Pyrenomycete», Sphaerlacese, Phceosportf;, Nummularia. 569 



noso-iibrosis, dein araneosis, postremo cavis ligneo-albis cortice te- 

 nufssimo fVagili ; peritheciis densissirae constipatis globulosis maju' 

 sculis, 0,7-1 mm. diam., extus non prominulis, cortice stromatis 

 innai.is ei subsiantia subflocculosa lif^neo-alba obvolutis; ascis cy- 

 lindraceis apice obtuse rotundatis, longiuscule attenuato-pedicellatis, 

 p sp 200 r 10, ped. 8-100=; 2-5, octosporis dense paraphysati.s ; spo- 

 ridiis nblique monostichis cylindraceo-fusoideis, 28-30 :i 7-8 inzequi- 

 la^eralibus fuligineis. 



Hab. ad truncos dejectos putrescentes in silvis prope Apiahy 

 Brasiiia! et in ins. S. Vincentii, Guiana, Venezuela et Cuba. — 

 Speciinina typica Xylarioi obooalcn, vix a Puiggarianis cortice ex- 

 terne obscuriore et sub lente levi, interue fibris v. meduila corticali 

 deficientibus recedunt. 



I. Penzigia cretacea (B. et Br.) Sacc et Paol. 1. c. n. 100, Hypoxylon 2290 

 crelaceum B, et Br. Fungi Brisb. p. 405, t. XLV, f. 2, 3, 4, 5. 



— Subglobosa, stipitata, e candido alba, subrugosa, lineis tenui- 

 bus fuscis reticulata, ostiolis nigris minute punctata, intus .strati.^ 

 ligneis, fragilibus, e stipite radiantibus formala ; peritheciis oblon- 

 gis, nigris, ostiolis vix prominentibus munitis; sporidiia oblongis, 

 brunneis, continuis, finibus. 35-50:2 12-20. 



Hab. ad trujicos, Brisbane (F. M. Bailey). — Stromata 25-35 

 mm, alt. ; stipes 40-10 mm. longus. 



II. Sarcoxylon Cooke Grev. XII, p. 5(). Stroma subcarno.^.iim; perithecia sub- 

 membranacea. 



5. Penzigia fycogaloides (Berk.) Sacc, Hypoxylon Berk. — Syll. I, 

 p. 355. — Sarcoxylon Cooke Grev. XII, p, 50. 



6. Penzigia compuncta (Jungh.) Sacc. et Paol. 1. c, n. 100. Sphcpria 

 Jungh., Xylaria Berk. — Syll. I, p. 325. — Sarcoxylon Cooke 

 Grev. XII, pag. 50. 



NUMMULARIA Tul. - Syll. f, p. 395. 



1. Nummuiaria pezizoides EII. et Ev. in Torr. bot. Club. 1884, p. 74. 2291 



— Stromate carbonaceo, erumpenti-.superficiali, depresse obconico, 

 externe nigro, intus nifo-brunnoo, circiter 1 cm. lato, 0,5 cm. 

 alto, margine sublobato, attenuato; discn ostioiis prominentihus 

 punctato; peritheciis piritormibus vel muUia pressione angulosis, 

 circiter 1 nim. altis; spnridiiH anguste oUipsoideis, uiio latere in~ 

 flalulis, brunneis, 1 -2-nucleatis, 11-13» 4 5. 



Hab. in corticibus, Ottawa Cunada Ainer. bor. 



