SphcBria.] rUNGl. 261 



above cbarncfers. S. UcJienoides, Sow! t. 372. f. 1*2. is Verrucaria 

 hucocephala, Ach. {E. B. t. 2G42,/ 2). 



113. S. Brdssicce, Klotzsch, (cabhage-stalk Sphceria) ; peri- 

 tliecia conic, their bases innate, clotlied with dirty white arach- 

 noid down, ostiola naked simple jet-black. KL 3ISS. 



On dead cabbage stalks. Appin, Capt. Carmichael This appears 



to be a perfectly distinct species, having, to the naked eye, a very dif- 

 ferent appearance from the foregoing in consequence of the more naked 

 jet-black ostiola. 



114. S. canescens, Pers. {hoary Sphceria); perithecia aggre- 

 gate globose and ovate hairy papillate hoary. Pers. Syn. p. 

 72. Fr. Syst. Myc. r. 2. p. 448. Sckr. Suec. ! n. 50. 



On wood. Appin, Captain Carmichael. — Perithecia forming a 

 dense stratum of a cinereous brownish or greenish hue, very hairy, 

 brittle. 



115. S. strigosa^ A. & S. {hoary strigose Sphceria); peri- 

 thecia aggregate globose and ovate papillary beset all round 

 with long rigid hoary hairs. Alb. <^- Schw, t. b.f, 7. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. 2. p. 448. 



On fir wood. Appin, Captain Carmichael. — Distinguished from 

 the foregoing by its closer habit and tough not brittle substance. 

 Authentic specimens, however, in Dr. Hooker's Herbarium, from 

 fSchwcinitz, appear to me to belong to iS. canescens. The hairs in hotli 

 though giving the peritliecia a hoary appearance are not alwa} s white, 

 but frequently of a brownish or yellowish hue exactly as represented in 

 the figure quoted above. 



116. S. liformisj Pers. {two-shaped Sphcrria) ; perithecia 

 subovate slightly tuberculate black clothed with strig0!»e hairs 

 of the same colour, ostiola somewhat elongated. Pirs. Si/n. t. 

 2. /. 14. Ic. Pivt. t. 24. /. 4. Kunz. Nye. Heft. 1. p. 108. 

 Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 448. — /3. terrestris ; perithecia crowded 

 seated upon a crust-like strigoso villous subicuhnn. Sow,! t. 

 S73.j: 7. S. biformis. (3. byssiseda, Juaiz. I. c. 109. 



On wood and on the naked earth. «. King's C'litfe, Norths. Rev. 

 M. J. Bcrheltij. — /5, Kensington (Jardens, Suirerhi/. — Varying with a 

 sliort and long ostiolum. My specimens on earth have a short ostiolutn, 

 and a sul)olivaceous brown tinge. The spuridia form a liouhlc row 

 within the slightly incrassated atici, and are very lung slightly flcxuous 

 yellowish-olive, divided by many septa. 



117. S. Pacodimn, Pers. (Pacodium-lihc Sphcrria); peri- 

 thecia subglobose rugulose hairy black ])apillary emerging from 

 a broad l)lack tomentose subicnlum. J\rs. Syti. p. 74. Fr. 

 Syst. Myc. r. 2. p. 44\). ScUr. Suec. f n. olo. S. hirsutci, 

 Grev. ! Fl. Fd. p. 304. 



On decaying beech wood. Common. — Scattcrcil or densely grcpnri- 

 ous, brittle, the base inmiersed in the matrix ; suhiculum sumrtimcB 

 present on one part of the wood, and entirely wanting on another. 



