SPH^RIACEI. 



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Gen. 339. 



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Fig. 375. 

 On old stumps. 

 Sporidia COOOS-'OOOQ in.) •02--023 m.m. 



XTLARIA, Fr. 



Stipitate; stroma corky, rarely flesby; 

 perithecia immersed ; sporidia uniseriate, 

 simple, ovate, dark-coloured. — Fr. S. V.S.p. 

 381. Berk. Out!. p. 38-i. Tul. Carp, il p. 4:. 



2371. Xylaria polyiuorpha. Grev. 

 " Many-shaped Xylaria." 



Sub-carnose, gregarious, turgid, irregular, 

 dirty-white, tben black, receptacle bearing 

 perithecia in every part ; conidia broadly 

 obovate ; sporidia uniseriate, dark reddish- 

 brown, slightly curved. — Grev. t. 237. Corda 

 Ic.Y.f.b2. Desm.exs.no. 376. Berk. Outl. 

 p. 384. Tul. Carp. ii. p. 7, t. xix, /. 15-21. 

 Sph.poJymorpha, Fr. S.M. \\.p. 326. Ohs. ii. 

 t. 2,/. 2, 4, 5. Nees. f. 307. Reh. t. i.f.l. 

 Weig. Obs. t. 3,/. 6. Mich. t. 54,/. 4. Schm. 

 exs. no. 28. Fries, exs. no. 221. Eng.Fl. 

 v. p. 234, Cwr. Linn. Trans, xxv. t. 45./. 12. 

 S. digitata, Fl. Dan. t. 900. Sow. ^.69. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 1064, 2267. Bull. t. 440,/ 1. 



Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



(Fig. 375.) 



2372. 



Xylaria digitata. Grev. " Finger-like Xylaria." 



Between fleshy and corky; ctespitose; heads cylindrical, red- 

 dish-brown, then black ; tips sterile, acute ; stem smooth ; 

 sporidia uniseriate, dark-brown, curved. — Grev. Fl. Fd. p.366. 

 Berk Outl p. 384. Sph. digitata, Fr. S.M. ii.p. 326. Bull. t. 220. 

 Schceff. t. 265. Hoffm. V.C. t. 4,/ 2. Pers. Obs.il t.2,f. 1-6. FL 

 Dan. t. 1306. Nees.f. 307. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 234. Curr. Linn. Trans. 

 xxii. t. 45,/ 16. 



On stumps, &c. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Stems connate at the base, whence the plant is ramoso- digitate ; substance 

 with a simple central pith ; perithecia immersed, when young whitish, 

 scarcely pulverulent, soon changing to brown. — Fries. Sporidia ('0007 in.) 

 "017 m.m. 



2373. Xylaria corniformis. Mont. " Horn-shaped Xylaria." 



Corky, brittle, simple, cylindrical, curved, black, covered on 

 all sides with perithecia ; base subtuberous, villous ; sporidia 

 uniseriate, almond-shaped, double or piano -convex, rather dark 



