454 Eev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 



977. S. (Subtectae) holoschista, n. sp. Peritheciis viridi-atris 

 demum collapsis floccis albidis ciuctis; sporidiis biconicis mu- 

 cosis, dissepimento gelatinam percurrente. 



On alder. West of England. 



Perithecia blackish green^ collapsed, and then looking like a 

 Peziza surrounded by whitish hairs ; sporidia surrounded by 

 gelatine, biconical, uniseptate, constricted at the septum, which 

 passes completely through the mucous envelope ; length, when 

 the gelatine has been absorbed, -OOIS-'OOIS inch. 



Allied to S. siparia. 



Plate XVII. fig. 30. Asci and sporidia magnified. 



978. S. (Subtectae) hlepharodes, n. sp. Peritheciis tectis de- 

 presso-globosis ; ostiolis duplo longioribus ; ascis clavatis ; spo- 

 ridiis biseriatis hyalinis fusiformibus. 



On twigs of Acer pseudo-Platanus. Mossburnford, A. Jerdon, 

 Esq. 



Completely covered by the cuticle; perithecia globose, de- 

 pressed; ostiola piercing the cuticle, twice as long; asciclavate; 

 sporidia biseriate, hyaline, fusiform, -0005 inch long. 



Plate XVII. fig. 31. Sporidia magnified. 



979. S. (Obtectse) obtecta, Curr. in Journ. Micr. Sc. vol. vii. 

 p. 8. 1. 1 ] . f. 16. On wych elm. Batheaston, Feb. 1859. 



Completely concealed by the cuticle ; perithecia subglobose, 

 scarcely becoming free from the matrix; walls thick, jet-black; 

 gelatine white ; asci clavate : sporidia biseriate, in an early stage 

 biconical, pointed at either end, with the endochrome propor- 

 tionally small ; when old, shorter, biconical, obtuse, dark brown, 

 the outer coat being entirely absorbed. Young sporidia "0024 

 inch long; old, •0015--002. 



Plate XVII. fig. 32. a. Asci and young sporidia; b. full-grown spo- 

 ridia. (Both magnified.) 



980. S. (Caulicolse) glceospora, Berk. & Curr. Peritheciis 

 globosis depressis subcuticularibus ; ostiolo papillseformi ; spori- 

 diis oblongo-cymbsefoi-mibus 4-septatis articulis torulosis. 



On dead stems of Artemisia Absinthium. Fleetwood, Rev. A. 

 Bloxam. 



Perithecia globose, depressed, growing beneath the cuticle; 

 ostiolum papillseform, black; asci clavate; sporidia •001--0013 

 inch long, biseriate, quadriseptate, oblong, somewhat cymbseform, 

 joints swollen ; endochrome of a pale golden brown. 



Plate XVII. fig. 33. Sporidia magnified. 



981. S. (Caulicolse) pinodes, B. & Blox. Sparsa minutissima 

 subhemisphaerica depressa astoma ; ascis brevibus ; sporidiis 

 medio constrictis uniseptatis. 



On pea-stems. Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. 



