162 NEW OK NOTEWOKTHY FUNGI. 



oblongo-clavate, scarcely stipitate, 50-70 /a x 10-15 fx, without 

 parapliyses ; spoiidia clavato-pyriform (like the sole of a slipper iu 

 outline) 20-25 [j. x 7-8 /x, very obtuse at one end, more pointed at 

 the other, di-tristichous 3-4-septate, slightly constricted, hyaline. 



On Rubusfniticusiis Langley (Wk.), April. This would appear 

 to be the form intended by Saccardo iu his note (Hyll. Pyr. ii. 188); 

 what its relation is to the Sjiharia ahhrcviata of Cooke (Handbk. 

 p. 893) I do not know, but I suspect some mistake iu the 

 description of the latter. I find a Hendersonia (? Tluhi West.) and 

 a Diplodia with the SpJuertdina. 



47. PlujllosUcta betulina Sacc. Mich. i. 154 (1878) ; Syll. Fung, 

 iii. 32 (1884). 



Spots none ; perithecia cpiphyllous, here and there densely 

 aggregated, innate, somewhat prominent, globose-lenticular, black; 

 sporules oblong, 10 /x x 2^ /x, hyaline. 



On living birch leaves, Eednal (Ws.) ; Fen End (Wk.) ; Aug., 

 Sept. Sporules rather larger than in Saccardo, but otherwise 

 agreeing. 



48. Phnma ilici.s Desm. Sacc. Mich. i. 525 (1879) ; Syll. Fung, 

 iii. 106 (1884). 



Peritliecia punctiform, veiled by the epidermis, black, roundish, 

 somewhat prominent, pierced by a pore ; sporules cylindrical, 

 rounded at each end, 12-15 /a x 3 |W,, hyaline, often with a globule 

 at each end. (Sacc. /. c). 



On dead leaves of lle^v AquifoUum, near Three Shire Oak (St.), 

 April. The spores in my specimens were rather larger, reaching 

 from 16 to 18 |ix. Perithecia scattered, surrounded by a brownish 

 stain, about \ mm. in diam. ; epidermis at first elevated over the 

 centre of each in a little white spot, then pierced by the somewhat 

 papillate black ostiole. It does not differ much from Phoma 

 cijlindnj.ywra Desm. on ivy leaves (Handbk. p. 426, Sj/JuBropsis). 



49. Phoma sanguinolenta, sp. n. — P. peritheciis laxe gre- 

 gariis, atris, opacis, -^ mm. diam., epidermide libroque solutis inter 

 fibras ligneas fiexuosas spleudide purpureo-tinctas nidulantibus, 

 demum eniersis, globosis compressisve, conico-papillatis, hyphis 

 purpureis parce septatis, 3 f* crassis, vestitis ; sporulis ut PIkjiiub 

 rubt'lla:. 



Ad l)asin stipitnm Cardni putrescentium, eodem loco quo 

 /'. ruhclld, socia Lcj'to.sjilurriii cnientd, cujus baud dubio spermo- 

 gonium. 



50. Phoma rubella, sp. n. — P. peritheciis gregariis, olivaceis, 

 tenuibus, ^-^ mm. diam., lenticularibus, breve papillatis, sub 

 epidermide late cruentata immersis, ostiolo pertuso, vix emergente ; 

 sporulis oblongis, utrinque 1-guttatis, 6-7 f/. X 2i-3 {jl, rectis, 

 hyalinis. 



In caulibus emortuis Cardni, prope " Three Shire Oak (St.)," 

 Aprili, Maio, socia Metasjditirid nibella Sacc. cujus vix dubio spermo- 

 gonium habeuda. 



51. JJi'iidcrsoniii ciihiiicdla Sacc. Mich. i. 210 (1878) nee Cooke, 



