22 NOVA A8C0MYCETUM GENEEA. 



Passerinia vocare non oportet ex eo quod jam extat nimium affine 

 nomen Passerina. 



y. Phomatospora. Sacc. 



Perithecia membranacea, discreta, minuta, tecta, v. erumpentia, 

 ostiolo papillato, brevi. Asci cyliudraceo-filiformes, aparaphy- 

 sati, octospori. Sporidia phomatoidea, p. e. oblonga, continua, 

 2-gattulata, hjalina. Status spermogonicus Phomam referens. 



Species : 1. Phomatospora Berkeleyi, Sacc, Sphseria phoma- 

 tospora B. et Br., " Cooke Brit. Fung.," 884. 



2. Phoinatospora ovalis (Pass.) Sacc. Sphseria ovalis, Pass., in 

 " Erb. Critt. Ital.," ser. ii., No. 642. 



VI. Patinella. Sacc. 



Cupulas sessiles, patellatae, marginatee, ioiss, atraj, ceraceo-lentas, 

 duriusculaj ; excipulo minute prosencliymatico, fuligineo ; disco 

 concaviusculo, v. subplano. Asci octospori, paraphysati. Sporidia 

 ovoidea, continua, minuta, hyalina, Paraphyses filiformes apice 

 conidia spha^roidea, fusca, mox secedentia gereutes. 



Species: Patinella hyalophcea, Sacc. (edenda). 



Obs. Genus inter Discomycetes paraphysibus conidia fusca 

 gerentibus sporidisque muiutis hyalinis insigue, nee uUi mihi note 

 affine. 



SPHAGNUM LAEICINUM, &c. 



Dr. Braithwaite, in continuation of liis valuable papers on "Bog 

 Mosses " in the " Monthly Microscopical Journal," has detailed 

 the varieties of Sphagnum laricinum as follows : — 



Var. (i teretiusculum. Lindb. 



Branches crowded, terete, usually incurved or more or less cir- 

 cinate. Stem leaves large, oblong, obtuse, the apex somewhat 

 fringed or toothed. Branch leaves short, very broad, concave. 



Marshy places in woods. 



Sweden, Lapland, Finland, Dovrefjeld Mountains Norway, New 

 Jersey. 



Var. \ platyphyllum. Lindb. 



Branches short, rather obtuse, with imbricated leaves. Stem 

 leaves lingulate, with distinct auricles composed of projecting 

 hyaline cells. Branch leaves rouiKled-ovate, pointed, very broad 

 and concave. 



Marshy places in woods in subalpine districts. 



Sweden, Lapland, Finland, Norway, Estland, North Wales, New 

 Jersey. 



Var. 5 cyclophyllum. Lindb. ( Sph. ohtusifolium var. /j tur- 

 gidum. Hook & Wils.) 



Stems short, turgid, l-3in. long, quite simple or with one or 

 more short solitary branches. Stem leaves very large, orbicular, 

 deeply concave and cucullate, pale greenish white. 



