276 FUNGI. ISphccria. 



Syn. p. 79. (yai\ tecfa). Fr, Syst, Myc. v. 2. ;?. 511. Sckr. 

 Suec. n. 38. 



On stems of herbaceous plants Extremely common, but difficult to 



distinguish from the smaller state of S. complanata and neighbouring 

 specie°s. I have not referred to Mougeot and Nestler, as their specimens 

 approach so near to S. complanata that I know not how they are to 

 be distinguished. S. minutissimay Sow.! t. S70. f. 1, appears to me 

 to be Verrucaria epidermidis. S. Kirbii, Sow.! t. 371./. 3, is pro- 

 bably a form of the present species. 



182. S. Scrophuldria, Desm. (Fiyivorl Sphceria) ; peritliecia 

 scattered black shining globose at length depressed, ostioluni 

 short obtuse. Desm. ! n. 718. 



On capsules o^ Scrophidaria aquatica. Spring. Fineshade, Norths. 

 Rev. M. J. Berkeley. — Very remarkable for its large asci and oblong- 

 elliptic, 7 — 8-septate sporidia, 



183. S,inquilina, WaWv. (black-coafed Sphcsrla) ; perithecia 

 immersed covered with the blackened epidermis latent very- 

 thin pallid, nucleus black, ostiola punctiform black prominent. 

 Fr. EL 2. p, 100. Scler. Suec. / ?i. 402. 



On stems of U/nb el lifer (e. Rockingham Forest, Norths., Bev. 

 M. J. Berkeley. — This species is placed in the JSletic/ius in the division 

 Obtectce ; but in my copy o( Scler. Suec. it is arranged in the division 

 CauUcolcB. The perithecia frequently drop out, leaving a white hollow 

 in the matrix ; I believe that there is a distinct covering to the nucleus ; 

 indeed I am almost convinced that the species itself is a state of .S". spi- 

 culosa, for the ostiola frequently are much elongated and altogether 

 resemble those of that species ; and undoubted S. spicidosa, when 

 growing on Arctium Lappa, is in its early stage so exactly the same, 

 that I cannot find a distinguishing point. In this latter plant I find the 

 , sporidia oblong-elliptic, containing three or four round sporidiola. 



184. S. Corni, Sow. (Cornel Sphceria) ; scattered shining 

 -jet-black depressed, ostiolum obsolete. Soiv. t. ^10. f. 5. — S. 

 Corni -SueciccE, Fr. ! Sckr. Suec. n. 409. 



On stems o^ Cor mis Suecica.— The portion of the steni on which it 

 grows is whitened and the perithecia which are of a very bright jet-black 

 rare almost effused at the base and often sulcate in the direction of the 

 tStem. 



t)iv. 27. Foliicol;e. Perithecia concrete with the matrix^ 

 covered, 7iot surrounded by a definite ivhite spot. 



185. S.phccocomes, Reb. (henry grass-leaf SphcBria) ; scattered 

 jet-black, perithecia globoso-hemispherical almost mouthless 

 beset with erecto-divergent hairs. Rebent. Neom.. p. 338. t. 1. 

 f. 4. Fr. Sust. Myc. v. 2. p. 5 1 5. Johnst. FL Berw. 2. p. 1 38.— 

 S. capillata, Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 69. Ft. Ed. p. 362.— Cew- 

 thospora phceocomes, Grev. Syn. Gen. 8f Sp. p. 17. 



On dead leaves of grasses. About Edinburgh, Br. Greville. Stib- 

 bincrton, Hunts. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. Berwick, Dr. Johnsto)i. -^ot 

 alw°ays confined to the leaves or their sheaths, but sometmies running 

 ■down from the sheath below the joint. 



