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N. athnja, E. & E. Vnu'. riiil. Acj.d. July, 1 8110. p. 247. 



Densely jrrejiiuioiis. reriflieeiii oviite. loO-'JOO x 110-120 //. 

 (lark red, smooth or nearly so. not eolliipsinu. Asci (p. sp.) about 

 3o fi lon<f. cylindrical, evanescent. Sporidia nniseriate, ol)l()M<f-ellip- 

 tieal, hyaline, obtuse at the ends, uniseptate and slitihtly constricted, 

 o-(t.\2J//. This has the i>'eneral appearance (A' N. (f/fffwinfd, T\i\., 

 but besides the more re<>idarly shaped perithecia the sporidia are 

 much smaller. Tli • asci are with diHicnlty seen ,-i(» that this niijrht lie 

 taken for a s^ylosporons lunji'us only from the fact that here and there 

 sfcries of eijfht sporidia lying end to end indicate the presence of asci. 



On a decaying' sycamore log, Manhatt^in, Kansas (Keliornian and 

 Swingle). 



N. iiiamiiiohlea, Plowr. (!rev. Ill, p. 12(). talt. 42. tig. '). 



Cespitose. IVrithecia of medium size, i nnu. diam.. gloliose, 

 minutely fui"furace<jiis. of a l)ri<'k-re<l coloi-. sometimes collapsing, with 

 a darkei- colored itapilliibiin ostiolum. Asci subeylimlrical, 100-11 ox 

 12 II. Sporidia 15x5-() ti, oblong-elliptical, uniseptate. 



This .species was found at Newlield some j'ears ago on outer bark 

 of living (juince trees. The Xewiield specimens agree with anti , iitic 

 specimens from Plowright in all respects, only the sjioridia are a little 

 smaller (15x5-6/^). In I'lowriglit's specimens they are 18-22x 

 0-7 // and subine(|uilateral. 'I'lie N'ewtield specimens wei-e immature, 

 the asci being mostly tilled with granular mattri-. What appears to 

 be the same was also sent by Dr. Macoun from IJritisli Cobnnbia, on 

 bark of majile. 



X. thiijana, Relim, Mich. 1. p. 20.^). 



Kxsicc. Thum, M. V. y72,— Rehm Asc. ,;.!><.— HII. X. A. F. 160. 



Perithecia veiy minute, scarcely visil»le to the nakeii eye. solitary 

 ()]• 2-3 together, conic-globose, slightly depressed at the ajiex, purplish- 

 red. Asci ol)long-elIiptical. (50-80 x 10-14 /i, with eight ]>iseriate, 

 oltlong, two-celled, hyaline spoi'idia, slightly constricted i)i the middle 

 and al)o)it 11 x7 //, becoming at length sulifuscous. 



On dead foliage oi" white cedai- not yet fallen from t.'je branches 

 of a tree cut ,s(»me time previously, Newtield. X. .). 



N. (lepaiiperata. Cke. C.icv. VII. j». .50. 



Exsicc. KU. N. A. F. 677. 



Pei'ithecia glolto.-e, scarlet, scarcely papillate, 1-3 on a strrmia, 

 Asci davate. SjMtridia ellii»tical. unisejttate. 10x3J /i. We have 



