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MR. F. CURREY ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF COMPOUND SPH^RI^. 



and free sporidia, X 325. Sporidia usually hiseriate, but sometimes imiseriate, dark 

 bro^Ti, multiseptate (always, I think, 7-septate), and also divided longitudinally in 

 each division except the two end ones ; curved, cymbiform, surrounded by a gelati- 

 nous envelope not perceptible in the ascus, at least in the Kew specimens ; 0-0018 

 inch long. On Agave. A large, black, subhemispherical mass ^ inch and more vside. 

 The fruit is very striking. 



210. S. (Hendebsonia ?) Yucc^-gloriosje, Schwein. ; Pr. S. M. ii. p. 437. Tab. XLIX. 

 fig. 208, stylospores, X 350. Stylospores colourless. Linear, O'OOIO to O'OOIS inch 

 long. Not a true S2)hceria, or, if so, only in a secondary state of fructiiication. 



211. Sph^ria bhttismoides, Bab. in Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. i. p. 82. Tab. XLIX. fig. 209, 

 ascus with sporidia, X 325. Sporidia crowded, coloiu'less, hyaline, obtuse, 0*0005 

 inch long. 



212. S. (Diatrtpe ?) iNsuLARis, Berk. MSS. Tab. XLIX. fig. 210, ascus with sporidia, 

 and free sporidia, x 326. Sporidia biseriate, colourless ; narrowly almond-shaped, or 

 flat on one side ; 0'0005 inch long. Placed in the Herbarium with the Confertse, but 

 belonging, I think, to the Lignosse. The black line is very distinct. On Aucuba 

 Japonica. The endochrome is sometimes 1-, 2-, or 4-partite. It is, I think, very 

 common on Aucuba Japonica, but has not, as far as I am aware, been described, 

 iinless, as Mr. Berkeley has suggested to me, it may be S. controversa, Desm. 



213. Sph^ria fimbriata, Pers. Syn. p. 36 ; Pr. S. M. ii. p. 436. The sporidia are, I 

 believe, coloui-less and curved, similar to those of Valsa ambiens. Fig. 212 represents 

 asci and sporidia, X 225 ; but the specimens are not quite ripe. 



214. Sph^ria ceuthocabpa, Pr. S. M. ii. p. 439. Tab. XLIX. fig. 213, ascus with spori- 

 dia, and a free sporidium, X 425. Sporidia lying side by side, extending in length all 

 along the ascus, colourless, divided by numerous septa, which are not always visi- 

 ble except under a high power. 



Abietis, 155. 

 acervalis, 183. 

 acervata, 185. 

 sequilinearis, 114. 

 alutacea, 22. 

 ambiens, 147. 

 angulata, 126. 

 annulata, 31. 

 anomia, 118. 

 Aquifolii, 184. 

 arcuata, 170. 

 argillacea, 35. 



INDEX. 



[The figures refer to the numbers affixed to each Plant, and not to the pages. ^ 



clara, 203. 



arundinacea, 200. 

 aspera, 79. 

 atro-punctata, 66. 

 atro-purpurea, 43. 



Badhami, 76. 

 Berberidis, 178. 

 biconica, 151. 

 bifrons, 207. 

 botryosa, 45. 

 bullata, 81. 

 Buxi, 187. 



Calycanthi, 196. 

 capitata, 9. 

 capnodes, 69. 

 Carpini, 123. 

 carpophila, 21. 

 ceratosperma, 94. 

 ceuthocarpa, 214. 

 cbrysentera, 198 a. 

 cincta, 139. 

 cinuabanua, 176. 

 circumscripta, 136. 

 citrina, 50. 



coccinea, 175. 

 coenopiis, 10. 

 cohjerens, 40. 

 coucamerata, 138. 

 concentrica, 32. 

 conglobata, 186. 

 convergens, 161. 

 coruiformis, 19. 

 coronata, 145. 

 Cratsegi, 143. 

 crenulata, 14. 



