S24 Pyrftnomyceteac, Sph.neriaceje, nyalophragmioe, Massarina. 



MELOGRAMMA Tnl. — Sacc. S^II. II, p. 111. — Cfr. Berl. Ic. Fung. I, 

 p. 50, 



1. Melogramma Meliae CurLis \n Herb. (nee Schweinitz) Cnoko in Gro- 33.o3 

 YiHea XIll, p. 10.'j. — A.cerviili.s erumpentibus, atris, subdiscoideis 



vel oblongis; peritheciis protninentibus, demuin subliberatis, rngo- 

 sis. apicft applanato; ascis clavatis, majuscuiis octosporis ; sporidiis 

 snblanceolatis, trisGptatis, nec constrictis, rarius quinque-septatis, 

 38-42 :j 10, fuscis. 



Jfa.T'. in ramis Meliso in Amer. bor. 



2. Meiogramma? platyroum (Berk. et Curt.) Cooke in Grevillea XIII, 3354 

 pag. 103, lljipoxylon plati/roum Berk. in TTerb. — Peritheciis bo- 

 tryoideo-aggregatis, erumpentibus, subeffusis, i-arius liberis, pul- 

 vere grisoo subtus consper.sis ; ascis clavatis, octosporis ; sporidiis 

 fusiformibus, triseptatis, hyalinis, 20-22 - 4. 



Hab. in lif:no denudato in Pensyivania Americie borealis. — 

 Ilabitus sec. Berl. 1. c. potius Laf^iosphcBrice ^ certe non Melo- 

 granima. 



Sect. 7. Hyalophragmiffi. 



MASSARINA Sacc. Syll. 11, p. 153, 



1. Massarina eburnea (Tul.) Sacc. Syll. II, pag. 153. — Var. Salicis 3355 

 Karst. in Hedw. 1S84, n. 6, p. 1 et Rev. atque Synop. Ascom. fenn. 



p. 40. — Peritheciis sparsis vel subgregarii.s, initio cortice innatis, 

 dein emergentibus vel erumpentibus, sphseroideis, papilla obtusa, 

 poro ovali pertusa, atris, 3 mm. iat. vel paullo nltra; ascis cy- 

 lindraceis, breviter -stipitatis, 185^15; sporidii.'? monostichis v. sub- 

 distichis, fusoideo-oblongatis, eguttulatis, chiorino-hyalinis, circulo 

 gelafinopo, 2 v., crasso circnmdatis, 30-33-0 (sine muco). 



Ilab. in latere inferiore corticis Salicis cineresc ad Mu- 

 stiala Fenniaa, — A typo recedit peritheciis sparsis, exacte sphae- 

 roideis. non annulato-impressis sporidiisque vulgo rectis. 



2. Massarina Spartii Passer. Diagn. F. N. III, n. 26. — Peritheciis 3356 

 subcutaneis, depressis, fuscis, ostiolo obsoleto, contextu celluloso, 

 ochraceo-fusco; ascis paraphysatis, cylindricis, basi abrupte stipi- 

 tatis, stipile tenui incurvo, 4?-8-sporis, 80-100^15; sporidiis uni- 

 serialibus, ellipticis vel subovatis, didymis, castaneo-fuscis, halone 

 niucilaginoso circumdatis, episporio crasso, 18-22,5::; 10-12 (halone 

 excluso). 



