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-CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Spheria. (2) Stemless. 67 
white Bolt, 123, 1-Weig. obs, 3.2. be ce 
About 1-10th of an inchover, . It always grows on the in- 
ner bark of the branch, forcing its way through the outer bark, 
Botr. - Wii 2 ” - 
On dried sticks, decayed bark of trees, Licurtr. and rot. 
ten wood. Ditt.—Most commonly on hazel. Botr. 
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Spx. Simple, mostly solitary, neatly imbedded ; shining, nit/ida: 
black, crust aheattiotibe. cracked. Wists Dicns.” - 
cae: . Weig, obi. 2 14, 
_, Crust pale brown or yellowish, cracked, inclosing the sphe. 
rules to half their thickness. Powder black. Weta, obs, p.45. — 
On the bark of trees. r 
Spu. Black, conical, pointed, solitary, very minute. acu'ta, 
: Hoffm. crypt. I. Be 2, 2 
» In damp shady places on small twigs stripped of their bark 
we find black dots, the size of a poppy ante rough to the coucly 
bat without any crust. These when magnified appear shining F 
and conical, with an extremely fine perforation at the end, from 
whence issues in warm and moist weather a viscid glaucous 
fluid. HorrMan. / 
Mr. Relhan found it on the decayed stems of nettles. Mr. 
Brown has also found it about Edinburgh on the decayed stems 
of nettles, and not on any other plant. Feb.—Apr. 
‘Spu. Cup-shaped, black: capsules numerous, shining, corticallis, 
globular. : 
Buil. 492, 2. . 
Fixed so firm to the bark on which it grows, as scarcely to 
be separable. : 
On the bark of elm trees, Mr. Relhan. 
Seu. Black, egg-oblong, clustered; the points of the corona'ta, 
capsules perforating the bark in pencil-like bundles. _ 
| Hoffm. erypt. 1. 5.4 and 5. jie 
Oblong, small, black, shining, imbedded in the bark on 
which they grow. Capsules placed ina circle. Crowned by 
the styles projecting through the outer coat of the bark. These 
styles are thickest near the end and perforated. Horr. 
Found by Mr. Relhan on decayed branches of psa we 
“ ept. 
ground, 
Son, Shining black, globuks on an uniform brown blac ni‘gra, 
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