958 Pyrenomycetese, Hypocreace?e, Hyalodidymse, Nectria. 



leo; ascis cylindraceo-subclavatis , mox diffluentibus, octosporis; 

 sporidiis ellipticis vel elliptico-elongatis, 14-18 s; 5-7, primo 2-4- 

 guttatis, dein medio 1-septatis, constrictis, hyalinis, episporio lon- 

 gitudinaliter striato, loculis 1-2-guttulatis. 



Uab. ad corticera ramorura putrescentium in dumetis, Cerro Hu 

 Brasilia^. — Species prirao obtutu pro N. vulgari facillime suraenda 

 sed satis ab illa abhorrens. 



11. Nectria hypocreoides Berk. et Cooke in Grevillea XII, p. 81. — 38o4 

 Ca?spitosa, erumpens, pallida; peritheciis subglobosis, mox confiuen- 

 tibus, 250 O; diara. in stroma tubercularioides densissime congestis, 

 furfure flavo-pallesceute conspersis; ostiolis nudis, obscurioribus ; 

 ascis C3'lindraceis, octosporis ; sporidiis ellipticis, hyalinis, endo- 

 chromate bipartito, nec vere uniseptatis, \2^A.. 



Hab. in corticibus, Borabay in Africa (H. J. Carter). 



12. Nectria collabens Berk. et Cooke in Grevillea XII, pag. 81. — 3855 

 Ca3spitosa, erumpens, mellina; peritheciis in stroma tubercularioi- 



des congestis, subglobosis dein coUabascentibus dififormibusque, gia- 

 bris, tenuissimis, 0,2 ram. diam.; ascis cylindraceis, octosporis ; spo- 

 ridiis late ellipticis, utrinque attenuatis, loculis subcouicis, unisepta- 

 tis, hyalinis, raagnitudine valde variabilibus, 12-14, rarius 18«!» 6. 

 Hab. in corticibus, Bombay Indiaa or. {H. J. Carter). 



13. Nectria alutacea Berk. et Cooke in Grevillea XII, pag. 81. — 3856 

 Caespitosa, erurapens, alutacea v. incarnata; peritheciis ia stroraa 

 ellipsoideura vel elongatum congestis, subglobosis, papillatis, levibus, 

 glabris, 0,25 mm. diara., transluceatibus ; ascis clavatis, octosporis; 

 sporidiis biseriatis, ellipticis, uniseptatis, hyalinis. 10-12*3. 



Hab, in corticibus, Neilgherries in India (E. S. Berkelby). 



14. Nectria infusaria Cooke et Harku. in Grevillea XII, p. 101. — 3857 

 Caespitosa, erurapens, pallide rubra; peritheciis paucis, ovalibus, 

 ceraceo-raoUibus subconfluentibus, levibus, glabris, 5-10 in stro- 

 mate; ascis cylindraceis, octosporis ; sporidiis uniseriatis, ellipticis, 

 obtusis, uniseptatis, nec constrictis, hyalinis demura pallidis, 10 s. 

 4,5. — Status conidicus: Fusarium AcaciaB: conidiis plerumque con- 

 sociatis vel in pustulis prascedentibus, fusarioideis curvulis, utrin- 

 que acutis, triseptatis, gracilibus, hyalinis, 30-40^2,5; stroraate 

 pulvinato, rubro-pallescente. 



Rab. \n ramis Acaciae, in California. 



15. Nectria ferruginea Cooke in Grevillea XIII, p. 8. — Erumpens, 3858 

 cacspitosa; peritheciis ceraceis, subglobosis, atro-fuscis, ob pressio- 

 nem diffonnibus, primo pulvere ferrugineo tectis, demum nudis, 



