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X. sqiiaimilosa, Kll. Biill. T..it. lU. V\uU IX. ).. 2(i. 



(}i-c<rarious, iiiimitc (TiVHHl /i). |»al(', oviito-ji-lohose, covered, exeept 

 (he lii'owiiisli, obtuse, sli<ililly ])r(iiiiiiieiit ostiuluiii, uilli u liji'Iit eolcM-ed, 

 siiiiiiimilosc coiit. Asci huiccoliit' . iiiirr(»\ve(l iuid sulitrmicate aliovc. 

 2')-.'{(>x ')-() /i. eoiitiiiiiin,-;' cidit elaviitc or cvliiidric-tiltlonti', liiseriate 

 s])ondia. r)-(;xl.^-lj ,«. ^-imeleate at lir,<t and jn'ohaltly liecoiiiiiifi' 

 uiiiseptatc. 



On deoayinu' wond ol'a lidleii lindi. Newficld. N. J. 



X. (Jalii. Flow. & Hark. Trans. Cal. Acad. Sei. 1S84. p. 26. 



Peritliecia seattered, innuerscd, tlien eni)ii])ent. (>l>tu«". |>ale red. 

 Asci cyliiidrieal vcrv delicate, GOxo-^: //. Spondia eiiilii uniseriate, 

 uiiiseptate. pale straw-cdlor, olilonir-oval, with l)luntly ]»ointed ends. 

 lOx.") //. 



On Cidlinm tnfoliuui, California (irarkness). 



X. IVpoimm, B. & ('. Orev. IV, j.. \{\. 



Xecliia f'eipiisilhi, I?, tt C. Kav. I'liiiR. Car. IV, No. 51. 



Very small, scattered, scarlet. Sjioridia olilonji', iinise]»tiite. It 

 ' oks at first siu'lit as if seat^'il on a sniooth, white niycelinni, hut this is 

 only the ext(>i'nal coat of the ,<>'ourd. Vnr. (nirdia (1. c). having' spo- 

 ridia contiinious is prol»id»ly only the inunatnre state of the same thing. 



On dead g-ourds and on tomato. So. t'arcdina (Ravenel). 



We add the following IVom an examination ol' the sjiecimen in 

 Havenel's Fung. Car., iilK)ve (pioted. Pei'ithecia depressed-glolK»se. 

 lOO-l'JO It diam.. ostioluiu l)road, ])apillat('. Asci davate-cylindiical. 

 3.")-40 x 5-0 /^ Sporidia not well matured, l»\it apjiarently aluait 

 10x31 //. 



X. eoiiigena, E. & E. J3ull. Toit. Bot. CIul> X, p. 77. 



Minute, mend)ranaceous, smooth, orange-yellow, lighter an<l col- 

 lapsing when dry. Asci about fjOx 7 //. Sporidia uidseriate or par- 

 tially l)iseriate above, acutely elliptical, 2-nucleate, beconnng unisep- 

 tate, 7-lS X 3-3| //. Ostiolum jiaiiilliform, nunute. Perithecia with a 

 few weak, white, radiating hairs at the base. DiiVers from N. vulphui, 

 Ckc., in its habitat, smaller aiul paler jieritheeia and rather narrower 

 and more acute sporidia. 



On an old decaying cone of Mu(jiiolui (jlaum^ Ncwficid, N. J. 



N. filicina, Cke. & Hark. (Jrev. XII, ]>. 101. 



"Scattered or gregarious, orange-colored. Perithecia ol)ovat,e, 

 smooth, glabrous, subshining, scarcely jjapillate. Asci cylindrical, 



