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Ad petiolum siccum Cocoes nuciferae in insula St. Croix Indiae 

 occidentalis. (Leg. Raunlciaer). 



St. Croix: Jolly Hill 22. LOG (nr. 1761). 



Rosellinia subiculata (Schwein.) Sacc. Schw. Car. nr. 175. 



Characteristic by its light sulphure-yellow subiculum. — As the de- 

 scription of this species by Saccardo (Sylloge Fung. I, nr. 925) is rather 

 incomplete, especially as to the microscopical characters, we are here 

 giving a more detailed diagnose from our rather rich collection : 



Peritheciis globoso-mammoideis, ^U — 1 mm. diam. , atris, levibus, 

 superne papillo conico minulo, basi subiculo pallide sulphureo, series 

 elongatas formante, cinctis, plerumque ligno insculptis. Ascis lineariter 

 cylindraceis, in pedicellum 10 — 30/i long, attenuatis, 65 — 80 (p. sporif.) /l« 

 X l^li—\0 a. Sporidiis oblique monostichis, ellipsoideo-ovoideis, inae- 

 quilateralibus, utrinque rotundatis, plerisque 14 — 15^ x 1^1-2 /x, juvenilibus 

 bigultulatis, fuscis, maturis impellucidis, atris. Paraphysibus filiformibus, 

 valde numerosis, hyalinis, 3 — 5 u crass., apicem versus angustioribus, 

 obsolete septatis, ascis fere duplo longioribus. — Ad lignum decorti- 

 catum. 



St. Croix: Jolly Hill 31.12.05 (nr. 3112), 22.1.06 (nr. 1759); 

 Mount Stewart 3. 1.06 (nr. 1717). 



St. Jan: Cruz Bay 14.2.06 (nr. 1749, nr. 1754). 



Sporormia intermedia Auersw. Hedw. 1868 vol. VII, p. 67. — On 



donkey- dung together with Ascophamis carneus (Pers.) Boud. 

 St. Thomas: Lovenlund 17. 12.05 (nr. 3102). 



Stigmatea Piperis Rehra Hedw. 1901 p. 105. — On leaves of 

 Piper medium. 



St. Jan: Caroline 12.3.06 (nr. 1784). 

 Locality unknown: (nr. 2618). 



Xylaria (Xyloglossa) appendiculata Ferd. etWge. sp. n. PI. II, fig. 5. 



Stromatibus nunc hypoxyloideis, subglobosis, nunc clavatis, stipitatis. 

 Clavulis rugosis, ostiolis peritheciorum exasperatis, long, (specim. maxim.) 

 3 mm., crass, fere 1 mm., fusco-nigris , intus niveis, deorsum in 

 stipitem primo albo-farinosam, mox nudum, longitudinaliter striatum, cla- 

 vulae fere colore et longitudine leniter attenuatis. Peritheciis remotis, 

 globosis, circ. 200^ diam., ostiolis semiglobosis vel subconicis, magnis 

 prominentibus. Ascis cylindraceis, apice rotundatis, poro jodi ope intense 

 coerulescente, in stipitem leniter attenuatis, 105 — 115^ (p. sp. 80— 87 ^i) 

 X 7^3 — 8-^/4^. Sporis monostichis, octonis (rarissime quaternis, 14^ 

 long.) coffeiformibus, 11 — 12^2 ^« x 6^3 — 7/i, 2-guttulatis, fuscis, muco 

 tenui indutis, utrinque appendicula obtuse conica, hyalina, 2 — 3/i long., 



Botanisk Tidsskrift. ^9. Bind. 2 



