838 srn.ERTACET. 



Peritheciaforniing little pnstnlea brownish ; disc narrow ; ostiola obsolete ; 

 sporidia '002 in. long, elliptic-oblong, uniseptate with a small appendage at 

 either extremity ; endochrome divided into innumerable cells, septum at 

 length obsolete, and surfac'^^ of the sporidia granulated. In the plant on alder, 

 s'f'Oridia (■0u2-*003 in.) "Oo-'Or tn.m. long. There are sometimes three eepta, 

 and the appendages are more acute. — B. A; Br. 



2511. Valsa profusa. Fr. " Locust tree Yalsa." 



Spermogoxia. — Spermatia, filiform, uncinate. Cytispora leu- 

 co.yie)ma, Fr. exs. no. 156. 



MiCROSTYLospoREs lancGolate, continuous. — Tul. Carp. ii. p. 

 159. 



AscoPHORE. — Perithecia globose, circumscribed with a variable 

 black line, immersed in a broadly expanded subiculum ; ostiola 

 slightly prominent, seated in a minute dirty- white disc ; sporidia 

 4-8, with a gelatinous envelope when young, becoming olive-brown, 

 oblong elliptic, quadrilocular, apiculate. — Fr. S.V.S. p. 411. S, 

 profusa, Fr. S.M. ii. j). 392. Fries, exs. no. 11. Moug. exs. no. 871 

 (partly) Eng. Fl. v. p. 249. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 47, /. 128. 

 Aglaosporaprofnsa, Tul. Carp. n.p). 159. Fckl.exs. no. 583. 



On branches of Rohinia pseudacacia. 

 Sporidia (•001--002 in.) •025--05 m.m. 



2512. Valsa aglaeostoma. B.SfBr. " Small tufted Valsa." 



Perithecia ovate ; ostiola crowded, shining ; sporidia oblong, 

 4 septate, torulose. — B. 4'. Br. Ann. N.H. no. 862, t. 10,/. 17. 



On elm twigs. Leicestershire. 



Perithecia in groups of from 4 to 6, ovate ; ostiola 'crowded, cylindrical, 

 shining ; pporidia oblong 4 septate, constricted at each septum (■0008-"001 

 in.) •02-"025m.m. long. Eesembling somewhat V. hypodermia, but differing 

 essentially in the fruit and in other points.—^. S,- Br. 



2513. Valsa Innesii. Curr. " Innes's Tailed Valsa." 



Perithecia irregularly globose; ostiola elongated, and fre- 

 quently thickened at the apex; sporidia biseriate, colourless, 

 thrice constricted, acute at either end, often appendiculate. — Curr. 

 Linn. Trans, xxii.j). 281, t. 48,/. 116. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 

 863. Fckl. exs. no. 1993. Diaporthe Innesii, Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 

 204. 



Sporidia (•001-'0012 in.) •025--03 m.m. long. 



Externally much resembling T". pulchella, but smaller, and differing alto- 

 gether in fructification from that species. 



