430 



SPH^EONEMEI. 



Gen. 112. 



ACROSPERMUM, Tode. 



Perithecia cylindrical, free ; 

 spores long, asciform, flexuous, 

 erect. — Berk. Outl. p. S17. 



(Fig. 156.) 



1257. 



Acxospezmuxn compressum. 



Acrospermum." 



Tode. " Compressed 



Lanceolate or clavate, somewhat compressed, of an olivaceous 

 black.— roc?^^. 2,/. 13. Fr. S.M.\\.p.24.b. Berk, exs.no. 270. 

 Grev. 1. 182. Bisch, f. 3406. Eiig. Fl.Y.p. 221. Lib. exs. no. 32. 

 Clav. herhaimm. Pers. Com. t. 3,/. 4. Sow. t. 253. Moug. exs. no. 

 671. Clav. compressa. Purt. 1. 19,/. 3. Fchl. exs. no. 776. 



On various dead herbaceous plants. [Low. Carolina.] 



1^-2 lines high, at length concentrically grooved at the apex, when dry 

 longitudinally sulcate and sometimes twisted. — 3f. J. B. (Fig. 156.) 



1258. Acrospermum gram.inum. Lib. "Grass Acrospermum." 



Scattered, minute, linear, blackish ; perithecia cylindrical at 

 the base, transversely undulated, annulate above, conical ; spores 

 very long, colourless. — Lib. exs. no. '^Z. Corda. iii. f. 7S. Berh, 

 Ann. N.H. no. 164. KL. exs. no. 1553. FcJd. exs no. 777. Bail, 

 t. 14. 



On dead grasses. 



The contents of the perithecia, which consist of Tery long linear bodies, 

 ar« at length discharged at the apex. 



Gen. 113. 



DIFLODIA, Fr. 



Perithecia distinct, carbonaceous; spores 

 uniseptate, escaping by a perforation at the 

 Si^Q^.—BerJc. Outl. p. 317. (Fig. 157.) 



Fig. 157 



