MR. F. CURREY ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF SIMPLE SPHÆRIÆ. 321 
275. S. (DIPLODIA) LECYTHEA, Schwein.; Fr. S. M. ii. 460. Ta». LVIII. fig. 55, fruit, 
x 220. Spores colourless or greenish, elliptical, 0:0010 to 0:0014 inch long. Re- 
sembling externally the Sphæriæ of this division; but I think it is a Diplodia, although 
there is not any septum in the sporidia, 
276. S. MERDARIA, Fr. El. ii.100. Ta». LVIII. fig. 56, ascus with sporidia, x 420. Spo- 
ridia uniseriate, dark black-brown, elliptical or subglobose, 00008 to 0:0004 inch 
long. Arranged with the Pertusæ at Kew, but placed by Fries in the Obtectæ. 
I should rather consider it as belonging to the Denudate, judging from the speci- 
mens in the Hookerian herbarium, which are authentic. The perithecia are very 
small. | | 
277. S. OLEARUM, Cast. Tas. LVIII. fig. 57, ascus with sporidia, X 325. Sporidia uni- 
seriate or biseriate, rather pale brown, elliptical, 5-septate, with a nucleus in each 
septum, 0:0010 to 0:0012 inch long. Peritheeia large, mammillate, subinnate. 
Apparently belonging to the Pertuse. 
278. S. ULMICOLA, n.s. Ta». LVIII. fig. 58, sporidia, x 450. Sporidia oblong, brown, 
uniseptate, 0-0009 inch long, slightly constricted in the middle. I could find no asci; 
but, there being no trace of sporophores, the asci had probably become dissolved : if 
ascigerous, the plant is certainly a Sphæria, belonging to this division. Perithecia 
large, globose, more than half-buried in the wood, furnished with a mammillate 
ostiolum, which drops off, leaying a large round aperture. 
279. S. micrasprs, Berk. Tas. LVIII. fig. 59, represents the fruit of this plant, which 
is probably not a Spheria, but a Pertusaria. n 
280. S. PUTAMINUM, Schwein.; Fr.S. M.461. Ta». LVIII. figs. 60 & 61, sporidia, x 220. 
Sporidia uniseriate or crowded (I could not determine whether there were mom 
than four in any of the asci), dark brown, 0-004 to 0-005 inch long. Tam uncertain 
whether the bodies in fig. 60 are sporidia with gelatinous envelopes, or asci with a 
single sporidium. À 
281. 8. Re n.s. Ta». LVIII. fig. 62, ascus with sporidia and free toig 
X 325. Sporidia biseriate, very broadly fusiform, 00024 to 0:0030 inch net : ad 
slightly constricted in the middle, with a median septum, and from one to tare 
idium: colour of the sporidia 
other septa close together at each end of the spor 4 hyaline tip at each 
greenish, becoming brown in age; the sporidia have usually a på a ag 
end. Perithecia large, almost globose, with a small mammilla 
Lie , Kid- 
piece of old broken paling, the surface of which was q AP Oh imm 
brooke, Blackheath, March 12, 1859. Quære if distinct from . putaminus 
Div. 21. PLATYSTOME. 
282. S. BARBARA, Fr. S. M. ii. 468. Tas. LVIII. fig. 65, ard elg a 
Sporidia linear, packed side by side along the vun nd | a Fructification 
‚great length, but probably breaking up into short n i 
. resembling that of many plants in the division or ee ^d 4 sporidia, x 425. 
283. S. MACROSTOMA, Tode; Fr. S. M. ii. 469. TAB. LVIII. fig. 04, vår 
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