46 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



* Nectzia cinnabazina. -Fn— Car. Sup. No. 138. Car. Inf. 

 No. 1399. On Morus. Mountains of New York. On Acer. No. 

 4430. On gooseberry. No. 4433. 



818. Nectzia diploa. B. db C— " Journ. Linn. Soc," x., p. 378. 

 Var. diminuta. 



Minuta parasitica coccinea ; ascis lanceolatis; sporidiis breviter 

 fusifomiibus, 2-4 nucleatis. 



On some Sj^hceria. On alder. Car. Inf. No. 4029. 



Very minute, parasitic, scarlet; asci lanceolate but obtuse ; spo- 

 ridia sometimes larger, binucleate, at length uniseptate, in one row 

 or smaller quadriaucleate, biseriate, •001-00114 inch long. 



819. Nectzia Cuztisii. B.^Minuta, erumpens sparsa ; ascis lan- 

 ceolatis, sporidiis oblongis curvis, quadrinucleatis. 



On Zea. Car. Inf. No. 3795. 



Minute, erumpent, scattered ; asci lanceolate, sporidia oblong, 

 curved, with four nuclei, "0005 inch long, about ith as broad as long. 



* Nectzia polythalama. ^.— Fl. New Zeal, II., p. 203. Tab. 

 cvi., fig. 15. 



On Liqvidamhar. Alabama, Peters. No. 6082. On Fraxinus. 

 Car. Inf. Ravenel. No. 1549. 



Sporidia curved, pluriseptate, -001 -"0008 inch long. 



820. Nectzia auzigez. B. cfc B. — Csespitosa aureo-pulverulenta 

 ostiolo coUapso fusco, sporidiis breviter cymbteformibus utrinque 

 attenuatis pluriseptatis. 



On Fraxinus. Car. Inf. Ravenel. No. 1830. 



Perithecia clothed with yellow powder, ostiolumlJark, depressed ; 

 sporidia cymbreform, slightly attenuated at either end, with about 

 seven septa, -001 inch long. 

 Var. fiavitecta, B. Sf C. Sporidiis majoribus 4-septatis. 



On Kerria Japonica. Car. Inf. No. 4025. 



Sporidia quadriseptate, sometimes with a gelatinous coat, "0015 

 inch long. Possibly a distinct species, but the specimen is not in 

 good condition. 



* Sphaezostilbe pseudotzichia. Schwein. (Sub Sphseria.) Nectria. 

 B. ^ C— " Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil.," ii., 1853, p. 289, tab. 25, 

 fig. 9, " Journ. Linn. Soc," xiv., p. 114. Canada, Poe. No. 6140. 



* Sphaezostilbe cinnabazina. TwZ.— Carp, iii., p. 103. Louisi- 

 ana, Dr. Hale. No. 3674. On hickory. Car. Inf. Ravenel. 1339. 

 There are two specimens from Ravenel. On Aloriis. No. 1432. 

 On Rhus radicans. No 1639, and Car. Inf. No. 3049, in which 

 the Stilbum (S. lateritivm, B.) is more transparent. This may 

 possibly indicate another species. 



* Sphaezostilbe gzacilipes. 7«Z.— Carp, iii., p. 102. Car. Inf. 

 On Hibiscus syriacus. No. 2637. On Carya. No. 2410. On 

 Melia. Ravenel. No. 1439. On Plataims. No. 1820. Ala- 

 bama, Peters. On Carya. No. 5247. 



