444 Sphjerioideae, Phragmosporae, Prosthemiuni. 



Hab. in foliis languidis Quercus Ilicis, Arco (Trentino) in 

 Italia boreali. 



4. Cryptostictis MariaB (Clinton) Sacc. Pestalozzia Marice Clinton in 2427 

 Peck Rep. on the St. Mus. N. Y. t. 2, f, 1-2. — Maculis aridis, 

 brunneis vel cinerescentibus, brunneo-marginatis; pustulis (peri- 

 theciis) minutis, sparsis, erumpentibus, nigris, cuticula stellatim 

 rupta cinctis; sporulis fusiformibus, 5-septatis, Joculis 4 interme- 

 diis fuligineis, loculis extirais hyalinis aristatisque, 17-25 [i.. long. 

 (sine aristis). 



llah. in foliis Rhododendri maximi, Buffalo et Forest- 

 burffh in Anierica bor. 



5. Cryptostictis Loniceras (Thum.) Sacc, Heyidersonia Lonicerce 2428 

 Thum. M. U. n. 578, nec Fr., Dochmolopha Lonicerce Cooke 

 Praec. Hend. p. 25. — Peritheciis innato-erumpentibus, globoso- 

 depressis, spuriis, nigris, haud papillatis, seriatis; sporulis breve 

 fusoideis, 3-septatis, 12-15^4 (sine ciliis), loculis interioribus oli- 

 vaceis, extimis hyalinis oblique l-aristatis, aristis hyalinis, 10-15 



s 1 ; pedicellis filiformibus, sjepe ramosis, prselongis 30-40 [j.. lon- 

 gis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ramulis corticatis Lonicerse tataricse, Bayreuth 

 ' in Bavaria. — Diagnosim ex ipsis exemplaribus Thiimenianis cou- 

 cinnavi. — Nuclei deflniti globosi, sed membrana perithecii ira- 

 perfecta. 



6. Cryptostictis caudata (Preuss) Sacc. Sporocadus caudaia Preuss 2429 

 Hoyersw. n. 153. — Erumpens; peritheciis exiguis; ostiolis per- 

 foratis, tum reclusis. discoideis, angulatis vel oblongis depressis, 

 atris; basidiis pedicelliformibus, albis, simplicibus continuis; pa- 

 raphysibus intermixtis; sporulis dilute fuscis, subclavatis, diapha- 

 nis, transverse septatis, apiculis et basibus albis, in apiculo longo 



fllo ornatis. 



Hab. in ramis dejectis Rosae, in hortis, Hoyerswerda. 



PROSTHEMIUM Kunze Myk. Heft I. p. 17, t. L, f. 10. (Etyra. pros- 

 thema appendix). — • Perithecia tecta, carbonacea, globoso-depres- 

 sa, atra. Sporulae teretiusculae, pluriseptata?, in capitula stellatim 

 conjunctse, coloratse. Basidia obsoleta vel filiformia. 



1. Prosthemium betulinum Kunze Myk. Heft I. p. 17. t. I., f. 10. — 2430 

 Peritheciis subsolitariis, lenticularibus, cortice nidulantibus, poro 

 pertusis; sporulis obciavatis, 40-50 s 15, 2-4, basi stellatim coali- 

 tis, dilute fuHgineis, 3-4-septato-nucIeatis, nucleis pallidis; hyphulis 



