562 



V. Notarisii, (Mont.) 



Valsa Notarisii, Mont. Syll. No. 754. 

 Valsaria Notarisii, Sacc. Syll. 2810, Cke. Syn. 2071. 

 Sphceria Periplocce, De Not. Micr. VIII. 



Pustulate, perforating the epidermis, at length bare. Perithecia 

 ovoid, circinate, black, buried in a cinereous-black, cortical stroma, 

 the ostiola connate and erumpent in a flat, black, rugulose disk. Asci 

 cylindrical, 100 x 10 p. Sporidia uniseriate, uniseptate, oblong, brown, 

 constricted at the septum, 20 x 10 //. 



On Robinia and Gleditschia, Carolina (Curtis). 



V. viticola, (Schw.) 



Sphtzria viticola, Schw. Syn. Car. No. 64. 

 Diatrype viticola, Berk. & Curt. Grev. IV, p. 96. 

 Diatrype {Valsaria) viticola, Cke. Grev. XIV, p. 44. 

 Valsaria viticola, Sacc. Syll. 2712. 



Pustules small, scattered or in parallel series, grayish-black, 

 rugose. Perithecia few, 2-3, black, in a shining-brown stroma, or 

 scattered singly in the thick, blackened bark. Sporidia oblong, uni- 

 septate, constricted slightly at the septum, 15 p. long, brown. 



On dead branches of Vitis rotundifolia, Carolina (Schw.). 



We have seen no specimens. Perhaps a depauperate form of 

 V. insitiva. 



V. greg&lis, (Schw.) 



Sphcsria gregalis, Schw. in Fr. Elench. II, p. 68. 



Valsaria f gregalis, Sacc. Syll. 2847. 

 Melogramma (Valsaria) gregale, Cke. Syn. 1488. 



Irregularly effused. Perithecia very delicate, globose, subacute, 

 pulverulent, nearly superficial and connate, papillate, brown. Stroma 

 very thin. Sporidia oblong, uniseptate, 12-13 p. long. 



On rotten wood, Carolina (Schw.). 



The stroma is very thin and indeterminate. Perithecia minute, 

 exactly globose, sometimes connate and sometimes only crowded, very 

 fragile, brownish-black. Ostiola minute, papilliform. 



V. actidia, Berk. & Rav. in Herb. Berk. Grev. XIV, p. 14. 



Stromata innate-emergent. Perithecia large, few (4-6). Ostiola 

 cuneiform, stel lately arranged. Asci ample, (4-spored)? Sporidia 

 elliptical, uniseptate, constricted, brown, 40-42 x 16-18 ju. 



On branches of Ostrya and Carjrinus, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



V. gemniata, (B. & Rav.) 



Hypoxylon gemmatum, B. & Rav. Grev. IV, p. 50. 

 Hypoxylon Walterianum, Rav. Fung. Car. IV, No. 35. 

 Melogramma (Valsaria) gemmatum, Cke. Grev. XIII, p. 103. 



