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tl. 



m\\\ 



liiii 



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oliluiiu-cvliinli'iciil. l(!-liO x "i-d // >|:iii'i(li!i ycllowisli iiiid 'J-iiucIt'iitc 

 nt first, linally lirowii jiiul niiiscjitat*'. jiikI inure or less ((iiistrictcd iit 

 the s(']ttiim. 



Oil liviiii:' stems ol' SinHnx. near .Ificksoiivillo, Florida (Calkins). 



Mi/strosi)orliiiii att'rriiinini. I>. iV ('.. a]i|>eai's to lie the coiiidial 

 sfiiii'e. 



I). SpjU'tiiia'. K. \ K. .louni. Myeol. II. p. lo-j. 



The iiivceliuin I'oniis " small (li-4 mm. loiiu')- olilonu' oi' elliptical. 

 Idack ]iat( lies coiisistiii^' of a thitdv iii'^'^^'l' '•'" erect, simple, septate, 

 snluiodulose. sterile hy])lia'. nearly hyaline at lirst. init soon opakc, 

 i;>()-17-") .\ (»-!) //. and jiale yellowish, prostrate hyplia-. prodiicintr 

 liisoid-cylindi-ical or siihralcale. niudeale c(Hiidia 4(>-()(>.\H n. Xest- 

 liiiy amoiiii' the sterile hypha' arc Mack, mcniliraiiaceoiis. siiltovatc 

 ]ici'itliecia :'j-f, mm. diani.. with a very lariic openiiiii' ahove. Asci 

 (daviite-cyliiidrical, 7") .\ 1 ") //. with imperlectly devidopcd jiaraphyscs. 

 «poridia c^ in an asciis. oldonu'-cylindrical. yidlowisli (nearly hyaline), 

 sli<>'litly cni'vcd. ;^-4-iiii(doate. liecoininii- iiniscptatc. I S-"JO .\ 4-") //. 

 Some s]ioridia were seen impcrrcctly o-scptate. Imt one septiini seems 

 to he the normal state. This is irniarkalih' lor the hirii'c apical opeii- 

 iiiir more like a liall-iirowii (JiniiiiKjhini than like ;in ostioliim. 



On dead sheaths ol' Spnrthm jtol i/xtach^in, Ijouisiana (Lan<rlois). 



n. capiioides, (Kll.) 



.lilt'iiiia ciipiKiiilis, Kll. .\mi. N.'it. i^\;. ]>. u'^. 



.Mycelium lirown-hlnck. liranchiiiir. septate. epi|iliylioiis. Co- 

 iiidia iirown, ovate, uiiiseptate. It»-ll2\() //. ^Macmconidia lirowri, peil- 

 icellate. siilMiiiiiirorni, 3-.s(.ptiile. o.ixl.'t n. I'erithecia lirowii-iilack. 

 siili^loliose, .lO-lOO n diam. Asci oldoiiii-ovate. sessile. S-sjiore(|. 

 3r)-4(> X ll-l(i 11. Sporidia hyaline, sidicymliironii. uiiiseptate, "i-seri- 

 ate, 10-17 x4-(i //. 



On livinj; leaves o[' Asrfep/'its Cormtfl. Kansas. 



I). ('«)ii^loliatiim, <B. & r.) 



A.sli'i iiiit coiii^ltihiila. H. ^t C. Circv. IV, p. y. 



Peritliecia hypophyllous. izioliose. alioiit ">(> n. astomoiis, coarscdy 

 cellular, nieniliranaceous. in compact, siiiiconlliient trroups or4— (1 on a 

 suiiernstaeeous myceliiim. Asci oiiovate. l!(»-"J") x 10 a, without i)ar- 

 aphyses. Sporidia obloiia'. uiiiseptate, hyaline, (5-8 x 2-2| /^ 



Description made out from sjieciniens sent I'rom Maine l>y Rev. 

 .los. niake, on leaves i)\' ArhiitHH Cvn-Urxi. 



