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GENUS 304. SPH^RELLA* De Not. 

 Perithecia membranaceous, immersed or semi-immersed, scarcely 

 papillate, sporidia elliptical or oblong, two or more celled, rarely 

 simple, hyaline, pale or colourless. 



Sphserella maculseformis (P.) Cke. Batheaston, on dead leaves. 

 S errabunda (Desm.) Awd. Batheaston, May, 1871, on 



beech leaves. 

 S carpinea Fr. Batheaston, on hornbeam. Annals of 



Nat, Hist., No. 655, with a figure. 



S hederfficola Fr. Batheaston, May, 1851 (Depazea). 



S dianthi Desm. Batheaston, March, 1 85 1 , on carnations. 



S inaequalis Cke. Durdham Down, March, 1879. C. 



BucknalL 



S taxi Cke. Leigh Wood, February, 1878. C. BucknaU. 



S oblivia Cke. Brockley Coombe, May, 1879. C. 



BucknaU. 

 S latebrosa Cke. Leigh Wood, May, 1879. C. BucknaU. 



GENUS 305. MASSARIA.t Di Not. 



Perithecium subcarbonaceous, Ostiolum papillseform, Sporidia 

 septate or simple, oozing out and staining the matrix. 

 Massaria inquinaus Fr. Batheaston, on elm branches. 

 M faedans Fr, Batheaston, with conidia, February, 1852. 



(Sph. amblyospora B. and Br.) 



M macrospora Desm. Box, March, 1843, on beech. 



M eburnea Tul. Batheaston, December, 1858, with conidia 



(Septoria princeps B. and Br.) Annals of Nat. Hist., No. 



940, with a figure. 



M fimeti Fr. Bathford Hill, on rabbits' dung. 



M holoschista {B. and Br.) On alder, Spye Park. 



Annals of Nat. Hist., No. 977, with a figure. 



* Sphserella, a diminutive of Spbseria. 

 + Massaria, so named in honour of Dr. Massare, a botanist. 



