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lecU'd ill thill State sIm»\v<m| iis pciitliccia witli tliclu)t«»iiioiisl_v forked 

 upiM'iidim'es. Art so iiiiiiiy s|ieeiiiieiis on Vtaviiiliini nil prove to lie tine 

 MirrositlxiKi. tliiit collectiMl liy Scliweiiiit/ ill I'eiiiisylviiiiia evidently 

 \V!is the same lliiny, lieiice tlie synonymy as u'iveii aliove. ^ft'(•^•o- 

 spha'ni Vavciiui is descrilied as n new speci<'s in the XX 11 1 Kep. 

 N. y. State Mas. p. (!'). lint thoiiiili tlie .MS. was completed in 1S70. 

 it was not printed until alter tlie pnlilieation liy (!<»olve A: I'ei'k in 

 rJoni-nal of i»otaiiy. 



M. Hevata. Biinill. r>nll. III. St. Lai). Nat. Hist. A'ol. F, No. 1, p. 58. 



Mostly ej>ipliyllons. Mycelium almndant. persistent, rreipiently 

 coveriuii' the leaves lor some tinu^ helore t.li<' appearance of peritheein, 

 which are usually lew. thoiiiih occasionally alminlant, 1(>()-1'J(» ^«, re- 

 tlcnlatioiis lar,i;('. (.'vident when yoiiiii;' : apppeiidau'es (1-12, sometimes 

 more, 3— I times as loiiu' as the diameter of the peritliecinm. Iiyalino, 

 sli<ilitly colored at base, smooth, 2-4 times dichotomons, Isranches short, 

 not swollen, tips at first truncate, diverjii'iit, Itecomiiiii' aciitt; and re- 

 curved. Asci 4-S, ovate, ahont 33 x (id ii. Sporidia 4-0. mostly 4. 



On C(it<ili)ti spcr/osd and C. hiyiioitlttkh's, not uncomiiKm in 

 Illinois, also collected in Missoui'i (Demetrio), and New Jersey (Ellis). 

 Prohably widely distriiiiited. 



This sometimes involves the liiliaue of an entire ti-ee. li'ivinu: it ii 

 uray color noticealde at some distance, and causing' the leaves to fall 

 prematurely. 



M. Euplioi'bia*. (Peck). 



liiys-iphe liiiphotHiC, Peck, 26tli Rtp. N. Y. St.ite .Miis. p. So. 

 ,\fuiiis/>litria I'.npliDihiic, B. & C. Orev. IV, p. i6o, 



Ami)lii;icnoiis. ^ryceliiim almndant, jiersistent. Peritliocia scat- 

 tered, alamdant, usually small, 8(>-l()(> /i, ](ut often lara-er (120 //), 

 texture soft, clastic, reticulations 10-15 ,«, fre( [uently ohsciii-e: ajipend- 

 au'cs 15-20, very lonjr, 5-0 or more times the diametx'r of the peri- 

 theeium, hyaline, often slightly tint(Ml at l)ase, irreti-ularly flcxuoiis ami 

 often nodularly swollen, at lirst simple, then part of them liilid or 3 or 

 4 times dichotomons, iiraiiches lonii', lax, ti])s sometimes bifid, hut not 

 swollen or recurved. Asci 4-S, freiiiiently G, pedicellate, 35-40 x 

 65 ft. Sporidia 4-0. 



On Euphorbia Prei^I//, E. iimrghvtta, E. coi'ollatu. 



This is a common species throiiuhout the country east of the Rocky 

 Mountains. Easily recog'iiized h\ its very loiiir, nearly colorless aj)- 

 pendaisres. Ert/i^iphe Euphoi'bid', TVck, is evidently this siime thing. 

 The name seems to have been founded upon specimens in which the 

 appendages were not branched. 



