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KOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



On twigs of Kerria. Car. Inf. No. 3284. 



Pustules very minute, bursting out and surrounded at the base by 

 the cuticle, convex above, dilated and almost bordered in the middle, 

 narrowed downwards ; sporosphores confined to the narrow obtuse 

 basal portion. This exactly accords with the genus as proposed in 

 Rabenhorst's Herbarium, No. 1443. The moniliform chains of 

 spores are exactly the same. His species, C. Spartii, occurred on 

 the common broom. 



606. Torula bxevissima. B. & C— Floccis brevibus 2-3 septatis, 

 articulis constrictis pedicello crassiusculo brevi oriundis. 



On bark of Hibiscus Syriacvs. Car. Inf. No. 2640. 



Threads very short, unbranched, consisting of from three to four 

 joints only, constricted at the septa, slightly incrassated upwards, 

 or of the same size throughout ; stem distinct, short, but rather thick. 



607. Torula quaternata. B.& C— Floccis triarticulatis deorsum 

 attenuatis e mycelio intricate repente oriundis. 



Onleaves otDasyliriongi^aminifolitim. Texas. Wright. No. 3768. 

 Far more minute than the last, threads unbranched, springing at 

 once from the creeping intricate mycelii;m. 



508. Toxula aequalis. J5. ^ C— Floccis epedicillatis 3-4 articu- 

 latis ; articulis oblongo-ellipticis. 



On bark of Ci/tiHa. Car. Inf. No. 5020. 



Threads unbranched, equal, springing at once from the bark 

 without any distinct pedicel, consisting of three or four, or more 

 rarely five, oblong-elliptic joints. Very different from either of the 

 foregoing species, and from T. abbreviaia, Cd^* 



509. Torula colliculosa. B. & C. — Hysteriiformis pulvinata, floc- 

 cis brevibus a^qualibus 4-5 articulatis ; articulis globosis. 



On bleached wood. Louisiana. Dr. Hale. No, 3651. 



Forming little cushions, of a rather firm texture, the cells of 

 which are arranged vertically; threads short, consisting of from 

 four to five nearly globose joints, whose diameter is '00028. 



510. Torula pallida. B. <f B. — Late eflfusa, olivacea, floccis bre- 

 vibus ramosis, articulis brevibus. 



On dead branches of Hydrangea and Citrus. Charleston. Car. 

 Inf. Ravenel. No. 1438. 



Widely spreading over the matrix, olive ; threads pale, short, 

 branched. Articulations shorter than broad. 



511. Torula dissita. B. Sf C. — Effusa tenuis ; floccis ramosis, 

 articulis oblongis 1-2 nucleatis. 



On dead oak wood. Car. Inf. No. 3696. 



Forming a thin stratum on the wood ; threads slightly branched; 

 joints oblong, about four times longer than wide, containing one or 

 two nuclei. 



* The anomalous Oidium chartarum, Lk., which has been referred to many 

 genera is Car. Inf., No. 3721. 



