t. II, M. Bulliardii Tul. (1863), Variolaria 

 melogramma Bull., Sphceria melograirima Pers, Sph. fusispora 

 Duby. — Acervulis gregariis depresse pulvinatis obconicis, perider- 

 uiio erupto cinctis nigreseenti-fuliginois magnitudine variis ab 1 

 ad 3 mill. diam., polypyrenis; peritheciis obovatis, monostichis con- 

 fluentibus subprominulis, vertice umbilicato-papillatis ; ascis cylin- 



