878 SPH^RIACEI. 



idia broTvn or yellowish brown, elliptical, triseptate. — Fr. S.M. 

 n. p. 479. Fries, exs. no. 316. Fng. Fl. v. p. 267. Curr Linn. 

 Trans, xxii. t. 58, /. 77. 



On dried branches (ivy, &c.). [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Spots rounded when there is but one perithecium, subelliptic when there 

 are two together, and not distinctly defined at the base ; perithecia immersed 

 in the wood, depresso-globose, not stuflfed, furnished with a short neck ; os- 

 tiola rather prominent, at length pierced. I' find also apparently the same 

 species with several perithecia beneath each black elliptic spot, andthespota 

 are 2-3 Hues long.— J/. J. B. Sporidia COOOo-'OOOZ in.) •Oi27--0177 tn.m. 



2632. Sphaeria melanotes. B. d: Br. " Black-spot Spbceria." 



Spots elongated, blackish ; perithecia covered; ostiola minute ; 

 asci linear ; sporidia elliptic, brown. — B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 

 623,^. 9,/. 6. 



On oak palings. Dec. Batheaston. 



Forming oblong, somewhat irregular, black patches about an inch long, 

 sprinkled with the punctiform ostiola ; perithecia immersed, scarcely visible 

 except from their ostiola; asci linear; sporidia elliptic, brown ;_ '0005 in.) 

 '0127 m.m. long. . \Vith somewhat of the habit of S. livida, but smaller pe- 

 rithecia, and different fruit. The black spots are scarcely at all raised. The 

 perithecia do not raise the surface of the wood into little waves, as in Sph 

 anserina. P. — B,6:Br» 



2633. Sphaezia hypotephra. B. ^ Br. " Grey-spot 



Sphairia.'' 



Spots effused, cinereous ; perithecia covered, subglobose ; os- 

 tiola rather obtuse, emergent ; asci linear; sporidia elongated, 

 curved, at length triseptate. — B. <Sf Br. Ann. N.H. no. 624, t. 9,f. 

 7. 



On oak rails. Nov. King's Cliflfe. 



Forming large cinereous spots. Perithecia covered, globose ; ostiola rather 

 obtuse, protruding; asci linear; sporidia uniseriate oblong, slightly curved, 

 rathernarrow, about ("001 in.) •025 m.m. long, at length 3 septate, often binu- 

 cleate. Allied to S. melanotes, but distinguished by the pale spots and dif- 

 ferently shaped, larger sporidia.— ^.cjfc^r. 



2634. Sphaeria hemitapha. B. d: Br. "Bleached-spot 



Sphceria.'' 



Perithecia globose, semi-immersed, opaque, growing on white 

 spots ; ostiola papillfeform ; s2:)oridia elliptic-oblong, triseptate. 

 —5. 4- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 885, 1. 11,/. 30. 



On felled oak. Feb. Bath. 



