m 



^i! 



(iiiskv (I'lls 10-12 /< iliiiiii. Asci ovale or olioviitc ('^-.^iiorcd. S]io- 



lidiii o\alc-oliloiiu'. .'!.■>-.■>.") x I.VlS _^/. Iiyaliiir at lirst. tlicn liii'lit hrowii. 



Oil l('a\('s ol' //r.i' cnr/iiccii ami /. (ipuvn. Carolina to Florida. 



I), erysipln-oides. E. A; K. .lourn. .M.vtol. I\', p. 121. (Pinto S) 



ItTSU'c. 1:11. ^i l-;vrhl X. A. I;". 2(1 Sit. 2.-,41- 



Aiii|)liiu<'iniiis. I'c itiicfia scattered, a.-foiiioiis. lilolxisc. l()tl-],'!(> 

 // diatii.. s|iaiiii,uly clotlied witli sliorl (.'JO-dO x ,'i //). ei'ect, sprcadiiiii 

 liairs. and seal<Ml on a rather -eaiily nivcfdiiiiii of Hleiidei". luowii. 

 liraiicliiiii;' li_v|pli:e. Asei oIpIohl;'. suJisessile, V>h-M) \ i2--14 //. with lili- 

 Hiriii |iara)iliy>(s. Sjioridia liisei'iate, acutely clli|itical, iiiiisc|)tate and 

 <'on.-lricted. each cell with a Inrp' iiiiclriis. 1")-lSx (i-7 u. 



On leaves iA' Ci/tioi/o/i ilactijJnii. Louisiana ( lianu'lois). 



With the asciueroii> perilhecia arc many smallei' ones (spcniio- 

 lidiiia) c<»ntaiiiiiij:' a Icm' uloliose. lirownish spornles I-') n diam. 



\). \a\\v^\ms\\, K. iV K. .loiirn. Mycol. II. p. 12!>. 



l-:.\sicc. Kll. iS: ICvrlil. X, A. 1". 21I .Ser. i;V). 



I'erilliecia .u'reii-arious. dcpi'ossed-spherical. roiiuii. hlack. suliasto- 

 moiis. 1 12-120 // iliam.. seate(l on a thin mycidiiim ol Inown. l>raiicli- 

 iiiu' threads, roriniiiii' small, diirk colorcil ))atches thickly scattered 

 over the n]ipcr surface oi' the l(>aC. ;iml a-ivintr if a mottled ajipearance. 

 Asci sulisessile. oliloiiLi'. olteii im>(|uilateral or lniiu'iiio' on one side. 

 2.")~;iO X 7-!» //, without paraphyscs. S]M)ridia liisoi'iate, clavate- 

 oliloiiii'. ycllowish-lu'own. 4-iiiiclcat<'. niiiscplate and slightly coiistricteil 

 at the septum. !)-l()J x4 //. Some of the jieritliccia contain obloiiu'- 

 cyliiidrical. 2-nii(deato. siililiyaline, 7-M x 2 n. stylospores. The pei'i- 

 lliecia have a radiate-cidlnlai- sinictnre. 



On livinu' leaves o^ iJiauthcrd IndiiiHs. Louisiana ( Lanulois). 



I). lliinl)OSlim, K &M. Jotirn. Mycol. II. ji. 120. 



Mycelium conijioscd ofprostrato. brown, liraiicliinu'. sejttale tlireads. 

 with shoi't. erect lii'anches lieai'in^' oliloiiii'-clavate. .■]-4-s(>ptate. lirown 

 conidia o r)-40 x O-S //, and lonii'er ("O-SO x .')-() i>.). erect, stiaiiiht. 

 septate, o])ake. sterile liraiichcs, the whole rorminu- orliicular.-veluti- 

 iious. lilack ]iatclies j,-l cm. across, mostly soon conlliieut. extendiiiii' 

 alon.ii- and einclojn'iiii' the stem Idi 5 cm. or more. 'I'lie invcelinm 

 linally disappears, loavinu' a black, smooth, sliinin,<>- sui'laco. Ferithecia 

 collected mostly in the conter of the s])ots, oi'umpoiit. conical, hlack. 

 carlioiiacoo-nieiidiranaceous. roudi. alxnit \ mm. lirijad and lii-ih. 

 sometimes impeifectly sulcate-striate around the prominent, mammose 

 ostiolum. Asci siiltcvliiidrical. TO-SO x 10-14 n., nearlv sessile, sur- 

 I'ounded with aluindaiit lilijiprni parapliysc< and contaiiiin.u' 8 hi.sei'iato. 



