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of the threads, fiisiibrm or cylinth-ical, curved, at first joined 

 together in bundles, then scattered over the flocci. 

 Menispora ciliata Cda. Common on dead wood in the woods, 

 Batheaston, &c. 



GENUS 239. CHCETOPSis.* Grev. 



Flocci erect, jointed, subulate, below branched and verticillate, 

 above simple and flagelliform ; spores cylindrical, springing from 

 the tips of the branchlets. 

 Choetopsis Wauchii Grev. On dead wood, Batheaston. 



GENUS 240. ACKEMOXIUM.t Lk. 

 Flocci creeping, jointed, beset with shoit, patent branches, each 

 of which bears a spore. 

 1. — Acremonium verticillatum Lk. Common on dead wood. 



2. — A ranigenum B. and B. Ann. Nat. Hist., 1870 and, 



1871, No. 1319. On dead frogs, Bathford. 



GENUS 241. GONATOBOTRYS..^ Cdil. 



Threads erect, jointed ; articulations swollen in the middle, 

 bearing obovate spores on little spicules. 



Gonatobotrys simplex Cda.. Pracht Flora, t -5. On fruit of 

 Tamnus niger, Eudlow. 



GENUS 242. CLONOSTACHYS.§ Cda. 



Flocci jointed above ; branches and branchlets quaternate, sub- 

 capitate, clothed with spores, forming distinct spikes, not occurring 

 in this district. 



GENUS 243. BOTRYOSPORlDM.il Cda. 



Flocci slightly branched, bearing patent branchlets, each of 



* From chaite, a hair, and opsis appearance. 



t From acremOn, a branch. 



X From gonos, an offspring, and botrys, a bunch of grapes. 



§ From klonos confusion, and stachys, a spike or ear (?) 



II From botrys, a bunch of grapes, and sporos seed. 



