107 



\\v\vv seen the oiiifliial siicciiiiciis on I'liroi ami linvc taken tlic lore- 

 ^oin<i" froM' ' •"villca. 'I'lic con iilial static is Fiixm-him Vncrre. 



On y 'I (iloifhlitt, Aiken, So. Carolina. 



From an t'xamination of the specimens in \. A. F. ((let. I»y Cke.) 

 we add the follow inti' notes. — I'erithecia ovoid-irI<»li«»se. small (IfiO- 

 I !•(»//). pale and rnifnrace(»ns at tirst. ltec(»min^' Itare and pale red. 

 Ostiolnm papillate and sli<rlitly darker. Asci clavate-cvlindi'ienl. 

 8r)-4()x4//, sessile. Sjioridia fitlonu-elliptical. siil»l»iseriate, 5>-ll x 

 'A-?>\ n. 'I'here are ol'ten six and even ton perithecia <»n each oiMimpent. 

 white liyssoid-urunMtse stroma. 



'Die \. A. F. speec. were I'oniid (tn dead CVfMyv/.at Nmvfield, N..J. 



X. .u'la-otliele, B. & T. (!rev. IV. p. 4o. 



Fale; ostiolnm distinct, papilliform. dai'ker. t].< ii deejtiy sank l>y 

 coliajtsion. Asci linear. Sporidia elliptical, nniseriato, slightly attenu- 

 atecl at each end, 12-14 fi lony. 



On aldei', apparently arowint:' from the remains of some Coccus, 

 New Enuland (Sprauue). 



A styIosi)orons loi-m (N. cnistKliua, !>. iV i{av.. Santoo ('anal, Sf». 

 Carolina), has cesjtitose, neat tan-colored perithecia with ohovate, uni- 

 s^'jttate .spoi'ules, 10-1 T) ji long'. 



N. I'iniiiicola, Ckt^. (Irev. XI, p. lOS, 



Kxsicc. Kav. I'. Am. 644. 



(Ji'ejiiirious or scattered, snjierficial. scarlet, iirowing in cracks of 

 the l)ark. Perithecia snliuhthose, finally deinrssed, irlal»rons, sub- 

 shining. \ mm. diam. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia nniseriate, nniscp- 

 tate, hyaline, not consti-icted, 1*2x4 //. 



In ci'acks of the l»ark ol' LIquidaiiibar, seahoai'd of Carolina 

 (Ravencl). 



N. Brassicae, Ell. & Sacc. Mich. II, j). 374. 



Kxsicc. EH. N. A. K. 572. 



Perithecia densely gregarious, glolio.-;e-conoid. not collapsing, very 

 small (125 /i), Itlood-red, ostiolnm ratlier olttuse-conical, texture loosely 

 cellular, rose-tinted, jialer around the ostiolnm. Asci clavate-cylin- 

 di'ical, (50x7-8, without parapliyses, hrietly-stipitate. olttuse at the 

 apex, containing eight oUlong, sul)clavate, hyaline, uniseptate, 10-11 x 

 4-4 1 // spoi'idia. 



This was first found on old calihage stalks and at the same time 

 the next year on (»ld potato stalks lying scattered over the same ground 



