782 SPH^EIACEI. 



2348. Nectria coccinea. Fr. " Scarlet Nectria." 



Cfespitose, peritbecia ovate, even, briglit red ,* ostiola papil- 

 laeform ; sporidia colourless, uniseptate, elliptical, subacuminate. 

 — Sell, coccinea, Fr. S.M. ii. p. 412. Eng. FL y.]?. 253. Pers. Ic. 

 4' Des. t. 12, /. 2. Moug. exs. no. 180. Fries, exs. no. 183. Sph. 

 moi'i, Soiv. t. 255. Baxt. exs. no. 25. Curr. Linn. Trans. 'K.yin. t,. 

 49,/. 174, 175. 



On dead twigs. Common. [United States.] 



Sporidia ('0005 in.) -0127 m.m. 



2349. Nectria cucurbitula. Fr. " Orange-red Nectria." 



Ctespitose ; peritliecia ovato-globose, even, orange-red, at 

 length collapsed, cup-sbaped, ostiola obsolete ; sporidia colour- 

 less, irregularly elliptical, mixed "with asci, producing minute, 

 curved sporidia. — Tul. Carp, iii.p. 86. Sph. cucurhitula, Fr. S.M, 

 ii.^;. 415. Tocle.f. 110. Nees.f. 327. Fries, exs. no. 263. Berlc. 

 Ann. N.H. nO. 174-609. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 49,/. 178. 



On dead branches. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



Easily distinguislied from all similarly coloured species by its asci being 

 filled with numerous minute curved sporidia (•0001-'0002 in.) 'OOio-'OOd m. 

 m. — B. 



2350. Nectria sinopica. Fr. " Brick- red Ivy Nectria." 



Sub-casspitose ; jDerithecia small, globose, even, somewhat 

 brick-red, at length collapsing and cup shaped ; disc brown ; 

 ostiola papillate ; asci linear ; sporidia elliptic, uniseptate. — Tul, 

 Carp. iii. }->• §9,^- xi. /. 1-10. De Not. Sfer. Ital. t. 2,/. 6. Sph. 

 sinopica, Fr.El. ii. p)' 81. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 97. Curr. Micr, 

 Jour.ii\.p.21(). Movg.exs.no. 1335. Desm. exs. ?io. 1259. 



On shoots of ivy. King's C'iffe. 



Each articulation of the sporidia sometimes contains a single nucleus. 

 Perithecia when young frosted with a yellowish meal. 



2351. Nectria aquifolia. Berk. " Large-spored Holly 



Nectria." 



Cfespitose ; stroma yellowish within ; perithecia globose, ru- 

 gulose, ambilicate from collapsing, at first brick-red, then pale, 

 at length black ; sporidia colourless, elliptical, pseudo-se])tate, 

 by division of endochrome. — Berk. Outl. p. 393. Tul. Carp. iii. 

 p. 87, t. X. S. aquijoUa, Fr. El. ii. p. 82. Eng. Fl. v. p. 253. 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 49,/. 183. 



On dead holly. Apethorpe. 



