Pyrenomycetse, Sphseriacese, Hyalosporse, Rinia. 591 



sed quoad dissimillimum Asterosporium, nisi experimenta lioc con- 

 firment, omnino improbabile mihi videtur. 



3. Botryosphaeria Pruni Mc. Alp. Fungus diseases, Melbourne 1902, 1991 

 pag. 119, fig. 217-220. — Stromatibus dense gregariis, e ligno 

 erumpentibus, nigris 1 mm. diam. ; peritheciis 4-5-congestis, glo- 

 bosis vel depresso-globosis, papillatis vel rostratis, subcoriaceis 

 300-400 ;j.. diam.;ascis clavatis v. oblongo-cylindraceis, paraphy- 

 satis, octosporis. 40-80*13-16; paraphysibus hyalinis, septatis, 

 filiformibus subrequilongis; sporidiis monostichis v. distichis, hya- 

 linis, oblongo - elliptjcis vel lanceolato-ellipticis, granulosis, 20- 



24 * 8-9. 



Hab. in ramulis emortuis Pruni Armeniac;e, Armadale pr. 

 Melbourne Australise. 



4. Botryosphaeria muriculata Ell. et Ev. in Journ. of Mycol. 1902, 1992 

 p. 68. — Stromatibus corticalibus subcutaneis, epidermide muricu- 

 lato-fissa cinctis, nigricantibus, hysteriiformibus; peritheciis 2-6 in 

 quoque stromate 250-300 ;x. diam., ostiolis papillatis praeditis, 

 erumpentibus ; ascis clavato-cylindraceis, breve stipitatis, paraphy- 

 satis, p. sp. 75-80*18-20; sporidiis distichis, oblongo-ellipticis, 

 subimequilateralibus, utrinque rotundatis v. obtusulis, 20-25 « 10-12. 



Hab. in caulibus Smilacis, Alabama Amer. bor. 



5. Botryosphaeria hysterioides Ell. et Ev. in Journ. of Mycol. 1902, 1993 

 vol. 8, pag. 18. — Maculis oblongo-ellipticis, dein confluentibus 



10 cm. et ultra, initio rubro-brunneis, dein griseo-albidis, rufo 

 marginatis ; peritheciis globosis 200-300 ;jl. diam., 2-4 aggregatis, 

 in stromate hysterioideo 0,5-0,8 mm. longo insidentibus, velatis, 

 dein ostiolo papilliformi, obsoleto erumpentibus; ascis late clavato- 

 oblongis 75-100 « 25-30, breve stipitatis, paraphysibus obscuriori- 

 bus obvallatis; sporidiis oblongis, utrinque acutis, hyalinis, fere 

 luteolis 25-30 « 8-12, vacuolatis. 



Hab. in foliis Hesperaloes Dayii, Peyotes Mexico (\Y. 

 Trelease). 



RINIA Penz. et Sacc. Malpighia 1902 (Etym. a cl. medico et botanico 

 veneto Benedicto K-inio, qui annis 1415-1430 circ. codicem De 

 simplicibus conscripsit, plantarum iconibus, suo tempore eximiis, 

 ornatum, in bibliotheca Marciana Venetiis nunc servatum). — Pe- 

 rithecia biophila, phyllogena, membranacea, nigricantia, fasciis my- 

 celicis, innato-prominulis, repentibus, anastomotico-reticulatis se- 

 miimmersa, globulosa, ostiolo albido, appendicibus vorruciformibus 



