SphcBria.] rUNGI. 253 



On twi<TS. Very rare. Durham, Dr. Greville. — This most beauti- 

 ful and curious species resembles very much the foregoiui^, but is dis- 

 tinct in the colour both o( the peri I hecia and stroma, which latter is at 

 length black. Fries informs us that he has received the stroma quite 

 naked and a true Tubcrcularia, as he believes, Tubercularia lutesce/ts. 

 Link. 



79. S. coccinea, Pers. {carmine Sphccria) ; ccespitose, perl- 

 tliecia ovate even bright-red, ostiolti papillijeforin. Pers. Syn. 

 J). 49. Ic. et Dcsc. t. 12. /. 2. 3Ioug. 4' Nest. ! n. 180. Fr. 

 Si/st. 3I//C. V. 2. /;. 412. Scler. Sued ?i. 183. S. 3Iori^ 

 With. V. 4. p. 359. Sow. ! t. 255. Purt. v. 3. 7i. 1520. Cu- 

 curhitaria cocci7iea, Grev. FL Ed. p. 359. Baxt. ! n. 25. 



On branches of various trees. Common. — Sometimes very much 

 scattered and then frequently confounded with S. samjuinea. 



80. S. aquifolia, Moug. (rrrspitose Ilolli/ Sphccria) ; csespi- 

 tose, stroniH yellowish within, perithecia globose rugulose 

 umbilicate from coUapslon, at first brick- red, then pale, at 

 length black. Moug.! MSS. Fr. El. 2. p. 82. 



On branches of Holly. Apethorpe. Norths, liev. M. J. Berhclnj. 

 — My specimens are in rather an advanced state, but I am quite con- 

 vinced that they belong to the plant of INIougeot. The stroma still 

 retains some of the yellowish tinge, and the perithecia which are 

 collapsed and rugulose are of an olivaceous black, in smaller tufts than 

 in Mougeot's specimens as they grew on very thin twigs. 



81. >S'. Lahumij Pers. (Laburnum Sphccria); ca»spitose, 

 stroma subcompact, perithecia globose rugulose black, ostiola 

 papilla^form. Pers. ! Sj/n. p. 50. Nccs, f.'d'lr). Fr. Syst. Mt/c. 

 V. 2. p. 413. Scler. Sued n. 34. Moug. ^y Nest.! n. 873. 

 Purt. ! V. 3. n. 1522 ? Johnst. ! FL Berw. '2. p. 123. 



On dead branches oi Ci/lisns Labunuim. — The only British specimens 

 I have seen are from Dr. Johnston found near Berwick, but, thouiiii 

 certainly the true plant, they are not in a very perfect state. Purton's 

 plant perhaps is doubtful, as he describes it wiien young as red, smootii, 

 nnd transparent. Possibly he may have had in view *S'. rudis, which 

 in some states resembles somewhat the present species. 



82. S. (lioica, Mong. (two-ranhtd Sphccria); ca}spitosc, 

 stroma cortical, perithecia placed one over the otiier unequal 

 not collapsing black at length pierced. Moug. ! t.xs. in Ilooh. 

 Herb. Fr. FA. 2. ;;. 82. 



On branches of trees. Appin. Captain Carmichatl. — Scattered or 

 forming roniul prominent tufts, even on the same branch. Captain 

 Carmichael's specimens arc referred in Hook. Ihrb., by Klot/sch, to .S'. 

 comjlobata, but they differ so nnicli from the characters given by IVie--, 

 and agree so nearly with specimens from iSIougeot of ^V. dioira, that 1 

 cannot but consider tiicm as that species. In one point indeeil 

 Mougeot's, as also the Briti^h specimens, dirter from the account of 

 Fries, viz., that the perithecia have generally when olil one or two strong 

 cracks at the apex, which produce a sulcate appearance. 



83. S. Berbcridis, Pers. (Barberry Sphccria) ; coespitose 



