560 STILEACEI. 



Gen. 198. EFZCOCCUM, Link. 



Eeceptacle subglobose, vesicular, 

 studded with large, somewhat stipi- 

 /^ ^ ^^ tate spores.^^e?'/j. Owf/. p. 341. 



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1678. Epicoccum neglectum. Desm. 



" Little Epicoccum." 



— __^^^_- ^-=5= Very minute, gregarious; spots none; 



Fig. 233. stroma subglobose, puri^lish brown ; 



spores numerous, spherical, reticulated, 

 brown, areolae darker, ^^edicel very short, conico-truncate, hya- 

 line. — B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 500. Desm. exs. no. 540. Desm, 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. (1842). xvii.^. 95. 



On decaying plants. [Low. Carolina.] 



Spores (-0005 in.) -0125 m.m. long. {Fig. 233.) 



1679. Epicoccum equiseti. BerTi. " Horse-tail Epicoccum." 



Linear, occupying the strias of the stem ; spores globose, 

 minute, atro-sanguiueous, smooth. — Berh. Out. 2^- 341. Uredo 

 equiseti, Eng. Fl. v. p. 384. Fckl. exs. no. 237. 



On Equisetum limosum. Fineshade, Norths. 

 Gen. 199. ILLOSFOZIIUM, Mont. 



Eeceptacle obscure ; spores irregular, 

 falling away like meal. — Berk. Outl.p. 341. 



{Fig. 234.) 



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Fig. 234. 

 1680. Illosporium roseum. Fr. " Eosy Illosporium." 



Heaped up in an irregular tuliercle, soft, breaking to pieces, 

 rose-coloured. — Fr. S.M. iii. p. 258. Eng. Fl. v. p. 328. Grev. 

 ^51. Fl.Dan.t.l24.S. Fchl. exs.no.2n,f.l. Schnzl.t.U,/, 

 1-3. Willk.f.iOc. Babh.F.E. no. 72. 



On the larger tree lichens, Parmelia saxatilis, &c. {Fig. 234.) 



