APPENDIX. 



A fungus or supposed fungus, described very imperfectly by L, v. 

 Schweinitz iu bis Synopsis fungoruni Carolinae superioris, and by Fries 

 in bis Systema Mycologicam, as S2)lt(vna gossypii, bas caused tbe writer 

 some trouble and sbould be mentioned bore. It was found on unripe 

 cotton bolls and Fries stated tbat be bad seen dried specimens. From 

 tbe description in bis Systema, making allowance for inexact observa- 

 tions and unwarranted inferences, it seemed at first not unlikely tbat 

 tbe peritbecia found by me on tbe cotton plant migbt be tbe old t^phcc- 

 ria gossypii of de Schweinitz. This view I have now abandoned as 

 untenable. 



Tbe origin and history of tbis name, wbich must be regarded as a 

 nomen excludendum, are as follows: 



(1) De Schweinitz. Synopsis Fungorum Carolinae superioris, p. 46. 



207. [Spliieria] Gossypii Sz. 



S. simplex sparsa iuimersa globosa purpureo-incarnata submollis, ostiolo ad super- 

 ficiem elongate gelatiuam fundeute. 



Vix capsula Gossypii iiivenitur siue hac Sphaeria. Minuta. Nascitur in capsulis 

 Gossypii immaturis, primum profimde immersa, sed ostiolo etiam turn ad superficiera 

 elongato, concolori, unde spargitur gelatina luduresceus, qnse capsulis purpareo- 

 rutroiuquinat. SptiauuliL- non observantur nisi capsula percissa; demum assurguut 

 et superficiem turn exsiccatam granulosam redduut. 



Tbis species de Schweinitz placed in bis Family VIII, Simplices, 

 Sec. C, Brachystomie, along witb S. putaminum on peacb pits and 

 some others. 



(2) Von Schweinitz. Syu. N". Am. Fungi, p. 217. Mere mention 

 as follows : 



*1652. 507. -S^. (jossypn, L. v. S., Syn. Car. 207, F.212, non in Pennsylv. 



(3) Fries. Systema Mycologicum, Vol. II, 1823, p. 488. 



412. S. Gossijpii. Sparsa, submollis, peritbeciis immersis globosis, purpureo- 

 incarnatls, ostiolo ad superficiem elongato gelatinam fundente. 



Schwein. (!) 1. c. n. 207. 



Minuta, dubijB affinitatis. Nascitur in capsulis Gossypii immaturis, primum pro- 

 funde immersa, sed ostiolo etiam turn ad superficiem elongato concolori, unde 

 spargitur gelatina indurescens, quj© capsulas purpureo-inquinat. Peritbecia non 

 observantur nisi capsula perscissa, demum assurgunt et superficiem tum exsiccatam 

 granulosam redduut. In capsulis Gossypii copiose. (v. s.) 



(4) Saccardo. Sylloge Fungorum, Vol. II, p. 457. Saccardo not 

 knowing wbat to do witb tbis species refers it doubtfully to Hyponec- 



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