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On dry elm brandies. Berwick. Dr.Juhnston. Scotland. KlofzscJi 

 in Hook. Herh. Northamptonshire, not uncommon. Rev. M. J, 

 Berkeley. — This species appears to vary greatly as to the size of the 

 patches, their manner of bursting through the bark, the colour of the; 

 stroma and the length of the ostiola. Sometimes the osiiolx arc 

 crowded and pierce tiie epidermis in a fascicle, but occasionally they 

 are irregularly scattered, the patches .somewhat confluent, and the whole 

 surface of the branch j)ierced by single ostiola, which, though varyirg 

 in length, are always curiously sulcate. 



55. S. e72teroleiica, Fr. (^while-fleshed Sphcrria) ; orbicular 

 convex free, stroma white, peritlieciii small, ostiola crowded 

 free globose or beaked somewhat wrinkled. Fr. Sijst. ISIyc. r. 

 2. y^. 381. Variolaria ccratosperma, Biiil, t. 432. y. 1. 



On dried branches. Apethorpe, Norths., Bcv. M. J. Berkeley. — 

 Pustules '2 — 3 lines broad at length In- the decay of the bark free. 

 Stroma white below, darker above being almost obliterated by the 

 crowded necks of the small perithecia. Ostiola rather rugged globose 

 or beaked on the same stick. 



56. S. extensa, Fr. (broad-cnistcd Sphccria) ; convex, con - 

 nected by an effused and^ient crust, stroma fibrous, perithecia 

 ovate, ostiola crowded free oblong- even. Fr. Obs. I. p. 175. 

 (, 3./. 2. Sf/sf. Myc. v. 2. p. 381. — b. Bhanini ; slightly adnale 

 above with the epidermis, contents of the perithecia blackish. 



b. On Bhamnus catharticus. Rockingham Forest. April. Bcv. 

 M. J. Berkeley. — Bursting forth transversely, the short crowded obloi i; 

 shining ostiola being alone visible ; when the epidermis is removed a 

 pale mark is seen round the ostiola from a portion of the cuticle bein*!j 

 adherent. Pustules connected by a brownisii-black fibrous ambient 

 crust. Stroma fibrous. I propose this as a form of *S'. e.rtensa rather 

 than as a new species, as it agrees in so many characters. 



57. *S'. corniciddta, Ehr. [spurred Sphecria) ; innate, stroma 

 dirty-white covered with a black conceptaculum, perithecia 

 decumbent, ostiola clouded subcylindric distinct, even. Pcrs. 

 Syn. p. 40. Kecs.f. 330. JIoo//. Scot. 2. p. 0. Fr. Syst. Myc. 

 V. 2. p. 358. StromcUospharia ccriiiciiiata, Gicv. FL Fd. 

 p. 357. 



On dead branches of various trees. Not unfrcqucnt nccordirg to 

 Br. (ireville. — " Concealed beneath the bark (epidermis) except the 

 orifices, which are considerably exscrted. Ostiola pretty constDutly 

 uinbilicated." Grcv. l. c. 



58. S. Jihrosa, Pers. {flhn.iis Sphinia^ ; innate conico- 

 dopressed cojiiu'cted by an «'iViisi'(l andticut fibrous crust, stroma 

 fdn-ous, osti<da crowih'd stdjrotmid even hhiniiig. Pirs. Syn, 

 p. 40. t. 2. j: 3, 4. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 384. Sclcr. Siuc. ! 

 w. 381. 



On Blackthorn. Colterstock, Norllis. Bcv. M. J. Bukrhy.^- 

 Ptistulfft roundish slightly raisinir tiie epidermis nnd rendering it p:df ; 

 when the epidennis is stripped oll'a pale ring is seen rinuul the ostiola 

 arising from the adherence of the cuticle ; eomiectcd by a brownish-black 



