MR. F. CURREY ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF SIMPLE SPHÆRLÆ. 381 
359. S. PELLITA, Fr. S. M. ii. 508. Tas. LIX. fig. 129, sporidia, x 325.  Sporidia, . 
x 325. Asci clavate ; sporidia crowded, multiseptate, fusiform, yellow, with a 
swollen joint, which is sometimes the third, sometimes the fourth from the end, 
0-0015 to 0:0016 inch long. There is another specimen in the herbarium, marked 
S. pellita, Fr., in which the fruit is not distinguishable from that of S. coniformis, 
supra. 
360. S. NIGRELLA, Fr. S. M. ii. 512. Tas. LIX. fig. 130, sporidia, x 325. Sporidia bi- 
seriate, colourless or greenish, fusiform, 00008 inch long; endochrome bipartite. 
361. S. Pısı, Sow.; Fr. S. M. ii. 509. Tas. LX. fig. 131, ascus with sporidia, x 325. 
Sporidia biseriate, yellow or yellowish brown, multicellular, 0:001 inch long. On 
Asparagus officinalis. I think not distinct from S. herbarum. 
362. S. ASTRAGALI, n. s. Tas. LIX. fig. 132, sporidia, x 325. Sporidia biseriate, subfusi- 
form, varying at the extremities from acute to obtuse, colourless; endochrome uni- 
partite, 0:0006 to 0:0008 inch long. Perithecia minute, globose, shining, half-hidden 
by the epidermis. On petioles of Astragalus. Dr. Richardson, Arctic expedition, 
1827 (? =S. nigrella, Fr.). 
363. S. ACUMINATA, Sow.; Fr. S. M. ii, 506. Ta». LIX. fig. 133, ascus with sporidia, 
and a broken aseus with sporidia protruding, X325. Sporidia filiform, almost as long 
as the ascus, yellowish brown in a mass, but of a very pale colour when separate, 
arranged side by side. See the remarks of Mr. Berkeley on the fructification of this 
species in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. ix. p. 828. I could not clearly make 
out any septa in the specimens in the Hookerian herbarium, although some of the 
asci when full of sporidia seemed marked with very faint transverse lines. Mr. Berkeley 
says there are about twenty articulations. 
364. S. CARICINA, Desm. The perithecia contain only minute, acuminate, colourless 
spermatia, without septa or nuclei, just like those of 5. Juglandis, but slightly longer. 
365. S. (DIPLODIA) CALVESCENS, Fr. S. S. 401. This specimen has perithecia containing 
the brown uniseptate fruit, not contained in asci, shown in Tas. LIX. fig. 154, 
x 325. It should be classed, 1 think, with Diplodia. In company with p apt 
are some other perithecia with asei and sporidia, the latter differing little, if a a, 
from the sporidia of S. herbarum. : 
366. 8. aes Berk. & Br. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. ix. P. Dee dock 
fig. 29. Tan. LIX. fig. 135, ascus with sporidia, X 220. Sporidia = poste : 
brown, oblong or slightly curved, triseptate, constrieted at the sep 
0:0008 inch long. i + a 
367. 8. RUBELLA, PA Fr. S. M. ii. 506. Tas. LIX. fig. 136, ascus with sporidia, X 220. 
id 
Sporidia filiform, quite filling the ascus, and of the same length, arranged side by 
i i h of the asci 
side, colourless when detached, but yellowish brown in the mass. Lengt 
variable, about 0:007 to 0:008 inch long. : :dia uniseriate, over- 
368. S. Heen, n. s. Tas. LIX. fig. 137, sporidia, X uns eii with the endo- 
lapping, brownish yellow, curved, 3-septate, or said Perithecia conical, truncate. 
chrome 4-partite, or rarely 5-partite, 0-001 inch long: of the perithecia are in the 
This species is very near S. complanata, Tode, but many 
