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niittnrod iiiiiruin of wliicli it is cldscly <'iiiItriU'{'<I. IVrirliccia ccspi- 

 tost', nearly Mack, smooth and <>ial irons, small, mostly less than U)") u, 

 conical. l»oconiin,u' ovate or ohovatc. and linaily c(»lla}isiii,u' altovo. 

 Ostiolmn ohtnsc-conical, Idack and siiiMini-', I'atlu-r laruv. Asci snli- 

 cvlindrical,4")-');").\T //. with aimiidaiit, impcrrcctly developed jiaraph- 

 ysos. Sporidia siihliisei-iate, olihaiti-elliptieal, lower cell sometimes a 

 little nan-ower, nnisoptate, hyaline, 10-11^x4.^ ft. 



On dead stems ol" Stfiitln/h-a trlfitli<i, Ijelhlehem, Pa. (Scliweinitz). 

 West Chester, Pa. (Kverhart). 



The I'oi'eii'oinu' descrijition is IVom specimens distrilmted in N. A. 

 F. 1")4T. whicli aizree with specimens in llerl). Schw. The u'ronps ot 

 perithecia are olten arraiiiicd in a siihseriate manner, ahont 1 mm. 

 diam. and, witii the stroma to which they are attached, are iinally 

 deciduous. 



X. nigresceiis, Cke. (J rev. VII. j». .")(>. 



"Cespitose, itmI, at length tnrniiiii' Idack, u'laltrons. Ostiolmn 

 papillil'orm. Asci cylindiical. ."^|ioridia eIonu'"'ed-elliptical. unisep- 

 tate, 18xf) //. Stylospores on the saiue stroma, some ovate, brown, 

 .5x3 /i, others linear, ()x2 //, hyaline." 



On Gledltschid. Aiken, ."^o. Cai'oiina (Ravenel). 



X. eiii't'ni'bitiila, (Tode). 



Sftlnnni <uiiuif>i/ii/,i. Tode Kmiij. Meckl. II, p. ,^S fpnrtly). 

 .yrcliiit cuiciiibiliila, Vv. Sutiim. Vin. Sc. p. 33S. 

 Exsicc. Kunze V. Stl. 105.— Sydow. M. March. 172 — KlIihi Asc. 7S1. 



Perithecia ovate-u'loliose, smooth, daik re(l. with a distinct, ]»ai)illi- 

 f'orni ostiolnni, not collapsing', scatt(M'ed or ottener cespitose on a de- 

 pressed tulieivuliloi'm stroma. Asci cylindrical. !>t)-100x 0-7 //, M-ith- 

 out jiaraphyses. S-spored. Sjioridia monostichous, biconic-elliptical, 

 iiniseptate, hyaline, 14-l(»xo-(!| /i. 



The only American sjiecinien we have seen was on hai'k iA' Abies 

 fjolsaniea, collected Ity Mr. Peck at North Hllta, N. Y., and .sent to n.s 

 as y^. f}(il mined, C i^ V. It aurees with tin; characters above uiveii 

 and with the specimens in the Kxsiccati aliove (jaoted. We have not 

 seen the s])er'.no.u'onia mentioned by .'^accardo in Syll. U, p. 484. 



X. rliizoj^ena, Cke. Grev. XI, ]>. 108. 



■'Cespitose, erumpeut, stroniatic, oraniic-red, at lenuth scarlet. 

 Perithecia suba'loI)ose, glabrous, scarcely ])apillate, breakinir out in 

 small groups of 10-12 together. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia narrowly 

 ellii)tical, unisop .e. hyaline, >-!) x :> //. The e(midia are those ol' a 

 Tnbei'citkn'iu, with a rose-coloied tint and .5x2 u. 



