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5. Otthia alnea Peck — Syll. I, n. 2804. — Var. carnosa Cooke 3074 

 Grevill. XV, p. 80, Cucurbiiaria carnosa Cooke (1876). — Spo- 

 ridiis uniseptatis, demum triseptatis, hyalinis, medio constrictis, 



25 =; 5. 



Hab. iii ramis Alni, Portland, Maine Amer. bor. (Fuller). 



6. Otthia l!icls H. Fab. Spher. Vaucl. 11, pag. 47, fig. 17. — Peri- 3075 

 theciis in acervulos epidermide rupta cinctos dense congestis, cor- 



tici infixis, globosis, papillulatis, Yg-Yg mm. latis; ascis cylindra- 

 ceis, breve stipitatis, 8-sporis, parte sporifera 180:; 18; sporidiis 

 oblique monostichis, didyrais, raedio constrictis utrinque obtusis, 

 fulvo-luteis, dein fuligineis, 24-30 s 12-15. 



Hab. ad ramulos dejectos Quercus Ilicis, Vaucluse Galliae. — 

 Differt ab 0. Quercus ascis cyliudricis nec clavatis duploque Iqn- 

 gioribus etc. 



7. Otthia ambiens Niessl Hodw. 1881, p. 98. — Peritheciis dense csc- 3076 

 spitosis, hemisphaericis v. subglobosis, coriaceo-carbonaceis, atris, 

 obscure urabilicatis et papillatis; ascis clavatis, oblongis, amplis 

 130-150 = 40-50; sporirliis 8, inordinate 2-3-stichis, oblongis vel 

 paruin semilanceolatis vel elongatis piriformibus, in?equaliter dibla- 

 stis, uniseptatis, parte superiori multo majori, inferiori minori, at- 

 tenuatis, atro-fuscis, 45-52=15-20; parapjsibus numerosis ramu* 

 losis, guttulatis. 



Hab. in ramis siccis Betulse albse in Germania. 



8. Otthia Wistariae Pass. Diagn. Fung. nuoyi III, n. 16. — Caespitulis '^077 

 parvulis, erumpentibus, subrotundis vel rarius oblongis, longitudi- 

 naliter subseriatis; peritheciis stroinate corticali fusco insidenti- 

 bus, subglobosis, opacis, ostiolo punctiformi v. obsoleto; ascis cy- 

 lindricis, paraphysatis, 8-sporis, 105 = 8; sporidiis monostichis, el- 

 lipticis, uniseptatis, non v. vix constrictis, fuscis, 12,5 = 7,5. 



Hab. in ramis siccis Wistariae sinensis in horto IJotanico 

 Parmensi Ital. bor. — 0. diminutcB Karst. afRnis, sed asci bre- 

 viores, paraphyses non ramosae et sporidia latiora. 



MELANCONIELLA Sacc. Syll. I, p. 741. 



1. Meianconiella biansata (EII. et Ev.) Berl. et Vogl. Add. Syll. p. 128, 3078 

 Melanconis bioMsata Ell. et. Ev. in Torr. bot. Club. 1883, p. 118. 

 — Peritheciis in stroraate M. Meschultii simili circinatis, globosis, 

 0,75 mm. diam., mox collapsis, 6-10; ostiolis brevibus, quadran- 

 gnlaribus vel apice imperfecte pertusis, in discum acute ellipsoi- 

 deu(n vel orbicularem, sordide brunneura, epidermidera perforantem 



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