«!) 



" I'(;ritli('('i!i immcrsod, obtusely psipillatc! nnd at loiiirth siil»prniiii- 

 iiciit. •200-22.') // (liaiii. Asci cylindrical, .')Cyx4 /x. Sporidia <li<ly- 

 iiioiis, iip))ci' coll j|loi)osc> (4 /i), lower cell snl)Ovatc, 4x3 /i, Iiyalino." 



Spccc. on l)ark (»!' doeayint>' (maple?) linil) on the unround, New- 

 liejd. N. . I., have (stroma?) 2 cm. hiuli, clavato, leather-color. Oidy 

 two specimens were lonnd. iind those wer(> immatnre, so that the Iriic- 

 liHc!itit)n conld not lie made out, thoiiii'h the surliUM! of tlic club was 

 linely punctate from the ostiola of tlu; immersecl jierithecia. Accord- 

 inu' to 'ruiasue A- Hroome, the cluli-sliaped l)ody, on tlie n])por part of 

 wliich the iierithecia ai'e boi'iie, is not a true stroma, but cither 

 (Jldvdrid litjHhi or SixitlniJit r'la fiaridd bearinu' the Hyimcrcu as a 

 parasite. 



The folhutHiig speck'n <ire iinjicrfcctly deHcrihcjl : 

 H. ati'nmt^iitosii, B. & ('. .lourn. [jinn. Soc. X. ]». 377. 

 " Forminu' a thin, Idack stratum on the under side of th(! leaves of 

 irrasses in ('uba, and n\' A/idr'tpof/oii in Alal>ama. Pei-ithi^cia "I'lobose 

 and. with tlie ostiola. innnerseil. Sporidia liliform. (See j). i)l). 



H. parasitaiis, B. & ('. (!i-ev. IV, p. lo. " Minute, pallid, snliellip- 

 lical. sometimes windinii' around the teeth. Sporidia <>'lobose, rather 

 hii',i>e." On ITydinnit criiidrcioii. South Carolina. 



H. siibvil'idis, B. & ('. 1. c. " HiVused. Perithecia jiale dull ti'i'ocn. 

 lementose. crowde(|, sea(e(| on a white mycelium. A curious species." 

 On dead urass leaves. South ('arolina. 



H. stJM'llioi'. (Sclnv.) 



Sftliiri i,i sti'ii//i)r, Scluv. Syii. N. Am. iiSS, llypociea stnilior, Ckc. Syn. ifiS. 



Substance at first very soft; liroadly ell'used, api»lanate, surface 

 lonu'itudinaily striite, flesh-coloi'. beconnnii' liuht yellow when dry. 

 The ma ruin is very delicate, cottony, with interwoven fibers with 

 which the whole surface appears lii>htly covered. Te.Ktui'c carnoso, 

 beronnnii' !iorn-like when dry. l*ei-illiecia \lv\\\ scattered. 



On leaves, A'c, Carolina (Scliw.). Stroma al)out an inch in cir- 

 cuud'erenc*'. nnd two b'nes tiiick. 



H. siihl(»bata. (Sclin.) 



S/i/nri Id sii/)/<if>(!/ii, Scluv. S. N. A. 1225. ffyf>nc>pa siihlnhala, Ckc. Syn. ifig. 



Scutelhite, small, sliu'htly attached, inaruin obtuse, lobate-rejiand. 

 Iilack. then suliolivaceous: surface Hat, i'u<>-ulose. I'eritheciii subperi- 

 pherical. in a sinule layer, beconiinu; yellow, immersed in the lii»ht 

 yellow sti'oma. which is aI»out 3 lines in diameter. Ostiola ini])ressed. 



On liark u\' PldfdiiiiK, iJethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). 



H. moll ill sen la, (Scliu.) 



Sfilnriid mnlliiisnihi. Schw. Kr. I\l. II, p. fifi. Hypocira mollinsciila, Ckc, Syn, 172. 



