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lOO-Ti') x l'J-I;'» /«, with iiliiiinliiiit, filironii piiriiiilivscs. S|;(»ri(li!f 

 Itisciiiitc. Iir<»ii(l-riisili>nii. sli-ilitl.v curved, siililiviiliiic. l-."{-.««'jtfiit(' iuid 

 coiistiictcd at the iiii(l<ll<' s('|itiiiii. li.'.-;{ ') x 7-N /<. 



C.'(»uk(' iiiiikcs llic spmidiii 18-U('X ") fi. Tlicv viiiy t-imsidcriiMv, 

 iirit iiiiitiii'c Jind well d('V('l<»|M'd sjicciiiiciis liavc tlic ;^|Mtridiii iis itlM>v«'. 



On liiirk (>r ^7///*^>^, scalmjii'd of South ("!ii(»liii!i ( HiivciicI). on 

 various kinds of decaying v ood and llndis. (oak. IHnis, Ac). Xewlicld. 

 N. .1.. and on dccayinu' clni. Canada (Maconn A- Dfaiiicss). The 

 ostiolnni is sonictinics nioiT or less coniin'csscd, so as to rcscnddc 

 fjOj>liiostoniii. 



('. Deariiessii. K. & K. Pro.-. I'hil. A.-ad. .Inly. 1S!)(), p. 24.''). 



I'critliccia 0-I2 in a clnstci-, ovate, nanowcd aliovf and liclow. 

 liulit oranjicvcllow, aliont Hi") n diani. and a little more than that 

 in hi'iulit. .seated on a white. i'adiate-lil>r(»ns. silky inycelinni which at 

 lii'sl partially envelops and clothes the perithecia lait finally disappears. 

 Ostiola Inoail iiapillil'orni. not distinctly pronnnenl. at lenjith sliuhtly 

 collapsinii'. Asci T-VmOx 10-1 "_*//. with parapliy>es. Sporidia oltlonji- 

 cylindrical. olitiise. yellowish-hyaline, iti.^eriate. ."{-.V.s-ptate. more or 

 less constricted at the septa. 'J.")-;;") x (I-T /<.ends olitiisc, sliuhtly cnrved, 



Cespitoso on the ostiola ol' some }[<iss<iria, on F raxiinis''. and 

 r/niKs, Canada (Dearnessi. 



('. balsaiiit'a, (('.& P.) 



\,riiia hi/Miiih;iX. i'i. V 2Mh. Kt|) X. Y Statt- Miis. p. S4. (Irev. XII, p. Ni 



Krnnipent. cespitose. sidioriiicniar. I'erithecia rather small, smooth, 

 scarlet, ])apillate. at leniith collapsed, crowded on a pale stroma. Asci 

 cyliiidric-clavate. S-spored. Sjioridia rusilorm. hyaline, .Vseptate. 30 x 



On iiark of Ahii'x Inihanicd. New York (I'eck). 

 r. diminiita. (Cke.) 



Ihali'iiicli Hi ill 1)1 hill tit, (H. >c C.i Ckf, C.rtv. .\II, ji. .S(. 

 .Xirlihi (iil<loa viir. dimiiiulti. H 6t C. Griv. IV, \>. 46. 



Very minute, .-carlet. .Vsci lanceolate Init olitn.<e. Sporidia 

 sometimes lar,u-ei', Imincleate. at leni;th triseptate (nnisejitate. Herk.). 

 uiMseriate. (»i- smaller. 4-nncleate. Iiiseriate. 'J .")-;}() x 8^ //. 



On s<»me ISphn'ria^uw alder, South Carolina (Haveiielj. 



PLKONE(TRI.\, Sacr. 



!•■. Veil. Nov. Sit. V. 17S, Mich. 1. p. ;,2.}. 



Perithecia cespitose, sul>,!iloliose. iirifiht colored, cai'iioso-ineiii- 



