102 DECADES OF BRITISH FUNGI. 
Frangula a Nectria, which agrees in every respect with the specimens 
published by Dr. Rabenhorst under this name (Fung. Europ. Ex. 
n. 634), but do not find any character whereby it can merit separation 
from Nectria cinnabarina, Fr., or, at least, what I take to be that species, 
which is found so commonly with Tudercularia vulgaris (its barren 
condition) upon dead twigs of Currant. I do not know wherein 
r. Rabenhorst regards his species as distinct, there is evidently no 
difference in the fruit, and very little in the habit. - 
12. SPHÆRIA DIPLOSPORA, n. sp. ; erumpentes ;'cæspitosæ; peri- 
theciis subglobosis, papillatis, in tuberculis rimosis prominentibus 
corticis nidificantibus ; ascis elongatis, octosporis; sporidiis unise- 
riatis, ellipticis, uniseptatis, brunneis, in forma Diplodig.—On stems 
of Bramble. Shere, February, 1866 (Dr. E. Capron). Cæspitose 
and erumpent, bursting through elongated fissures in the bark. Peri- 
thecia subglobose, distinctly papillate, black. Asci elongated and 8- 
spored. Sporidia uniseriate, large, brown, and uniseptate, identical 
with the sporidia of Diplodia Rubi, Fr., scarcely constricted at the 
septum. (Fig. 7, sporidia, x 300.) pus 
13. SPiLERIA ABBREVIATA, z. sp.; peritheciis minutis, lineas breves 
aggregatas efformantibus, convexis, papillatis, demum perforatis; ascis 
abbreviatis, late ellipticis; sporidiis congestis, oblongis, triseptatis, 
torulosis, brunneis.—On dead stems of Bramble. Wandsworth Com- 
mon, April, 1864; Shere, January, 1866 (Dr. E. Capron).— Perithe- 
cia minute, arranged in short parallel lines, but not confluent, convex 
at first, papillate, but ultimately perforated at the apex. Asci very 
hort and broad, elliptical, pyriform or obovate. Sporidia crowded 
together, oblong, triseptate, slightly torulose, pale brown when mature. 
A very distinctly-marked species, of which I can find no description. 
The linear arrangement of the perithecia and the singularly abbreviated 
asci are too distinct to permit of their not being observed. Tf this is 
really S. clypeata, Fr., which I do not know, the name here applied 
should stand, there being another S. clypeata, N., also found on 
Bramble. (Fig. 6, asci and sporidia, x 300.) 
* SpHarta Rusorum, Libert, Exs. n. 340 (1837). Spheria rubicola, 
Curr. in Linn. Trans. (1859), xxii. p. 319. fig. 48; Berkl. Outl. 
p.399; Cooke, Index Fung. Brit. n. 2224. Having compared the 
Specimens published by Madame Libert with the rubicolous species 
found in this country, and which I have no doubt is that which Mr. 
