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Oenus XCIX., Actinothyrium Kze. Perithecia orbicular, radiato- 

 fibrous. Spores fusiform, slender, simple. 



Actinothyrium grarainis Kze., Draycot Parle, on grass. 



Genus C, Cryptosporium Kze. Perithecium always covered by 

 the cuticle, carnoso- membranaceous, at length pierced. Spores 

 fusiform simple. 



Cryptosporium vulgare Fr., Spye Park, on birch sticks. 



caricis Cd., ditto on leaves of sedges. 



Genus CI., Sphceronetna Tode. Perithecia free, opaque or hyaline. 

 Spores minute at length oozing out by the ostiolum, and forming 

 a globule. 



Genus CII., ApospJmria B. Perithecia at length free, distinct 

 from the matrix, furnished with a papilloeform ostiolum. Spores 

 minute. 



Genus CIII., Sphoeropsis Lev. Perithecia distinct, carbonaceous. 

 Spores various, simple, escaping by a perforation at the apex. 



Sphoeropsis epitricha B. and B., Spye Park on stems of equise- 

 tum palustre. 



geniculata B. and B., ditto on leaves of pinus 



strobus. 



mutica B. and B., ditto on elder. 



menispora B. and B., ditto on typha. 



k strobi B. and B., ditto on leaves of pinus 



* strobus. 



parca B. and B., ditto on leaves of abies 



excelsa. 



Genus CIY., Dothiora Fr. Nucleus slowly developed, gelatinoso- 

 gruraous, black, immersed in an erumpent stroma, subcarbonaceous 

 externally, fleshy within, always astomous. Spores pedicellate, 

 obovate, simple. 



Genus CV., CUnterium Fr. Perithecia erumpent, free, carbona- 

 ceous bursting by fissures at the apex. Nucleus gelatiuoso-floccose. 

 Spores simple. 



Genus CVI., Acrosperniim Tode. Perithecia cylindrical, free. 

 ■ Spores long, asciform, flexuous, erect. 



Acrospermum compressum Tode, Rudlow, on nettle stems. 



