rj78 Pyrenomyceteae, Sphseriacesn, Hyalosporje, Lsestadia. 



vulis, 30-35=; 8-12; sporidiis disticliis, fiisoideo-oblongatis, hyali- 

 nis, 9-12 =; 3-4. 



Hah. in foliis Potentillffi macul atae, Seydisfjord in Islandia. 



5. Laestadia guarapiensis Speg. Fung. Guar. Pug. I, n. 184. — Pe- 2326 

 ritheciis Jaxe grogariis, epidennide tenui, albescente tectis eique 

 saepe adnaiis, lenticulari-globosis, 1.50-200 y. diarn., atris, glabris, 

 meiiibranaceis, coriacellis contextu snbindistincto; ascis clavatis sur- 

 sum obtusissime rotundatis crasSeque tunicatis, deorsura breviter 

 attenuato-stipitatis, 75-85 i; 15-18, octosporis, nparaphysatis ; spo- 

 ridiis distichis, ellipticis, medio tumidulis, utrinque subtruncato- 

 rotundatis, rarius acutatis, 18-20 :^ 8, non vol vix incequilateralibus, 

 granuloso-farctis, hyalinis. 



Uab. ad ramnlos dejectos putrescentes Ricini comraunis 

 prope Guarapi F^rasili^, — Species eximia, distinciissima: an huc 

 Botryosphccria Delilei? 



6. Lsestadia depressa (Peck) Berl. et Vogl. .\dd. Syll. p. Gi, Sphcn- 2327 

 rella ifeprc^sa Peck in 33 Rep. Stat. Mus. p. 34. — Peritheciis 

 numerosis, minutis, depressis vel subinde siccitate concavis, atris; 

 ascis oblongo-clavatis; sporidiis siraplicibus, oblongo-ellipsoideis v. 

 subfusiformibus, 12-15 1^.. longis. 



IJab. in caulibus emortuis Mulgodii, Center Amer. bor. 



7. LaBstadia caryophyllea (Cooke et Ilark.) Berl. et Vogl. Add. Syll. 2^128 

 p. 62, Spha^rella carijophyllea Cooko et Harkn. in Grevillea XIV. 



p. 9. — Peritheciis minutis. punctiformibus, densissirae gregariis, 

 aterrimis, convexis, emergentibus; a.scis obclavatis, octo.sporis; spo- 

 ridiis obtusi; lanceolatis, biserialibus, continuis, hyalinis, 20:^7,5. 

 Tlab. in caulibus Dianthi iii Galifornia (IIarkness). 



8. Laestadia VerbesinsB Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. 1888, pag. 111. — Pe- ^329 

 ritheciis subglobosis, parvis, ui.^ris, minute gregariis; ascis cylin- 

 draceis, apice obtusis, substipitatls, 65-90 v 10-14, aparaphysatis; 

 sporidiis late ovoideis, hyaliais, granulosis, magne guttulatis, 13- 



14::; 6-10. 



Hab. in foliis languidis et decoloratis VerbesinEe alatse in 

 Caracas Venezuela^. 



9. Laestadia Absinthii Pas.«^er. Diagn. F. x\., I, n. 3. — Peritheciis 233o 

 sparsis, pusiilis, tectis, ostiolo punctiformi vix perspicuo; ascis !an- 

 ceolatis, 8-sporis, 50-60 s 7,5, brevissime paraphysatis ; sporidiis di- 

 stichis v. oblique raonostichis, fusoidei.'5, rectis, inajquilateralibus 



v. vix curvis, continuis, intus granulosis v. nucleoiatis, hyalinis, 

 16::; 3-3, .5. 



