Pyvenomycetese, Sphaeriacese, Hyalophragmise, Metasphssria. 829 



stipitatis, 80-90:^12, parce paraphysatis, octosporis; sporidii.s (li- 

 stichis rusoideis, locnlo secuiido inflato, 30 c; 5, ntrinqiie obtusin- 

 sculis, subh3'alinis. 



Hab. in caule U mbel I ife rar u m iii Gallia. Affinis Af. 



Latht/ri, a qua differt peritheciis majorihus et magis depressis, 

 sporidioruni articulo secundo magis intlato. 



16. Metasphaaria Ferulae Bacc. et Avett. Contr. Stud. Mic roman. "375 

 p. 5, t. XVI, f. 4. — Peritheciis punctiformibus, sparsis vel in- 

 terdum in series longitudinales dispositis, 165 a. latis, primitus 

 epidermide tectis, dein superficialibus, sursum crassis, ostiolo rai- 

 nuto perforatis; ascis caespitosis, breviter stipitatis, basi valde dila- 

 tatis, apice (raembrana crassa) obtusis, 80 ^; 15, 8-sporis; paraph}'- 

 sibus filiformibus, ramosis, septatis obvallatis; sporidiis subfusifor- 

 mibus, in asci parte inferiori congestis, tri-vel 'quadri-septatis, di- 

 midia superiori parte crassiuscula, 18-5,5. 



Hab. in ramulis emortuis Ferulae comjDunis in Horto Pa- 

 nisperna Rom.iJ Ital. merid. 



17. Metasphaerja Xerophylli (Ellis) Sacc. Lep/osphcerui Xeropht/lli 3376 

 Ellis Amer. Nat. 1883. j)ag. 316. —  Peritheciis sparsis, subglo- 

 bosis, 1' 0-f9() p.. diam., fohoruui parenchymate semiimraersis, ostio- 



lo obtuso, :aro pei forriU) erumpente; ascis oblongis v. oblongo- 

 clavatis, sessilibus, 55-60 3 15, obsolete paraphysatis; sporidiis bi- 

 seriatis, late fusoi-deis, leniter curvis, 4-nucleatis, 3-septatis, con- 

 strictulis, 19-25-5-6,5, hyalinis (an tandem fuscis?). 



Hab. in foliis Xerophylli asphodeloidis. Willow Grove 

 Araer, bor., socio Coniothyrio Xerophylli EII. 1. c, peritheciis mi- 

 nutis subsuperficialibus; spomlis oblongo-ellipsoideis, fuligineis, 4^2, 

 •18. Metasphaerla? macrospora Speg. F. Pat. n. 132. — Peritheciis 3377 

 in malrice arescenti-dealbata sparsis, parenchymate immersis, ostio- 

 lo papiilulato, tantum superficiem attingente, non vel vix exserto 

 donatis, globosis, 200-250 a. diam., atris, glabris, levibus, crassiu- 

 scule niembranaceis ; coutextu parenchyraatico, fuligineo-atro; 

 ascis paucis in quoque perithecio saccatis ve! ovatis, antice obtu- 

 se rotundatis crasseque tunicatis, postice ])ediceIIo brevissimo, no- 

 duloso donatis, 80-95:^30-40, 8-sporis, aparaphysatis; sporidiis 

 inordinate distichis, fusoideo-ellipticis, 38-42 ::j 12-13, utrinque ob- 

 tusiusculis, subcurvulis, 7-septatis ac constrictis, locuiis dense gut- 

 tulatis, quarto 5upero ceteris uonnihil crassiore, primo hyalinis ac 

 tunica mucosa crassiuscula concolore vestitis, dein nudis, dilute 

 fumoso-chlorinis. 



