SPH^RIACEI. 813 



385. B.4- Br. Ann. X.TI. no. ^10 (not Currey). Sph. hystri.r, 

 Tode.f. 127. Fr. S.M. ii. p. 361. Moug. exs. no. 959. Eng. FL 

 Y.p. 244. 



On sycamore brandies. [Mid. Carolina.] 



The pustule is brown within, but covered with a distinct black stroma. 

 Snoridia ('0002 in.) •005 m.m. long. This is clearly not the Valsa longirostris 

 of Tulasne. nor the Diatrype ( Maniiania) hystrix of De Xotaris, Berkeley re- 

 gards it as the S^ylvjeria hystrix of Tode. We have seen no specimens. 



2438. Diatrype corniculata. B.JiBr. "Circumscribed 



Diatrype." 



Innate, stroma whitisli ; conceptaculiim black ; perithecia de- 

 cumbent ; ostiola crowded, subcylindrical, distinct, even ; asci 

 clavate, containing eight sausage-shaped sporidia. — B. ^ Br. Ann. 

 N H. no. 845. Sph. corniculata, Ehr. exs. no. 300. Fr. S.M. ii. 

 i?. 584. Xees.f.mO. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 2^1 . 



On dead branches. Mar. Lucknam. 



Sporidia ("OOCl-'OOOo in.) •01-'0125 m.m. lone, concealed beneath the 

 epidermis, except the orifices, which are considerably exserted. Ostiola 

 pretty constantly umbiaeated. — Grec. 



B, Sporidia uniseptate, hyaline. 



2439. Diatrype varians. Curr. " Variable Diatrype." 



Perithecia subglobose ; ostiola conical, sometimes umbilicate 

 at the apex, the masses penetrate the bark in long parallel lines; 

 sporidia biseriate, colourless, obtuse, constricted in the centre, 

 uniseptate, cymbiform laterally, variable in width. — Curr. Linn. 

 Trans, xxii. p. 270, t. 46,/. 77. B. ^' Br. Ann.X.H. no. 834. 



On dead twigs. June. Eltham. 



The position of this species is considered doubtful. The bark in which 

 the perithecia are immersed is scarcely at all changed. Sporidia ('0006 in.) 

 •015 m.m. 



2440. Diatrype inaequalis. Curr. " Unequal Diatrype." 



Perithecia subglobose ; ostiola short and rugose, surface of 

 the wood blackened and rugged ; sporidia greenish, obtuse, con- 

 stricted in the middle, uniseptate. — Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 

 f. 79. Cooke, exs. no. 372. B. <^- Br. Ann. y.H. no. 837. Dia- 

 portheincequalis, Nice. Pyr. Germ. i. p. 285. Sphceria Fuckelii, 

 Fckl. exs. no. 919. 



On furze. Jan. Weybridge. 



