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2717. Sphseria Ogilviensis. B. cfc Bi\ " Ogilvie's Ragwort 



Sphffiria." 



Covered ; perithecia depressed ; ostiola papillfeform ; asci cla- 

 vate ; sporidia fusiform, bipartite, three endochromes in each cell. 

 — B.^Br. Ann.N.H. no. 642, ?. 11,/. 28. Leptosjjhceria Ogil- 

 viensis,De Not. Schema, p, 61. 



On ?>iem.^ oi Senecio Jacohcea. Dundee. [Up. Carolina?] 



Perithecia scattered, covered by the cuticle, depressed, with a decided, ob- 

 tuse, papillgeform ostiolum ; asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, fusiform, con- 

 sisting of two apposed cones, the sides of which are slightly hollowed out, 

 each division containing three endochromes. Externally it resembles S.ker- 

 barum. — B. d: Br. 



2718. Sphseria xnodesta. Besfu, '' Figwort Sphasria." 



Scattered ; perithecia globoso-depressed, minute, at first 

 covered with the epidermis, then naked, black, short, shining ; 

 ostiola papillate, obtuse ; asci large, clavate ; sporidia fusiform, 

 rather obtuse, curved, 4-6 septate, third joint swollen. — Desm. 

 exs. no. 1786. B. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 64-4, t. 11,/. 30. Lib. exs. 

 no. 244. 



On dead stems of ScropJmlaria. May. Glen Isla. 



The peculiar character is the swelling out of the third joint of the curved, 

 multiseptate, subfusiform sporidia. Asci clavate and not cylindrical as in S. 

 complanata. 



2719. Sphaeria sabiiietorum. B,&Bi\ " Large-spored Grass 



SphaBi-ia," 



Scattered, covered ; perithecia subglobose, at length collapsed ; 

 ostiola pierced^ asci large, cylindrical; sporidia fusiform, nodu- 

 lose.—^. ^'Br. Ann. K.H. no. 650, t. 12,/. 36. 



On dead leaves of Amniophila aruncUnacea. May, Sands of 

 Barrie. 



Perithecia scattered, concealed, with the exception of the pertused ostio- 

 lum, subglobose, at length collapsed; asci large, rather short, cylindrical, 

 very obtuse ; sporidia at first globose or obovate, uniseptate, eventually one 

 joint produces three endochromes, and the other four, the fourth being seated 

 in the centre of the compound fusiform sporidium, and much larger than the 

 rest. There is a constriction between each endochrome. — B. q Br. 



2720. Sphaeria tritorulosa. B. 4' Sr. " Willow Herb 



Sphseria." 



Subcuticular, semi-immersed, subglobose ; ostiola papillgeform ; 

 asci elongated ; sporidia tritorulose. — Ann. N.H. no. 778, t. 16, 

 /. 15. Leptosphcerid tritorulosa, De Not. Schema, p. Q'2. 



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