SPH^RIACEI. 911 



Sow. t. 373,/. 6. Fr. SJf. u.p. 517. Fries exs. no. 285. Grev. t. 

 335, /. 2. Eng. Fl. v, p. 211 . Purt. iii. no. 1521. 5gr^. 6a:s. no. 

 38. Criiptosphceria gnomon, Grev. Fl. ed.p.SQO. Gnomonia vul- 

 garis, De Not. Schema p. 58. Fchl. exs. no. 867. 



On hazel leaves. Winter and early spring. 



[Mid. Carolina.] 



2740. Sphsezia setacea. Pers. " Hair-beaked Sphgeria." 



VYC^iT)\k=Discosia clypeata, De Not. Fres. Beitr.p. 68. Fckl. 

 exs. no. 453. Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 121, t.2,f. 2S. 



AscoPHORE. — Perithecia covered, globose ; ostiola bristle- 

 like, attenuated, black ; sporidia biseriate, colourless or greenish, 

 pointed at each extremity, and often aristate, triseptate when 

 mature. — Pers. Syn.p. 62. Fr. S.M.'ii. p. 518. Fries exs. no. 

 286. Purt. MS S. Johnst. FL Berw. Eng. Fl. v. p. 277. Berk. 

 Outl.p. 401. Be?^k. exs. 184. Cwr. Linn. Trans, t. 59,/. 145. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 811. Wallr. Fl. Germ. p. 802. Gnomonia setacea, 

 De Not. Schema, p. 58. Cooke exs. no. 161. 



var. petiolae. On petioles of sycamore, &c. — Sphceriapetioli, 

 Fuckel.exs.b31. Enum. Fung. Nass. p. 68. DeNot. Schema, p. 

 49. Cooke Jour n. Bot. Cooke.exs.no. 1%2. Gnomonia Cerastis, 

 Reiss. Gnomonia ischnostyla, Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 121. 



var. epiphyllae. On leaves of oak, sycamore, maple, &c. — 

 Sphceria inclinata, Desm. Gnomonia setacea, Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 

 121. Cooke L.F. no. SI. 



On the petioles, nerves, &c., of the leaves of various trees, 

 especially Acer pseudoplatanus. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia ('0006 in.) '015 m m. long. 



2741. Sphaeria ariae. D.C. " Beam-leai Sphceria." 



PYCNiDiA=Z)z5C05za artocrcas, Fr. S. V.S.p. 423 (in Sorbo.) 

 AscoPHORE — Scattered, minute ; perithecia covered, depressed, 

 sub-latent ; ostiolum straight, equal, slender, black ; asci and 

 sporidia?— D.C. Fl.Fr.\i.p. 131. Fr S.M.ii. p. bll . Fckl. exs. 

 no. 877. Gnomonia arice, Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 121. 

 On leaves of Pijrus aria. Darenth. 



The specimens found were immature, the sporidia not being formed, so 

 that the characters cannot be given. The fruit seems to be matured during 

 the winter, whilst the leaves lie on the ground, as in allied species. 



