700 Pyrenoniycetese, Spliseriacese, Hyalodidynise, Meianconis. 



Sphcvria). — Perithecia Calosphcerice; asci clavali octospori, pa- 

 raphysati ; sporidia botuliformia, 1-septata, hyaliiia. 



1. Cacosphaeria antarctica Speg. 1. c. — Acervulis sparsis v. laxe gre- 2865 

 gariis, discoideis 1-1,5 mm.diam,, pustuliformibus, in cortice nidulau- 

 tibus, peridermio parum elevato tectis ac eum disculo perforantibus; 

 pei-itheciis paucis 4-9 in quoque acervulo valsiformiler laxe aggrega- 

 tis. nudis, atris, nitidulis, glabris, parvuiis, 280-320 p.. d. coriacellis, 

 contextu opaco indistincto, ostioiis breviusculis, oblusis, crassiusculis, 

 conniventibus, disculum non v. vix oxsertum sa^pe griseo-pulveru- 

 lentum efformantibus; ascis clavatis, antice obtusissime rotundatia 

 crassiuscule tunicatis, deorsum in pedicellum longiusculura attenua- 

 tis, p. sp. 22-25 2 4-5, ped. 18-25 s 2, octosporis ; paraphysibus duplo 

 longioribus, parcis, crassiusculis,- sporidiis di-tristichis, botuliformibus 

 utrinque obtuse rotundatis 9-11 s 1,5, primo diblastis, dein distincte 

 medio 1-septatis, non constrictis, hyalinis. 



Kal/. ad ramos dejectos emortuos Ri bis magellanici prope 

 Ushuvaia, Fuegia. 



ENDOTHIA Fr. - Syll. I, p. 601. 



1. Endothla Parryi (Farlow) Cooke in Oreviliea XIII, p. 102. Do- 2866 

 Ihidea Parryi Farlow in litteris. — Stroniatibus puivinate erum- 

 pentibus; peritheciis aumerosis, concentrice aggregatis, fuscis, epi- 

 dermide cinnabarina cinctis; ascis lineari-ciavatis, 76-110 ;i 16-20, 

 aparaphysalis; sporidiis octonis, irregulariter subdistichis, hyalinis, 

 20-26 -; 5-7, uniseptatis, ellipsoideis, subacutis, parce constrictis. 

 Hab. in Agave Shawii, S. W. States Americas bor. 



MELANCOWIS Tul. — Sacc. Syll. I, p. 602. 



1. Melanconis Aceris Phill. et Plowr. in Grevillea XIII, p. 77. — 2867 

 Stromate valsoideo, atro, suborbiculari vel conico-truiicato, 2-5 

 mm. diam,, corti-vel lignicolo, linea atra circumscripto ; peritheciis 

 Vs''/' ^"'^^- '^^^'^1-' ^-l^ coacervatis, ostiolis minutis; ascis clavatis 

 65-70 c; 10; sporidiis hyalinis, uniseptatis, nucleatis, ad septum le- 

 niter constrictis, ellipsoideis, 12-15^4-5, muticis. 



Hah. in Acere in Britannia (W. B. Grove). 



2. Welanconis Everhartii Ell. in Bull. Torr. bot. Club. 1883, p. 117. 2868 

 — Peritheciis globosis, 0,25 mm. diam,. in stromala compactis. 

 4-18; ascis clavato-cylindraceis, 114-120=; 19; paraphysibus cras- 

 siusculis, remote septatis, granulosis; sporidiis distichis, oblongo- 

 ellipsoideis, uniseptatis, subhyalinis, 34-38 =; 1 1 , 



