sph.i:eiacei. 889 



tinct ; asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, hyaline, fusiform, con- 

 stricted in the centre, curved, with four sporidiola. — B. 4' Br. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 637, t. 11,/. 22. 



On dead shoots of rose. Mar. King's Cliffe. 



Scattered over the branches, and so immersed in the bark as not to form 

 any pustules, exposed and persistent when the matrix is decayed, globose, 

 with a minute distinct ostiolum. Asci clavate, containing two rows of 

 sporidia. Sporidia hyaline, fusiform, straight when seen from behind, 

 slightly curved when seen laterally, constricted in the centre, each division 

 containing two globose sporidiola. — B. d: Br. 



2667. Sphaeria intermixta. 5.^ Br. " Mixed rose 



Spbseria." 



Very minute, scattered, covered with the cuticle, black ; peri- 

 thecia depressed, convex above, perforated ; asci clavate ; spori- 

 dia biseriate, hyaline, clavato-fusiform, triseptate. — B. 4' ■^^• 

 Ann. N.H. no. 639, t.WJ. 24. 



On rose twigs. 



Mixed with S.fuscella, but smaller. Scattered, seated beneath the cuticle ; 

 p?rithecia very mmute, convex, depressed, perforated in the centre, black ; 

 asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, hyaline, clavato-fusiform, triseptate. The 

 asci are large for the size of the perithecia. — B. cfc Br. 



2668. Sphaeria pusilla. Curr. " Parallel little Sphaeria." 



Perithecia small, globose, bursting in somewhat parallel lines 

 through the surface of the wood ; sporidia biseriate, colourless, 

 slightly curved, with many nuclei, fusifonn. — Curr. Berk. Outl. 

 p. 399. ^S';;^. seriata, Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. p. 329, t. 59,/. 121. 



On wood. 



Sporidia ('OOOS in.) "02 m.m. long. 



2669. Sphaexia Ashwelliana. Curr, " Covered Fir Sphaeria." 



Perithecia ? sporidia uniseriate or biseriate, colourless or 

 greenish, elliptical, mostly pointed at each end, slightly con- 

 stricted in the middle, 1-4 septate, hyaline. — Curr. Linn. Trans. 

 xxii.7:). 327, t. 59,/ 107. 



On fir branches. Oct. Weybridge. 



Sporidia (-OOIO-'OOU in.) •025.'035 m.m. long. 



2670. Sphaexia clypeata. Nees. " Shining capped Sphasria." 



Gregarious ; perithecia depressed, covered with the innate, 

 blackened epidermis ; ostiola emergent, conico-truncate ; asci 



2 p 5 



