564 



Stroma effused, sabrotund, brownish-black. Perithecia emergent, 

 crowded, ovate, depressed or subumbilicate at the apex. Asci clavate, 

 Sporidia elliptical, brown, at length urn" septate, not constricted, 8x4 fi. 



On bark of Fraxinus, United States. 



V. Beanmontii, (B. & C.) 



Hypoxylon Beaumontii, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 93. 

 Valsaria ? Beaumontii, Sacc. Syll. 2848. 



Perithecia globose, connate, rather small, at first slightly brown, 

 then black, smooth, with a distinct, papilliform ostiolum. Asci linear. 

 Sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, uniseptate, 10 fi long. 



Found in Alabama by Beaumont. 



Species imperfectly known, 

 V. nigrofacta, C. & E. (sub Valsa) Grev. VI, p. 12, tab. 95, fig. 4. 



Perithecia few, large, covered by the blackened, shining epider- 

 mis. Ostiola convergent. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia uniseriate, nar- 

 row-elliptical, uniseptate, strongly constricted, brown, 25 x 9 /*, cells 

 almost globose. 



On dead limbs of Sassafras, Newfield, N. J. 



We have never seen specc. of this in fruit.- 



V. Diospyri, (Schw.) 



Sphceria Diospyri, Schw. Syn. Car. No. 57. 

 Valsaria, Diospyri, Sacc. Syll. 2813. 



Pustules prominent, variable, 2 lines broad, covered by the epi- 

 dermis, which is finally blackened by the extruded sporidia, at length 

 erumpent and bare. Perithecia minute, globose, monostichous on the 

 surface of an innate tubercle, and closely covered by the epidermis. 

 Necks short. Ostiola minute, obsoletely-prominent, at length perfo- 

 rated. Stroma brown. 



On dead limbs of Diospyros, Carolina (Schw.). 

 "' Sporidia (fide De Not.) ellipsoid, two-celled, brown, slightly con- 

 stricted. No measurements of sporidia given. 



V. Gleditschiae, (Schw.) 



Sphceria GleditschicE , Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1435, id. Syn. Car. 31. 

 Melogramma GleditschicE, Berk, in Grev. IV, p. 98, Cke. Syn. 1184. 

 Botryosphazria Gleditschitz , Sacc. Syll. 1792. 



Variable, black, with a brown stroma. Perithecia conical, con- 

 nate, stuffed, astomous. 



On bark of Gleditschia, Carolina (Schw.), Pennsylvania (Mich- 

 ener). 



