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divar!- 



lion tan a 

 lea IV. 

 :iio\v ot" 



rofoiTOcl 



io, <lark- 



of tlie 



nd Pliys. (1. 



I densely 



uhitioiis; 



sejttato. 



. Aseus 



(Fni'low)- 

 s species. 



100-108. 



I. Kiypt. 

 < species 



aiitlioi's. 



II, Tome 

 2(')0, and 



pedes, 

 ispicuons. 



hundant. 



') //, l)nt 

 iculations 

 t, usually 

 at uneven 



lis rather 

 [ill. about 



!, Coreop- 

 ccrnua. 



I>. fJii'j/Hiiiitliciiio'nh's. /)'. ItljiiniKitd, CdCdh'd roil form it<. C. tithcrnxd. 

 I'J rcchtltcs liivrdc'ifdVid. Il'nrdv'nuu. J'rcidiiithcs d/f/'.sxi/ttd. Ldvtticd. 

 Tdrd.i'di'nm offiiiiidlc. PJilnx il irdricdid, II jjdinpln/lhnii Virf/iii/'- 

 Clint. Vcroiiii-d Virciiiilcd, (icrdrdid (jrdiidijionu liriiiiclld viih/dris. 

 PvilliiihirlK Idid-i'dldtd. Shcjdii'rdid drijciitcd. 



\n\ aliundant and widely distriliiited ovei- the continent, on 

 many widely dilVerent hosts, it is. however, variahlc. and it is (|uite 

 possible that some Ibrnis slioidd lie sejiai'ated as specifically distinct. 

 Tliis is very dillirult to do on account of the intermediate ibi'nis in 

 jierliaps <'very jiai'ticular. Koi- the dilVerences between this and 

 N. Ilininili. see note appended to the lattei'. ^lost specimens on 

 liosiircd' are easily determined as S. IlinmiVi. wliile in some otiiers 

 this distinction is not so evident. The size oi' the jieritiiecia varies 

 miicli on ditVei-ent hosts. — larti-er than the averaii'e on Ervrhtitcs 

 and some other Co/nposiffr, smaller on Veroiilid. 'I'he a]i]tendaj>es 

 vary imicli in color: sometimes they are nearly or quite hyaline, even 

 when cei'tainly mature, lint moit' olten are tinged, sometimes dee])ly. 

 throuti'hont their entire lenu'th. with lirown. 



I In liiiure 3, plate I, the u'crminal tube of a conidium is incor- 

 rectly representeil as jienetrating a stoma, instead of ereejiinu" over 

 the surface of the leal'. | 



S. ]iliyto|it6pliiln. Kell. A: Swinjjle. Journ. Mycol. 1 V. )>. 93. 



Amphigenous. Mycelium sparse. Conidia al)out 15 x 27 ii. 

 I'eritliecia ulobular. dai'k eolorcMi. with obscure i-eticulations. and with 

 wall ratliei- I'raiiih'. GO-S") it diam ; ajipendanes lew, hyaline or more 

 ol'ten rnliginous, irrcuular, interwoven, sometimes septate, mostly 

 longer than the diameter of the peritheeium. Aseus large, broad'y 

 oval. Sp(M'idia 8, 18-35 // hmg. 



On Ccltis occidviifdJin atVeeted l)y a Phytoptus forming bushy- 

 liranclied tufts ol' twigs. Tlie fungus grows upon these distorted 

 l)rauchlets and ajiparently not elsewhere on the tree. Kansas (Keller- 

 man and Swingle), and Illinois. Doubtless widely distributed, but 

 not yet reported elsewhere. 



S. lanesti'ls. Hai'k. Trans. California Acad, of Sci. 1884, j). 20. 



Ilypophyllous. Mycelium abundant, lirm, I'eltdike, becoming 

 dull eliocolate-brown. Conidia very firm, barrel-shaped, bidging 

 much in the nnddle. Pcrithecia varial)lc, about 100 /i, wuU lined 

 with a distinct, separable layer of hyaline cells: appendages none. 

 Aseus elliptical, thick-walled excejit at sunnnit. Sporidia 8, oval or 

 subglobose, about 20-24 ji long. 



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