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free, 120-130 /jl diam., globose, obtusely papillate, collapsing in the 

 center, marginate, coriaceo-membranaceous, black. Asci large, oblong, 

 8-spored, 68-76x10-12 /*, short-stipitate, obtusely flattened at the 

 apex, with scanty, filiform paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, oblong or 

 fusoid-oblong, 3-septate and constricted at the septa, 18-20x4 p, ends 

 obtuse, nucleus subolivaceous. 



On dry leaves of Hedera Helix. 



This is credited to North America by Saccardo in Syll. 1. c. 



M. hedersefolia, (Cke.) 



Sphceria hedercefolia, Cke. Grev. XI, p. no. 

 Metasphceria hedera folia, Sacc. Syll. 6148. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 683. Ell. N. A. F. 699. 



Foliicolous, gregarious. Perithecia globose, semiimmersed, black. 

 Asci clavate. Sporidia elliptic-lanceolate, or clavate, triseptate, hya- 

 line, 20 x 8 a. 



On leaves of Hedera Helix, Aiken, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



This appears to differ from the preceding species in its narrower 

 sporidia. 



M. complanata, (Tode). 



n, p. 508. 



Sphceria complanata, Tode Meckl. fig. 88, and Ff. S. 



Leptosphceria complanata, De Not. Schema, p. 62. 



Metasphceria complanata, Saec. Syll. II, p. 161, and Cke. Syn. 4454. 



Perithecia scattered, subglobose, black, soon collapsing and flat- 

 tened. Ostiolum papilliform, persistent. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia 

 1-2-seriate, subfusoid, curved, 4-celled, second cell subinflated, 30 x 

 5 [j., hyaline or greenish-hyaline. 



On dead herbaceous stems, South Carolina and Virginia. 



M. acuum, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphceria acuum, Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 86. 

 Metasphceria acuum, Sacc. Syll. 3459, Cke. Syn. 5786. 



Perithecia black, scarcely papillate, erumpent, hemispherical, sub- 

 prominent. Asci clavate. Sporidia biseriate, sublanceolate, rounded 

 at the ends, constricted in the middle, 1-3-septate, sometimes quadri- 

 nucleate, hyaline, 23-24 x 6 p.. 



On fir leaves. 



Closely allied to M. anisometra, (C. & H.) 



M. sqamata. (C. & E.) 



Sphceria squamaia, C & F. Grev. VII, p. 10. 

 Metasphceria squamaia, Sacc. Syll. 344.5- 

 Endophlcea squamaia, Cke. Syn. 4158. 



