419 



2-3-nucleate, 7-8 x 3-4 /*, with a faint, obtuse, hyaline apiculus about 

 li /j. long at the lower end, and a rather shorter one at the upper end. 

 On fallen leases of Magnolia, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. Oreo daphnes, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Spharia {Anlhostomella) Oreodaphnes, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 18. 

 Spharia Oreodaphnes Berl. & Vogl. Sacc. Syll. 6321. 

 Anthostoma Oreodaphnes, Cke. Syn. 4193. 



Scattered, innate, covered. Perithecia globose, scarcely papillate. 

 Covered by the slightly raised, partially blackened epidermis. Asci 

 cylindrical, 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate, elliptical, inflated in the 

 middle, continuous, brown, 30-35 x 12-14 //, with granular contents. 



On leaves of Umbellularia, California (Harkness). 



A. Ludoviciana, Ell. & Langlois. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 

 1890, p. 228. 



Perithecia gregarious, covered by the blackened cuticle which is 

 pierced by the papilliform, minutely perforated ostiola, 140-170 jj. 

 diam. Asci 50-^55 x 3 3J //, cylindrical, paraphysate. Sporidia ob- 

 long-elliptical, brown, mostly 2-nucleate, 4-6 (mostly 4-5) x 2-2J ju. 

 uniseriate. The perithecia are often in subseriate patches, lying so 

 near as to touch each other, but hardly confluent, and are buried in 

 the substance of the bark, or even in the denuded wood, which is then 

 continuously and uniformly blackened on the surface, but not within. 

 Distinguished from other allied species by its small sporidia. 



On dead stems of Smilax, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. smilacinina, (Pk.) 



Spharia smilacinina, Pk. 29th Rep. p. 62. 



Anthostomella smilacinina, Sacc. Syll. 1043, Cke. Syn. 4624. 



Perithecia abundant, slightly prominent, minute, at first covered 

 by the thin, often blackened epidermis. Asci cylindrical or subclav- 

 ate. Sporidia ovate or unequally elliptical, pale greenish-yellow, 

 121-15 ft. long, usually with a single large nucleus. 



On dead stems of Smilacina stellata, New York State (Peck). 



A. brachystonia, E. & E. Bull. Wash. Coll. Vol. I (1884), p. 5. 



Perithecia globose, \ mm. diam., buried in the wood, their short 

 stout, obtuse, broadly perforated ostiola slightly projecting. Asci? 

 Sporidia oblong-elliptical or subnavicular, brown, almost opake, 22- 

 25x11-12/^. 



On rotten wood of Tsuga Pattoniana, Mt. Paddo, Washington. 



The specc. were old and the asci had mostly disappeared. 



