Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 187 



*598. S. irregularis, Sow. = /S. gastrina, Fr. 



599. S. Ulicis, Fr. in Linn. v. 5. p. 544. On dead branches of 

 Ulex Eu7'opcea, Penzance, J. Ualfs, Esq. 



600. S.podoides, Pers. Syn. p. 22; Moug. & Nest. no. 1074. 

 On dead branches, Bristol, H. 0. Stephens, Esq., Jan. 1845. 



Sporidia large, elongated, curved, 6-7-septate. 



601. S. Kunzei, Fr. in Kze. Myc. Heft 2. p. 45. On fallen 

 branches of larch, Whittering, Norths., March 1850. 



602. S. controversa, Desra. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. vol. xvii. 

 p. 102 ; Exs. no. 1255. On dead twigs of ash, Soplwra Japonica, 

 stems of herbaceous plants, &c. : not uncommon. 



Varying somewhat in external appearance on different plants, 

 a greater or less number of perithecia being collected together, 

 and the spots are of a more or less deep black. All however 

 agree in the fructification. 



*603. S. arundinacea, Sow. t. 336. 



An examination of the authentic figured specimen shows it 

 to be identical with S. Godini, Desm. no. 439. Unfortunately 

 our specimen of S. arundinacea, Desm. no. 438, contains no 

 fructification. It clearly belongs, according to the character 

 given in 'Ann. des Sc. Nat.' ser. 3, Jan. 1846, to the genus 

 Hendersonia. The species, however, published under the name 

 as a variety on Triticum, no. 1262, contains distinct asci and long 

 curved septate sporidia. 



604. S. caricis, Fr. Syst. Myc. vol. ii. p. 435. On leaves of 

 Varices, West Water, Forfarshire, Mr. W. Gardiner. 



*605. S. phaostroma, D. R. & M. Fl. Alg. t. 26. i.2 = S. 

 tristis ^, Berk. Eng. Fl. 



606. -Sf. exilis, A. & S. t. 9. f. 4. On pine twigs, Wraxall, 

 Som. 



607. B. ochraceo-pallida, n. s. Peritheciis ochraceo-pallidis 

 ovatis obtusis, ostiolo minuto papillseformi, ascis clavatis, spo- 

 ridiis elongatis subfusiformibus triseptatis. On elm branches, 

 Rockingham Forest. Gregarious, scattered or crowded; peri- 

 thecia pale ochre, ovate, obtuse, with a minute papillseform ori- 

 fice, more or less collapsed when dry. Asci clavate; sporidia 

 elongated, fusiform when seen from behind, subcymbiform when 

 seen laterally, triseptate. 



This was formerly considered as a state of Sph(eriasanguinea, 

 but the clavate asci and longer sporidia clearly distinguish it. 

 We do not find any tangible distinction in the fructification of 

 S. coccinea and sanguinea : in both the asci are linear, and the 

 sporidia elliptic and uniseptate. They vary indeed a little in 

 breadth and length, and perhaps more so in S. coccinea, but we 

 have had more specimens to examine of that species. S. epi- 

 spkaria agrees with them in fructification, as does S. Pesisa. We 



