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surrounded by a black line, and sometimes as much as 8 mm. diam., 

 hypophyllous, immersed, about 100 fi diam., thin-membranaceous, the 

 apex perforating the epidermis. Asci clavate, very short-pedicellate, 

 8-spored, 50-70x9-11 /j>, with thick, cylindrical, septate paraphyses. 

 Sporidia biseriate (rarely uniseriate), oblong, inequilateral, attenuated 

 at each end, uniseptate, constricted at the septum, brownish, 14- 

 16x5 /jl. 



On fallen leaves of Liriodendron tulipifera, Missouri (Demetrio). 



D. serrulata, E. & M. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 99. 



Perithecia scattered or gregarious, covered by the cuticle, len- 

 ticular, \-\ mm. diam. Asci cylindrical, 100-112x10-12 /z, with 

 abundant, linear paraphyses. Sporidia uniseriate, hyaline at first and 

 3-nucleate, soon becoming dark brown and uniseptate, 18-20 x 5-6 /, 

 surrounded at first with a hyaline envelope. The sporidia are much 

 like those of Anthostomella leucobasis, E..& M., only longer and uni- 

 septate, and the perithecia are larger and more prominent. 



On bleached spots on dead petioles of Sabal serrulata, Florida 

 (Martin). 



D. Typhje, Pk. 28th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 104. 



Perithecia minute, punctiform, subglobose, covered by the epi- 

 dermis, which is pierced by the scarcely papillate ostiola. Asci 

 cylindrical, 55-80 x 7|-10 /i, with filiform paraphyses. Sporidia ob- 

 long or elliptical, uniseriate, uniseptate, not at all, or but slightly con- 

 stricted at the septum, colored, 10-15 x 5-7 //. 



On the lower part of dead leaves of Typha latifolia, Albany Co., 

 N. Y. (Peck). 



D. epidermidis, (Fr.) 



Sphceria epidermidis, Fr. S. M. II, p. 499. 

 Sphceria atomaria, Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. No. 3731. 

 Sphceria Araucarice, Cke. Seem. Journ. Bot. IV, tab. 45, fig. 12. 

 DidymosphcBria epidermidis, Fckl. Symb. p. 141. 



Perithecia scattered, covered, but prominent, small, smooth, at 

 length collapsed and flattened. Ostiolum minute, erumpent. Asci 

 cylindrical, 75-100x7-8 ji, with branching paraphyses, 8-spored. 

 Sporidia uniseriate, rarely subbiseriate, biconic-elliptical, uniseptate, 

 constricted, colored, straight or curved, 2-nucleate, 8-11 x 6 jut. Very 

 variable, especially in the size of the sporidia. A form occurs (on 

 bramble stems) with the asci mostly tetrasporous. 



On Sambacus and Persica, North Carolina. (Curtis). 



