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h. Cupulatar. 



27. P. catiiius i/y^m.f. On rotten wood. Car. (Scliw.). 



2S. P. carl)onaria A. & S. On burnt soil. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



29. P. piilclira Gerard. Under pines. N. Y. (Gerard). 



30. P. cnpularis Fr, On burnt ground. Car. (Curt.) ; N. Eng. (Frost). 



31. P. diliita Fr. On the ground. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



32. P. applanata Fr. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



33. P. fuliijiiiea Sch. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



34. P. irrorata B. & G. On soil. Cup-shaped, at length flattened, fuligin- 



ous (1 inch), broadly fixed beneath; sporidia uniseriate, elliptic, at 

 length rough (.0004 inches) ; paraphyses clavate. Texas (M. J. B.). 



35. P. violacea Fr. Amongst Kalmias. Car. (Schw.). 

 3(J. P. lueiubrauacea Sch. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



37. P. Spra^uei B. & G. On rotten wood. Flattened, margin incurved, 



externally pallid tomentose ; disc rufous (;?^ inches) ; asci linear, obtuse ; 



sporidia elliptic, uniseriate (.0005 inches). Maine (Sprague) ; Car. 



(Curt.); N. Eng. (Frost). 



[*P. velutina B.&G. On ligneous earth. Undescribed and uncertain.] 



3S. P. Petersii i?. tfc C On burnt soil. Gregarious, crispate, externally pal- 

 lid; disc bay-brown; sporidia elliptical, narrow, binucleate (.00038 

 inches) ; cups 1 inch or more. Alabama (Peters). 



39. P. decolorans ^. cfc C. On the ground. Cups small, obconical, whitish, 



then fuliginous; sporidia ellii^tical, binucleate (.00057 inches). Ala. 

 (Peters). 



40. P. luicrospora B. & G. On rotten wood. Small, gregarious, crowded 



and irregular, fleshy, fragile, externally pallid, pruinose, internally 

 orange-yellow; stem very short or obsolete; sporidia small, elliptic, 

 even, binucleate (.00038 inches).' Car. (Kav.). 



Sect. 4. Hii.MARlA. 



a. Spliaerosporae. 

 40% P. spliaeroplea B. & G. On burnt earth. Orange, pateraeform (2 lines), 

 thinly clad with articulated flocci, asci linear, obtuse, paraphyses 

 filiform, simple or branched, sporidia uniseriate (.0005 in). Ca,r. (Curt). 



41. P. hinnulea B. & Br. {P. psdmmophiUi B. & C). On soil amongst grass. 



Car. (Curt). 



42. P. Wlightii B. d- G, on trunks. Texas (M. J. B.). 



43. P. exasperata B.&C. On burnt earth. Scarlet. Cups subglotos? (J^ 



inch) externally verruculose, margin inflexed. Sporidia globose, ecliiu- 

 ulate (.0005 iu). Alabama (Peters). 



h. Ellipsisporae. 



44. P. omphalodes Ball. On burnt ground. Car. (Schw.; Curt.) 



45. P. inelaloma A. d- 8. On burnt ground. Car. (Curt); Conn. (Wright). 

 4G. P. graiiulata Ball. On cow dung. Car. (Schw.); N. Y. (Peck). 



nUL. Blip. SOC. NAT. BCI. (;57) MAllCIl, ISr.l. 



