322 
284. 
285. 
286. 
287. 
MR. F. CURREY ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF SIMPLE SPHÆRLÆ. 
Sporidia biseriate (? sometimes uniseriate), yellow at first, eventually brown, 5. 
septate, rarely with 6 or more septa, frequently with longitudinal divisions, rendering 
the sporidia multicellular, 0*0010 to 0:0012 inch long. I have a plant from Mr. 
Bloxam marked S. macrostoma, Tode, the fruit of which is drawn in fig. 65, x 220 
diameters. These sporidia attain a length of from 0:0020 to 0:0026 inch. 
S. LIGNIARIA, Grev. Sc. Cr. Fl. tt. 82. Tas. LVIII. fig. 66, ascus with sporidia, 
X 425. Sporidia uniseriate, at first pale brown, then dark brown, elliptico-acuminate, 
0:0005 inch long. Perithecia somewhat flask-shaped, with a rugose, or rather velvety 
appearance, but not at all shining. 
S. CRISTATA, Pers. = S. crenata, Fr. S. M. ii. 469. Tas. LVIII. fig. 67,sporidia, x 395. 
Sporidia almond-shaped, brown, 5-7-septäte, 0:0016 to 0-0018 inch long. Quiere if 
distinct from S. macrostoma, Tode. 
Div. 29. CERATOSTOM X. 
S. BREVIROSTRIS, Fr. S. M. ii. 474. Tas. LVIII. fig. 68, ascus with sporidia, x 325. 
Sporidia biseriate or uniseriate, pale brown, 0:0006 to 0:0007 inch long, elliptical, 
rather pointed at the ends. i 
S. LONGISPORA, n. s. Ta». LVIII. fig. 69, ascus with sporidia and free sporidia, 
(a) x 325, (b) x 425. Sporidia filiform, arranged side by side, very variable in length 
and in the number of septa, yellowish brown. Perithecia flattened, with a short 
_ ostiolum, mostly covered by the bark, excepting the tip of the ostiolum. This plant 
288. 
289. 
290, 
291. 
292. 
is marked in the herbarium « S. rostellata," but it differs from that species in the 
ostiolum. 
S. (OvrisPORA) MICULA, Fr. El, ii. 101. Taz. LVIII. fig. 70, fruit, x 325. No asci; 
stylospores variable in length, colourless, fusiform, very pointed; ostiola fuscous. 
An imperfect state of some Spheria. 
S. (SPHÆROPSIS ?) PILIFERA, Fr. S. M. ii. 472. Not ascigerous, the perithecia pro- 
ducing only a mass of minute colourless spermatia. Remarkable for its beautifully 
fine, hair-like ostiolum. Perithecia small and globose. 
S. CIRRHOSA, MS. Tas. LVIIT. fig. 71, ascus with sporidia, x 425. Sporidia bi- 
seriate, elliptical, colourless, 0-0004, to 00005 inch long. Perithecia ovate or turbi- 
nate, quite buried in the wood, but piercing the surface by their very long, almost 
filiform ostiola. There is another plant marked S. cirrhosa, the fruit of which 1s 
shown in fig. 72, x 325 diameters. Here the sporidia are uniseriate or biseriate, pale 
greenish brown, elliptical, frequently with one, two, or more nuclei, 0:0008 to 
00004 inch long. Perithecia subovate, ostiola about as long as the perithecia. 
S. BOSTRATA, Fr. S. M. ii. 499. Sporidin Bitte, elliptical or slightly curved 
0*0003 to 0-0004 inch long, colourless, or with a tendency to pale brown. Probably 
not distinct from S. cirrhosa, supra. 
Div. 23. OBTECTÆ. 
S. BUTTPA, Fr. S. M. ii. 478. Man. EVIIL. fig. 73, ascus with sporidia and free — 
