286 MR. F. CURREY ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF COMPOUND SPHARIA. 
and free sporidia, x 325. Sporidia usually biseriate, but sometimes uniseriate, dark 
brown, multiseptate (always, I think, 7-septate), and also divided longitudinally in 
each division except the two end ones; curved, cymbiform, surrounded by a gelati- 
nous envelope not perceptible in the ascus, at least in the Kew specimens; 0:0018 
inch long. On Agave. A large, black, subhemispherical mass + inch and more wide. 
The fruit is very striking. 
210. S. (HENDERSONIA ?) YUcoæ-GLORIOSÆ, Schwein. ; Fr. S. M. ii. p. 437. . TaB. XLIX. - 
fig. 208, stylospores, x 350. Stylospores colourless, linear, 0:0010 to 0:0018 inch 
long. Not a true Spheria, or, if so, only in a secondary state of fructification. 
211. SPHÆRIA RHYTISMOIDES, Bab. in Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. i. p. 32. Ta». XLIX. fig. 209, 
ascus with sporidia, X 325. Sporidia crowded, colourless, hyaline, obtuse, 0:0005 
inch long. 
212. S. (DrATRYPE?) INSULARIS, Berk. MSS. Ta». XLIX. fig. 210, ascus with sporidia, 
and free sporidia, x 325. Sporidia biseriate, colourless ; narrowly almond-shaped, or 
flat on one side ; 0:0005 inch long. Placed in the Herbarium with the Confertæ, but 
belonging, I think, to the Lignosæ. The black line is very distinct. On Aucuba 
Japonica. The endochrome is sometimes 1-, 2-, or 4-partite. It is, I think, very 
common on Aucuba Japonica, but has not, as far as I am aware, been described, 
unless, as Mr. Berkeley has suggested to me, it may be S. controversa, Desm. 
213. SPHÆRIA FIMBRIATA, Pers. Syn. p. 36; Fr. S. M. ii. p. 436. The sporidia are, I 
believe, colourless and curved, similar to those of Yalsa ambiens. Fig. 212 represents 
asci and sporidia, x 225; but the specimens are not quite ripe. 
214. SPHÆRIA CEUTHOCARPA, Fr. S. M. ii. p.439. Tas. XLIX. fig. 213, ascus with spori- - 
dia, and a free sporidium, x 425. Sporidia lying side by side, extending in length all 
along the ascus, colourless, divided by numerous septa, which are not always visi- 
ble except under a high power. 
INDEX. 
| [The figures refer to the numbers afixed to each Plant, and not to the pages.] | 
geo Pe arundinacea, 200. Calycanthi, 196. clara, 203. 
acervalis, 183. aspera, 79. capitata, 9. coccinea, 175. 
st atro-punctata, 66. capnodes, 69. coenopus, 10. 
equiliiearis, 114. atro-purpurea, 43. Carpini, 122. cohærens, 40. 
BAR, carpophila, 21. concamerata, 138. 
ment 147. Badhami, 76. ceratosperma, 94. concentrica, 32. 
angulata, 126. Berberidis, 178. ceuthocarpa, 214. conglobata, 186. 
annulata, 31. biconica, 151. chrysentera, 198 a. convergens, 161. 
pare E bifrons, 207. cincta, 139. corniformis, 19. 
ms diu botryosa, 45. cinnabarina, 176. coronata, 145. 
aui 25 bullata, 81. circumscripta, 136. Cratægi, 143. 
N Buxi, 187. citrina, 50. crenulata, 14. 
