896 sph;ertacei. 



the leaf, wliicli is at length pierced with minute round orifices ; 

 asci oblong, distinct, containing several oblong, septate sporidia. 

 Berk. Eng. FL v. 79. 258. Ann. N.II. no. 179. 



On leaves of cherry laurel. Aug. Near Edinburgh. 



Spots 1^-2^ line3 broad, completely 'penetrating the leaf so as to present 

 nearly the same appearance on either side. Perithecia apparently epiphyl- 

 lous, but projecting almost equally on both surfaces of the stroma. — M.J.B. 



c. CaulicolcB. 



Perithecia at first covered, at length naked by the falling away 

 of the epidermis. On herbaceous stems. — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 322. 



A. Sporidia multicellular=(P/(205/)ora, i?a5A.) 



2692. Sphseria herbaruxn. Pers, " Common herbaceous 



Sphaeria." 



CoNiDiA. — Tufts effused, soft, dense, green, then olive-black ; 

 flocci collapsing, pellucid, as well as the olivaceous, at length uni- 

 septate conidia. — Cladosporium herharum, Link. sp. 1,^. 39. Eng. 

 Fl.Y.p. 338. (See no. 1744, ante.) 



Macroconidia. — Flocci suberect, delicate, fugacious, slightly 

 branched ; macroconidia clavate, at length subrectangular, mul- 

 tiseptate, constricted. — Macrosporium sarcinula, B. ^' Br. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 125, t. 8,/. 10. (See no. 1731, ante.) 



Pycxidia. — Stylospores very minute, oblong, pale vinous red, 

 discharged in slender tendrils. — Myxosporium orhiculare^ Berk. 

 Outl.p. 325. Cytispora orbicularis, B. Ann. N.H. no. 106, t. 7,/. 

 6. (See no. 1407, ante.) On gourds. 



Stylospores. — Perithecia numerous, small, subrotund, brown ; 

 ostiola poriform ; stylospores oval, hyaline, with one or two spo- 

 rules. — Phoma herharum, West. Act. Belg. xix. p. 118. Rahh. F. 

 E. no. 455. 



AscopHORE. — Subgregarious, minute, black ; perithecia gene- 

 rally covered, globoso-depressed, even ; ostiolum slightly promi- 

 nent, punctiform ; sporidia oblong-elliptic, yellow, then brown, 

 multicellular. — Pers. Syn. p.l^. Fr. S.M. \\.p. 511. Berk. exs. 

 no. 267. Fries, exs. no. 38. Eng. Fl. v. p. 276. Curr. Linn. 

 Trans, xxii. t. 59,/. 138. Pleosporaherharum, Rahh. F.E . no. 145. 

 Tul. Carp. ii. p. 262, t. 32. Fckl. exs. no. 811. Cooke exs. no. 

 261. 



On herbaceous stems. Common. [United States.] 



