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l)ranac'Oous, iiiiimtcly and iiidistiiu'tly paroncliyinatic, yolknvii>ili, iiii'lin- 

 iiiii' t(» reddish. Asci cvliiidric-clavato. olttustdv rounded above, ln'ieflv 

 ?ti]iitato l»t'lo\v. 40-4'). or more rarely r»()-7(L\ 0-7 //, without paraph- 

 yses, S-sj)ored. Sjtoi-idia distielious or oldiijuely nionostielious, elliptic- 

 eylindrieal, uniseptute, l(>~13x3-4 /<, eells e(|ual, 2-nueleate, hyaline. 

 On stumps of orange trees, Louisiana (Langlois). 



N. mici'osporn, (\ & E. (J rev. V.p. fiS. 



Ces)»itose, bursting out tlirough cracks in the bark in gi-oups oi" 

 vJ-15. IVrithecia subgloliose, l.)()-2()0 ji diameter, orange-rod, seated 

 <ju a scanty, white, wcb-like mycelium, collajising above, with a ]»a])il- 

 lifoi-m ostiolum. Asci cylindrical, oO-fiO x o-G // (p. sp.). S]»oridia 

 <'llii)tical, uniseptate, hyaline, 6-7x3^-4 //. (}roui»s of perithecia ^-1 

 innt. across. Stroma not consjticuous. 



On bark of dead Jfif/nnlkr, Newlield, N. J., and on bark of dead 

 beech, Lake Nipigon, Canada. 



In the Xewfield sj»ccimens the ])erithecia are only partially col- 

 lapsed above so a,s to aj»pear truncate. 



N. aiireofiilva, ('. & E. (Jrev. VIL )>. 8. 



Kxsicc. Kit. N. A. h'. 574. 



With the same habit as the preceding sjjecies, but peritliocia larger 

 >{;|mm.), sul>globose, smooth, ])ale golden-yellow, with the nnnute ostio- 

 lum darker. Asci cylindrical, oO x ()-7 /t. Sporidia l>iseriate, oblong- 

 fusoid, M-12x3 /i. 2-inicleate, becoming tardily uniseptate, hyaline. 

 Stroma pale, llattish. scarcely rising above the e])idermis. 



On' bark oi' Jlar/tioh'a r/hiuca, Xewfield, N. J. 



N. iiifusaiia, (ke. & Hark. (Jrev. XfT, p. 101. 



Ces])itose, eruni])ent, ])ale red. Perithecia few, oval, soft-waxy, 

 subconlluent, smooth, glabrous, .5-10 on a stroma. Asci cylindrical. 

 8-s])ored. S])oridia uniseriate, elliptical, obtuse, unisej)tate, not con- 

 stricted, hyaline, 10x4| /t. Conidia {Fusanum Acoc/cc, Cke. A: 

 Hark.), either accompanying the perithecia on the same stroma or ))ro- 

 tluced in sej)arate pustules of earlier growth, on a ])ale red, pulvinate 

 stroma, curved, hyaline, acute at each end, 3-septato, 30-40 x2| /i. 



On Acacld. twigs, California (Ilarkness). 



N. ati'(»fiisca (Sclnv.) 



Sf>li(S>ia attofiisca, Scliw. Syn. N. Am. 1429. 

 Exsicc. KU. & Kvrht. N. A. V. 2d Ser. 1547. 



Stroma i)ulvinato, subcarnose, wood-color inside, darker outside, 

 small (^ mm. oi- about that), erumpent through the epidermis, by the 



