V 



1» 

 V) 



y swollen, 

 i McMticiil 



Jo. 29. 



itii il InliL!'. 



vcrv loiiu'. 



(Mils ill»Olll 



lie UTonilil. 



t's S\ lli)i;v 



stem. \('\- 

 • cm. Iiiuli. 



lIMate 15) 



icii IoiiikI. 



hick, ciiic- 



toiiM'iifosc. 



<'S|M'cinlly 



jM'l|i'tl'ilt(>tl 



iciil. -JOO- 

 ( >sti()liiiii 



ICll ynlillti'. 



;i filitoi'in. 



, |»r(il»iilily 

 wliicli the 



■ sli|)('s or 



r the stro- 

 ll lyiny oil 



'j: IVniil the 

 ' red color 

 scciii to us 

 ssiK'Iiusetts 



V. siipilicialis, (I'k.) 



7»< »«/>/<; siipfiji, talis, Pk. jStli Kep. N. Y. Stole Mils. p. 70. 

 C,ii,l\,,t<s siil^fifiiiiilis. Sacc. Syll. ^n^C, Ckf. Syii. y>. 



•• Slender, iilioiit one iiuli lii.uli. siiiootli, lintwii. tlie sterile iijicx 

 :-r:i(lii;iily tniiennti' to ii point. reiitlieei:i erow<le<|, siijiorliciiil. siili- 

 MJnl.ose. iiliickisli-lirown.soiiietinies eollii]isei|, willi a sniiill. iKipillironii 

 n.-lioliiin. Asci cyiiiiilriciil. Sporidia loiii:'. slender, lilirorin. I?e- 

 liited to and iiilernieiliate lietween C UiivrmVii and C oilviihiris. 

 The stem ol' the jilaiit is alioul equal in leiiutli to the elid>. or peri- 

 Ihecia-lieaiinj:' pari. Tlu! iieritheeia are more loosely jtlaeed iit the 

 extreniilies of the cl\il>. thereliy uivin^' it a siilirusit'orin sliajie. The 

 -poiidra are more slender than tlioso ol' C aciriihiris, Itul the plant 

 itseir is less elonii'aled and slender." We have seen no spoeiniens. ainl 

 copy the alio\e from the report cited. 



I'lider hemlock trees, on lniried larvie, Noi'fhville, N. V. (Tecdv). 



('. soholil'cia, (Birk.) 



Sphiriia siiholifna. Beik. Unok. I.iiml Joiirii. Hot. II, p. 207 

 (.'iiyiivifps siibKlifna, Sacc. Syll. 5021, Cke. Syii. -•;, 



Mead ")-> mm. lon^', ovate-oldonn' or tonune-pliniKMl, dottod with 

 (he minute ostiola ol' the lniried perithecia. and a little thicker than 

 the stipe, which is stout, round, ri;:id, erect, simple or with rudi- 

 mentary Inanches. I'l-'itt mm. or moi'e in heiulit. Asci cylindrical. 

 Sjioridia scparatin<i' into linear joints alioiit ei,ulit limes as long as 

 Iti'oad. 



On the larvic ol' some lamellicorn insects, in the West indies, and 

 in Me.xico. 



Some of the Mexican sjieec. wero inucli liranched: instead of the 

 fertile head, preseiilinii' a contracted jianicle, or liriish-like tuft of 

 deforme<| hranclies. The anterior portion of the alVected larvji' is 

 ^'iiveloped in a white mold. 



Mi/rof/e7ioitf>. 



('. o|)liio^rlossoi(U>s. (Klii.) 



.Sp/urnti o/'/iioi;/oiiiiit/rs, I>;lir. Biitrni; III, p. SS 

 i.'/a7'tii ill fiiiia^iftiii, Willil. I'l. liir. I'rod. p. 4(15. 

 I'lavariu ladimsa, Hull. Cli.inip. I, p. ly.s. 

 .S/>/uriiii ratiiidSii, DC. 11. I'l.nic II, p. ?S,v 

 Ciuitiir/i.'' i'/ifii'iL.'/iisi<>iili>., I.k. IIii<ll>k III, p. ,^.17 

 Totiithiii iifi/iiiif.'/ii.ysoiili'.i. Till. Svl. Carp. Ill, p. 20 

 ('i'i(/vii'/i> ii/i/iii',i:/<iy\<ii</,f, Sncc. Syll. jujS, Cke, Syu 

 Ivxsicc. Kalt. IU-rl>. Mycol. 427.-111, I". I'Uir. 442.— Reliiii. 

 Svilow M. Maicl), 2So. 



1^. 



Asc. 471. 



Tliiilii M. r. stx) 



Stromata solitary. i*.irely cespitose. simple or very rai 

 lle.x lions, sill icoiii]iressed,cariiose, yellow wiihin. S-Ti cm. 

 1) 



rly 1 



hiu-h. 



iranched. 

 .')-H mm. 



