565 



This is placed, by Cooke in his Synopsis, in the Valaaria Section 

 of Mdogramma (sporidia uniseptate, brown). The same thing appar- 

 ently is referred to by Berk. (Grev. IV, p. 47), as Cucurbitaria 

 Gleditschice, Schw., with the note " sporidia ovate, uniseptate." 



V. nndicollis, (B. & C.) 



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

 Valsaria ? nudicollis, Sacc. Syll. 2849. 



Peritheeia connate, forming a continuous or slightly interrupted 

 stratum. Ostiola papilliform, black. Peritheeia crowded, covered 

 with brownish matter. Asci linear. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong, 

 narrow, uniseptate. 



On pine wood, Carolina. 



DIATRYPE, Fi\ 



Summa Veg. Sc. p. 384, emend. Nitsehke Pyr. Germ. p. 64. 



Stroma erumpent-superficial, effused or discoid. Peritheeia im- 

 mersed in the stroma, necks scarcely converging. Asci 8-spored. 

 Sporidia allantoid, small, mostly yellowish. 



D. stigma, (Hoff.) 



Sphceria stigma, Hoff. Veg. Crypt. I, p. 7, tab. II, fig. 2. 



Sphceria decor ticans, Sow. Eng. Fungi, II, tab. 137; III, tab. 371, fig. 3. 



SphiSBria undulata, Fr. S. M. II, p. 350. 



Sphceria decorticata, DC. Fl. Fr. II, p. 289. 



Diatrype Dearnessii, E. & E., Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2526. 



Diatrype tennissima, Cke. in Rav. F. Am. 



Eutypa micropuncta, Cke. Grev. VI, p. 144. 



Sphceria concolor, Schw. and Sphceria subcutanea, Wahl. in Herb. Sehw. 



Diatrype undulata and stigma, Fr. Summa Veg. Sc. p. 385. 



Stictosphcevia Hoffmanni, Tul. Sel. Carp. II, p. 49, tab. VI, figs. 1-11. 



Diatrype stigma, De Not. Sfer. p. 26, tab. 25. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 1043, 1044, 1047, 2263. Rab. F. E. 820, 2953. Rehru Asc. 220. Cke. 

 F. Brit. Ser. II, 417. Sydow, M. March. 191, 448. &c, &c EH. N. A. F. 491 

 Rav. F. Am. 357 and 359. 



Stroma widely effused, continuous or interrupted, often surround- 

 ing the limb, sometimes extending for several inches in length, at first 

 covered by the epidermis, finally exposed, brownish or dusty-white, 

 becoming darker or nearly black, whitish inside, definitely limited but 

 irregular in outline, X-\ mm. thick, sometimes undulate and of on- 

 equal thickness, the thinner parts then often sterile. Peritheeia 

 monostichous, evenly distributed, ovate, small, with short necks and 

 punctiform, discoid, depressed-hemispherical or conical, entire or 

 4-cleft ostiola. Asci clavate-oblong, 8-spored, p. sp. 30-50 x 4- 

 Sporidia subbiseriate allantoid, brownish, 6-9 x 1-1| //; (M2 x 11- 

 2 pi, Sacc; 6-12 (mostly 3. x 13 //, Winter. 



