5?8 Pyrenorayoetea}, Sphajriaceii-', Plireosporae, Xylaria. 



gineo, ostiolis prominulis punctulato ; ascis 100::i6-7; sporidiis 13- 



15:= 5. 



Hab. in truncis emortLiis, Graceraere Australia). — Stroinate 

 crassissimo sporidiisque paullo brevioribus a typo differre videtur. 



— Var. fastigiata Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 210: sfcromatibus basi 

 longe repenti-rhizomorphoideis, simplicibus, tectis, dein erumpenti- 

 exsertis, erectls, brevibu.s, glabfis, fu.sco-atris, abrupte 8-20 fasci- 

 culato-ramosis, ramis subteretibus, 5-10 cm. long., 2-4 mm. cr,, 

 apice obtusis, extus nigris, albo-pruinulosis, iotus albis. Specimi- 

 na nondum matura, iterum inquirenda. Ad radices Iruncorum pu- 

 trescentium in silvis prope Guarapi Brasiliae. 



22. Xylarla cerebriformfS Cooke Grev. 1883, p, 80. — Magna, sube- 2157 

 rosa, stipitata, fuliginea; stipite vix 24 mm. 1., 8 mm. cr., lignoso, 

 glabro, sulcato, interdum laterali; capitulo subelliptico, 35 :s25 mm., 

 profunde sulcato, varie rugoso, cerebriformi, demum loviusculo, 

 intus albo; peritheciis minimis, globosis, atris, confertis; ostiolis 

 minutissimis vix visibilibus, planis ; a.scis cylindraceis ; sporidiis ar- 



cte lanceolatis, rectis curvulisve. 



Ifab. u\ lignis(?), Andeavour River Australife. — X. tobativ 

 cognata sed perithecia et sporidia tenuiora. 



23. Xylaria Emericl Berk. in llerb. Kew. Cooke Grev. 1883, p. 86. 2'^« 



— Magna, suberosa, clavata; stromate erecto, glabro, fuligineo, 

 ostiolis minutis punctato, intus griseo-lilacino, demum centro cavo ; 

 stipite crasso, brovi, glabro, .sursum in clavulam incrassato; peri- 

 theciis globosis, atris, nec prorainulis; ascis cylindraceis, stipitatr^; 

 yporidiis lanceolatis, utrinque obtusis, rectis v. curvulis. 



Ilab. ad terram (?), Neilgherries India^. 



24. Xyfaria herculea (Miquel) Cooke in Grevillea XIII, p. 9, Srthm- ^^i^^ 

 ria (Cordyceps) herculea Miquel Exot. fung. pag. 197, Sacc. Syll. 



11, p. 442. — Receptaculo coriaceo-corneo, iutus albido, extror- 

 sura nigrescente ac carbonaceo-crustaceo, brevissime stifitato. ob- 

 longo V subclavato, obtusissimo v. subattenuato. ostiolis subpromi- 

 nulis nigro-punctato, ceterum griseo fuscidulo; ascis angustis, basi 

 attenuHtis, obscuris paraphysibus intermixtis; sporidiis simplicibus, 

 ellipticis. obtusis. 



Hah in ttunco denudato Ar-tocarpi incisaj, Paramaribo. 

 2:.. Xylaria cynoglossa Cooke in Grevillea XII, p. I. — UmbriQa, 216O 

 Imguaeformis, 12-10 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, brevissime stipitata, 

 carrio alba ; peritheciis congesfcis, cylindraceis, atris, ostiolis leniter 



