908 SPHiERIACET. 



colourless, fusiform ; cndocLrome biiiartite. — Fr. Ohs. i. t. 4,/. 2. 

 B. ^ Br. Ann. N. H. no. 649*. Fr. S.M. \i.p. 512. Curr. Linn. 

 Trans, xxii t. GO,/. 130. Cooke exs. no. 393. 



On Angelica sylvestris. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia ('0008 in.) '02 m.m. long. 



2729. Sphaeria planiuscula. B.^'Br. " Flattened Sphaeria." 



Scattered, somewhat plane ; ostiola obscure ; asci clavate ; 

 sporidia biseriate, oblong, uniseptate, irregularly thickened in 

 the centre.—^. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 891, 1. 11,/. 35. 



On dead herbaceous stems. 



Minute, scattered, covered by the cuticle, depressed, with an obscure 

 ostiolum. Asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, oblong, uniseptate, slightly 

 but irregularly swollen at the commissure, the one articulation generally 

 being more swollen than the other ('0006 in.) '015 m.m. long. — B.<hBr. 



2730. Sphaeria commanipula. B. ^^ Br. " Capsule 



Sphceria." 



Scattered, at first subglobose, covered, at length denuded, 

 collapsed ; ostiola minute ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia biseriate, 

 short, elliptico-cymbiform, uniseptate. — B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 

 645, t. 11,/ 31. 



On capsules of Scrophularia. May. Forfarshire. 



Scattered, at first covered by the cuticle, subglobose, then exposed and 

 collapsed, with a minute papillseform ostiolum, which is, however, sometimes 

 obscure. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia biseriate, elliptico-cymbiform, unisep- 

 tate. Sometimes one of the endochromes is decidedly conical, with a con- 

 striction about the centre. — B. d' Br. 



2731. Sphseria tosta. B.^Br. " Scorched Sphgeria." 



Perithecia minute, pallid, depressed, covered by the scorch- 

 brown epidermis ; asci linear ; sporidia uniseriate, short, elliptico- 

 cymbiform, uniseptate. — B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. tzo. 648, 1. 11,/ 34. 

 Cooke exs.no. 266. 



On dead stems of Ejnlohium hirsutum. Feb. 



Perithecia depressed, subglobose, pale, concealed under broad spots which 

 look as if they had been scorched, the part of the cuticle above each peri- 

 thecium being darker, Asci linear. Sporidia uniseriate, short, elliptico- 

 cymbiform, uniseptate, very pale. With somewhat the habit of »S. to?fticMOT, 

 but very distinct. — B. <tBr. 



2732. Sphaeria pinodes. B.^^Blox. " Pea-stem Spheeria." 



Scattered, very minute, sub-hemispherical, depressed, astomous ; 

 asci short ; sporidia constricted in the middle, uniseptate. — B. 

 ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 981,^. 17,/ 34. 



