Pyrenomyceteae, Hemihysteriaceae, Didyrnosporse, Schneepia. 1097 



sis vel ovatis, apice truncato-rotundatis, basi stipite brevissimo 

 crassissimoque sufTultis, 14-16:^10-12, 4-0-8-sporis, aparaphysa- 

 tis; sporidiis elliptico-clavulatis, rectis v. insequilateralibus, 6-8 =; 

 2,5-3, medio 1-septatis, non constrictis, loculo supero conoideo, 

 vertice obtuse rotundato, infero subcylindraceo, rotundato, prirno 

 hvalinis, dein fuscesceutibus. 



Hah. in foliis vaginisque putrescentibus Poce Forsteri in 

 Staten island Fuegiae. — Hsec et pra^cedens species labiis rimae ostio- 

 laris tenuibus, acute conniventibus, per aitatem non vel vix aper- 

 tis, ssepius frustulatim lacero-dehiscentibus distinguuntur. 



SCHNEEPiA Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, p. 2.59 (Etym. a claro Doctore 

 ScHNEEP guaranitici imperii scrutatore acutissimo). — Stromata su- 

 perficialia, orbicularia, dimidiato-scutata, Perithecia in stroraate 

 dense constipata, linearia, radiantia, ostiolis hysterioideis, in centro 

 stromatis, sitis donata. Asci cylindracei paraphysati, 8-spori. Spo* 

 ridia elliptica, didyma, fusca. 



1. Schneepia guapanitica Speg. Fungi Guar, n. 304. — Maculis nul- 4331 

 lis; stromatibus epiphyllis, sparsis, superficialibus, orbicularibus, 

 1,5-2 mm. diam., atris, radiatim densiuscule rugulosis, ambitu cen- 

 troque tantum matrici adnatis, dimidiato-scutatis, medium versus 

 ostiolis asperis, contextu parenchymatico, margine miuutissime fim- 

 briatulis; peritheciis dense constipato-radiatis (an loculis?), rectis 



v. leniter flexuosis, ovatis, saepe vix divisis ac subconfluentibus, 450- 

 500 i; 1 50-200, centrum stromatis non attingentibus, pulpa ceracea, 

 fuscidula repletis, ostiolis pavulis, hysterioideis, subradiantibus v. 

 subconcentricis v. irregularibus labiis tumidulis donatis praeditis ; 

 ascis, cylindraceis, apice truncato-rotundatis, crassissime tunicatis, 

 uni-foveolatis, deorsum breviter attenuatis, minute noduloseque sti- 

 pitatis, 50-65:^12-14, paraphysibus parcis, simplicibus obvallatis, 

 8~sporis; sporidiis distichis, elliptico-ovatis, utrinque obtusciuscu- 

 lis, 14 ^* 5, loculis, subecqualibus, superiore vix crassiore brevio- 

 reque, minute 2-guttuIatis, prirao hyalinis, dein fuscidulis. 



Hab. ad folia viva Styracis spec. cujusdam in dumetis con- 

 vallis Ya-Kan Brasilise. 



2. Sclineepia pulcheila Speg. F. Guar. II, n. 141, — Peritheciis 10-20 4332 

 radiatira aggregato-confluentibus, stromate parcissimo junctis, fere 

 liberis, plagulas orbiculares, 1-2 ram. diam., atras efficientibus, li- 

 nearibus, dimidiatis, 300-000 ^:; 50-80 extremitate externa obtusa, 



