276 MR. F. CURREY ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF COMPOUND SPHÆRLÆ. 
325. Sporidia biseriate or crowded, colourless, elliptic-acuminate; endochrome 4. 
partite, sometimes only 2-partite; 0:0005 to 0:0006 inch long. 
124. 8. (VALSA) CELLULATA, Fr. Syst. Mye. ii. p. 880. Tas. XLVII. fig. 120, sporidia, 
x 450. Sporidia biseriate, very pale yellowish brown, simple, slightly curved, rounded 
at both ends, 0:0004 inch long. | 
125. S. (DIPLODIA ?) JUGLANDICOLA, Schwein. ; Fr. S. M. ii. p.385. Tas. XLVII. fig. 121, 
fruit, x 325. Sporidia (?stylospores) uniseptate, dark brown, 00009 to 0.001 inch 
long. To the naked eye the plant resembles S! pulvis-pyrius. 
Div. 10. Inousz. 
126. S. (Varsa) ANGULATA, Fr. S. M. ii. p. 890. Tas. XLVII. fig. 122, ascus with spori- 
dia, and free sporidia, x 225. Sporidia uniseriate, very seldom biseriate, eolourless 
or pale sea-green, obtuse, constricted in the middle, furnished with 4 (? sometimes 5) 
cilia, one proceeding from each pole and one from the middle of each side; endo- 
chrome usually granular; 0:0008 to 0-0012 inch long. The above is the usual form 
of the sporidia; but sometimes, when the endochrome is oleaginous and not granular, 
the appearance of the sporidia is so different that they might almost be taken for a 
second form of fruit. A second form of fruit does exist in this species, as to which I 
would refer to my paper “On the Fructification of certain Sphæriaceous Fungi,” 
read before the Royal Society, in June 1857. See Phil. Trans. 1857. 
127. S. (VALSA) MELASPERMA, Fr. S. M. ii. p.989. Tap. XLVII. fig. 123, ascus with 
sporidia, and free sporidia, x 325. Sporidia very numerous, slightly curved, of a 
pale-yellowish tinge, 0:0002 to 0:0003 inch long. FE 
128. S. (Vasa) TALEOLA, Fr. S. M. ii. p.990. Tag. XLVII. fig. 124, ascus with sporidia, 
and free sporidia, x 450. Sporidia biseriate, colourless or very pale green, elongate- 
acuminate, frequently or usually slightly curved, 0:0007 to 00008 inch long. I think 
there is no real septum. I find not the slightest difference between the sporidia of 
Sphæria taleola and those of S. leiphemia, and have little doubt that the two plants 
are not distinet. I feel sure that the conceptaculum which is said to distinguish 
S. taleola is a characteristic not to be relied upon; for there are some species of 
Spheria which sometimes have a conceptaculum and sometimes not. The plants 
marked §. ¢aleola at Kew have no conceptaculum ; and I have seen other specimens 
marked S. taleola also without a conceptaculum. | 
129. S. (Varsa) FULVO-PRUINATA, Berk. Tas. XL VII. fig. 125, asci with sporidia, x 325. . 
Sporidia uniseriate, sometimes slightly acuminate at each end, but sometimes obtuse 
at the ends, slightly constricted in the middle, uniseptate, dark brown, paler at first 
(and then an inner membrane and sometimes nuclei are visible), 0-0006 to 0-0007 inch 
eh Easily recognized by the tawny colour of the protruded bark surrounding the 
ostiola. 
130. S. (Varsa) NIVEA, Hoffm. ; Fr. S, M. ii. p. 386. Tas. XLVII. fig. 126, asci with 
sporidia, and free sporidia, x 325. A sei crowded with sporidia; sporidia colourless, 
slightly curved, 0:0002 to 0-0003 inch long. 
131. B. (VALSA) FORAMINULA, Pers. in litt. Tan. XLVII. fig. 127, ascus with sporidia, and 
