Sphsp.riace&, Hya.Jophmgnme, Mefcaspha-m. IS3 



Ihtb. in caule Foeniculi, Aiken Garcl. Amer. bor. (Ravbkkl). 



28. Metasphaeria dissiliens (C. et E.j Sacc. Sphcvria (Caulicolae) tf/s- MS8 

 siliens C. ot Kll. Grev. V. p. 51, t. 80, f. 12. — Peritheciis spa-F- 



sis, atris, demum erumpentibus, subglobosis, ostiolis punctiformi- 

 bus; ascis clavatis; sporidiis longe fusiformibus, S-septatis, simul 

 constrictis, et dissilientibus, hyalinis, 70 s 9. 



Hab. in caule Desmodii stricti, New Jersev Amer. bor. 

 (Ellis) 



29. Metasphaeria canadensis (De Not.) Saec. Leptosphceria cana- :*-m 

 densis De Not. MS. — Peritheciis sparsis, minutis, atris, Pleospo- 

 rce-formibus, celluiis fuscis rotundatis densiusculis, stratosis con- 

 fcextis, in sicco collabascentibus, ostiolo exiguo punctiformi dehi- 

 scentibus; ascis copiosis e basi constrictis crasse elavatis, 8-sporis ; 

 paraphysibus filiformibus apice acutaiis; sporidiis cylindraeeo-fusoi- 

 deis plerumque curvatiS; 9-j0--septatis, hyalinis, ;iscum dimidium 

 superantibus. 



Hab. a d caules siccos E r i g e r o n t i s canadensis versus La 

 Madonna fli Cambiasca II ai. bor. 



II. In ramulis arboreis. 

 § Sporidia 2-4-septata. 



30. Metasphaerla persistens (B. et Br.) Sphceria persis/ens B. et Br. s^se 

 Brit. Fungi n. 637, t. 11, fig. 22. — Peritheciis sparsis, cortice 

 tectis lignoque adnatis, dein, cortice decusso, subnudatis, subglo- 

 bosi.s, ostiolis minutis sed distinctis; ascis clavatis paraphysatis , 

 octosporis; sporidiis disfcichis, fusoideis, rectis curvulisve, medio con- 

 strictis, 4-guttafcis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in stolonibus omortuis Rosarura, King's Cliffe Britan- 

 nia). — An Diaporthes species?, sed asci cfavati, paraphysah ' non 

 conveniunt. 



31. Metasphaeria anisometra (C. et II.) Sacc. Sphcaria anisomelra 3431 

 Cooke efc Harkn. Grevill. 1881, p. 86. — Sparsa, erumpens, peri- 

 theciis hemisphaerico-prominulis, obtusis, atris, primo epidermide 

 toctis, demum superne nudis; ascis clavatis, sessilibus; sporidiis 

 distichis, sublanceolatis, utrinque rotundatis, 4-septatis, loculo p«- 

 nultimo incrassato, hyalinis, 26 s 8. 



llab. i n raniis M i m u 1 i , L n i c e r se , C u p r e s s i , E u c a 1 j p- 



1 a 



fci, Rubi, Draca3nse, leguminibus Robinia^, — Sporid 

 insequaliter biconica; cono superiore bicellulari, cellula secunda 

 Uirgidiore, cono infero 3-cellulari. 



