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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 4. 



Underwoodia columnaris, Peck. 



Fig. 1. A mature plant. 



Fig. 2. Transverse section of a plant. 



Fig. 3. A paraphysis and an ascus with its spores x 400. 



Fig. 4. Three spores x 400. 



H.EMAT01VIYCES FAGINEA, Peck. 



Fig. 5. Piece of wood bearing the fungus. 



Fig. 6. A paraphysis and an ascus with its spores x 400. 



Fig. 7. Five spores x 400. 



EUTYPELLA LONGIROSTEIS, Peck. 



Fig. 8. Piece of bark bearing two clusters of the fungus. 

 Fig. 9. Vertical section through a cluster, enlai^ed. 

 Fig. 10. A perithecium and its ostiolum, enlarged. 

 Fig. 11. Two asci with their spores x 400. 

 Fig. 12. Four spores x 400. 



Barya parasitica Fckl. var. ciESPiTosA Peck. 



Fig. 13. Piece of wood bearing six clusters of the fungus. 

 Fig. 14. A cluster of five perithecia, enlarged. 

 Fig. 15. An ascus with its spores x 400. 

 Fig. 16. Two spores x 400. 

 Fig. 17. Four conidia x 400. 

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