witli iilMiiidiiiit niiloiiii Imt cviiiicsfciit imiiiplivscs. Spoiidia incon- 

 litrly cinwdcd. tliivntc-oltldiiu' or clliidic-nliloiijr, siiMiictiiiiljilt'ral, vcl- 

 lowisli-Imiliiic. iimriroiiii, :»( >-.'{(> x 10-12 ft. 



On l»ark u\'l'<infi n/ha, Mi^s()lll•i ( Dciiictiio) iiin! on Curya. Drlji- 

 waic (C()imii(»n.<). 



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'II 



II 



(HILOXKCTRIA. Sarc, 



Mich. I. p. 2- 



I'ciiU 



iccia c<' 



.|.it 



(»S<' 



iiinlt 



»s('. papillaU'. rcil, yellowish of hiowi 



I. 



Asc'i c'lavato-cyliinliicai. iiianv-spoivti. Sporidia iiiiniitc, allaiitoid. 

 hyaline, aeeonipanied Ity otlier larmier spoiidia? in tiie same asens. 



Cli. <'ii(nrhitiila. <'iiri'. 



(Plate 12) 



Kxsicc. 



Terill 



Sphirna ciinn hihiUi, Curr. Cdmi]). SpluiT. tat>. (n. fi^- I7^ ipartlyV 

 l';ll. & Kvrht. N. A. V. u\ Str. 1551. 



leeia eespitose. i 



nanii'e reij, iieailv smooth, at lenjith eol- 



lapsin<>'. Ostioluni itapiliiloi'iii, niinntt 



Asci elavate-eylindiieal. 



75-100 x 10-12 //, lilled with eonntless niinnte spoiidia. 2-3 (mostly 



«ix 1-1.1 "• '" ''"' •'"'■l.v fitaucs of lii'owth, the asci contain 2-4 





cvliiidfical liodies aliont '^ // thick and vaiyinu' in length from lo // to 

 nearly the entire length of the asci. These elon,uat<'(l hodies are snlt- 

 iindnlate and often appear distinctly niidtiseptate with the septa either 

 riMininii' sipiare across or with their ends a little cnrve(| so as to •••ive 

 the a]tpearance of a series of hyaline, swli<rli»lto.«;e sporidia. bnt finally 

 the.<e cvlindi'ical liodies are lilled with the niinnte sporidia, which at 

 lenjrth fill the entire cavity of the asci. Sometimes, instead of the 

 elongated hodies. some ol the asci will he simmi to contain one or two 

 .xeries of faintly-outlined, snhuloliose cells, which, also, are at length 

 tilled with he niinnte sporidia and disappeai'. The pecnliai-ity here 

 noteil has lieen oltserved in all the specimens on conifei'ons trees thns 

 far examined and we fancy we see the same strnctnre in the \. rtt- 

 viirhitiila, issued liy Fries in his Scler. Suec., which we have had the 

 op))ortunity of examining. 



On Phiiis ritjlfhi and P. Sfrohiis. Newtield, N. .1., and on Abies 

 halmtnco. West Chester, Pa. 



Mycologists are not agieed as to the natuic of the minute allan- 

 toid s)»oi'idia in this ami the following species. Kiickel considered 

 them spermatia. Winter (in ■•Die Pilze") regards them as secondai-y 

 sjKM-es resulting from the germination of the true sporidia. in that 

 ease, the asci should eontsvin in the ( arli<'r stages of growth oidy the 

 larger •true sporidia"; l>ut sjiecimens on tlie same lind> (»!' Piiiiis 



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