12 PLANTS BAKERIAN^E. 



ALLANTONECTKIA YUCCLE, n. sp. Densely cespitose, 12-20 

 or more perithecia united on a stroma; stromatic clusters 

 erumpent, thickly scattered or subconfluent, average size 

 about 1mm. ; perithecia bright-red, becoming dark dull- 

 red when dry,- globose, smooth or slightly roughened, 

 collapsing, 100-125fi; asci 8-spored, clavate, minute, apara- 

 physate (?), about 20-30 x 3-4/x ; ascospores distichous or 

 inordinate, minute, 4-5x|-l/u,. 



On dead, withered leaves of Yucca, at Hermosa, 28 March ; 

 n. 12. 



DOTHIDEACE.E. 



DOTHIDEA CONSPICUA, Griff. Bull. Torr. Club, xxvi. 442. 

 At Hermosa, 30 March, on dead leaves of Yucca; n. 28. 



SORDARIACE,E. 

 By David Griffiths. 



DELITSCHIA FURPURACEA, Niessl. in Sacc. Syll. ix. 747. 

 Hermosa, 28 March, on excrement of donkeys; n. 26. 



HYPOCOPRA EQUINA, Sacc. Syll. i. 247. With the last, 

 and same date, on horse-dung. 



HYPOCOPRA MERDARIA, Fr. Elench. ii. 100. With the 

 two foregoing (no numbers assigned for these. E. L. G.). 



SORDARIA FIMICOLA, Ces. & De Not. Schem. 52. With 

 Delitschia furfuracea. 



SPHJERIACE^E. 



ROSELLINIA PARASITICA, Ell. & Ev. Proc. Philad. Acad. 

 (1890) 227. On dry barkless twigs of Symphoricarpus at 

 Durango, 18 March ; n. 64. 



ROSELLINIA PULVERACEA, Fckl. Symb. 149. At Durango 

 on dead stems of Chrysothamnus, 23 March. Specimens in 

 the main at agreement with other western ones that have 



