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22. S. Labumi, dark brown, bursting through the bark in round- 

 ish wart-like spots; surface tuberculate, the tubercles rough, 

 obtuse, close ; internally blackish-brown ; cells oblong ; diameter 

 from 1 to 3-tenths SPRENG. Syst. Veg. iv. 395. 



Hob. On dead branches of laburnum, in winter, rare. 



23. S. ribesia, black, bursting through the bark in roundish 

 spots ; surface at first even and smooth, when mature minutely 

 granular, the orifices obtuse PERS. Syn. 14. HOOK. Scot. ii. 5. 

 Stromatospharia ribesia, GREV. Fl. Edin. 357. 



Hal. On dead branches of the red currant. 



The spots are about a line in diameter, surrounded by the 

 ruptured epidermis. 



24. S. prunastri, " deep black, bursting transversely through 

 the bark, oblong, elevated ; orifices of the spherules (cells) 

 crowded, level-topped, acutely 4-sided and grooved." PERS. 

 Syn. 37. HOOK. Scot. ii. 6. Stromatosphceria prunastri, GREV. 

 FL Edin. 358. 



Hob. On dead branches of the sloe. 



* * Capsules seated on a parenchymatous base. 



25. S. cinnabarina, capsules crowded, globose, granulated, dark 

 red, clustered on a softish red base SPRENG. Syst. Veg. iv. 395. 

 S. decolorans, PERS. Syn. 49. HOOK. Scot. ii. 6. Cucurbitaria de- 

 colorans, GREV. Fl. Edin. 359. C. cinnabarina, GREV. Crypt. Fl. 

 t. 1&5. 



Hah. On dead branches of hawthorn, in small wart-like 

 tubercles, very common. 



* Capsules without any parenchymatous base. 

 "|T Originating under or in the bark of trees. . 



26. S. Berberidisj capsules clustered, black, globular, rough and 

 tuberculate, without any orifice; internally white. SPRENG. 

 lib. cit. 396. Cucurbitaria Berberidis, GREV. Crypt. FL t. 84. ; 

 FL Edin. 359. 



Hab. On dead branches of the barberry, bursting through 

 the bark longitudinally, and sometimes forming long 

 lines, but more commonly oblong wart-like tubercles. 



