511 



The measurement of the perithecia in Torr. Bull, is too large. 

 They are about \ mm. diam. This differs from Eutypella microspore*, 

 Cke., with specc. of which it has been carefully compared, in its smooth 

 ostiola and smaller perithecia, asci, and sporidia. Cal. tumidula, Sacc. 

 also has the asci 40 p, and the sporidia 7-8 p long. The epidermis 

 is only slightly raised, and when stripped off, the perithecia mostly 

 come with it. 



Cal. herbicola, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia scattered or 2-3 together, minute, about 100 p diam.. 

 covered at first by the cuticle, but when this disappears, superficial, 

 globose, black, with a short, spine-like, erect ostiolum. Asci wedge- 

 shaped, 18-20x5//, truncate above. Paraphyses much longer than 

 the asci, stout and tapering, but evanescent. Sporidia biseriate, 

 oblong-elliptical, hj^aline, continuous, 3-4xl|-2 p. 



On decaying stems of Leictucei Cemaclensis, Newfield, N. J. 



Cal. microsperma, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, 

 p. 221. (Plate 33) 



Perithecia subcuticular, circinate, 6-18 together, about \ mm. 

 diam., their cylindrical necks converging and erumpent in a small, 

 compact fascicle of short ostiola projecting but slightly, and mostly 

 4-sulcate. Asci clavate, 22-25 x 5 p, gradually attenuated to a slen- 

 der base; paraphyses much longer than the asci. Sporidia minute, 

 3| x | p, curved into a semicircle. 



On Geirpinus Americana, London, Canada (Dearness). 



Cal. Myrica, (C. & E.) 



Valsa MyriccB, C. & E. Grev. VII, p. 8, and Cke. Syn. 1850. 

 Eutypella Myricce, Sacc. Syll. 590. 



Perithecia globose, often collapsing to concave, about | mm. diam., 

 lying on the surface of the inner bark in groups of 10-20, either 

 densely circinate or occasionally loosely aggregated, abruptly con- 

 tracted into decumbent, cylindrical necks converging to a central 

 point, with their obtusely rounded, smooth or obscurely radiate-sulcate 

 ostiola erumpent in a loose fascicle perforating the thick epidermis, 

 but scarcely or only slightly rising above it. Asci cylindric-clavate. 

 Sporidia allantoid, 10-12 x 1 J-3 p, hyaline. 



On dead stems of Myrica cerifera (or possibly of Ilex glabrei), 

 Newfield, N. J. 



The specc. of this species in our Herbarium are unfortunately in 

 poor condition, sterile or old, asci entirely gone and only a few free 



