11!) 



iisci. cmvcd wlicii I'rcc, .■)r)-5() x 3-3J //. sliulitly taju'riiiu' Iroiii tlic mid- 

 dle to ciicli <>ii(l. 



On (»l(| iJiiitriipc sf/'(/iiHt iuid on the Itiirk (if dccjiyiiiji^ onk limits. 

 New .Iciscy and Ciii'olinii. 



W'v ciin iKit siiy |Misitiv('l\ tliiit Sphivria rcrca. JJ. A- (,'. and 

 <)l)h!onictrin I'J rcrharfH. K. A- (!. arc (lie same, Itnt the |ti(il(altility 

 of tlicir identify is s(» strong' that we liave assumed it t(t lie a I'act. 

 Tliere may also lie some (|iiesti()n ol'^ienei'ic relationship : lint if y^c- 

 trid iitclimi, Mont, can lie referred U) ()p/ii<nH'rtri(i,i\<^ is done in Sacc. 

 Syll. II. |i. oCio. oar sjiecies may |ir(i]ierly ii'o tliere too, liavina- sjioridia 

 still narrower than in that specif's. 



0. coccintla, (K. & E.) 



.\tili ill loiinola, Iv Sc K. Joiirn Mycol. II, p. ,vj. 

 DialoHctria Cdnirnla. \',. & Iv I. c. II, p. i.^y. 



Pcritliecia eespit<ise. niemltranaceons. alMiut \ mm. diam. and h 

 iiiiii. hiuli, flesh-color. Iiecominu' dirty linlV when mature, oliwvate. asto- 

 iiious, surface I'oiiiijjiish. with a \^^'\\ scattei'cd. white, rudimentary hairs, 

 or at lenuth liald. Asci clavatc-cyliMdrical, 15(>-1!)() x 'JO u.. with alain 

 (hint, rather stout paraphyses. SjHiridia eight in an ascns. clavate-cvl- 

 iiidrical, niiiUinncleate, hyaline. 1 10-140 x (i-T // at tla- upper end. 

 attenuated lielow. 



On dead scale insects on l»ark of livinjr oranue ti'ces. Floiida 

 (Scriliiu'r). 



The uroups of ]ierithecia are seated either on the shells of dead 

 insects or on the liark itself, with a snliiculum moi'c or loss distinct, 

 composed of wliite, decundient or prostrate hairs of the same charac- 

 ter as those found on the perith((cia themselves. Tlu; sjiecies seoni to 

 1)0 (piito distinct. 



(ilBBERELLA, Saov. 



Mich. I, p. 43, 



Pcrilliocia either cespitose and stromatically connected or sojiarate. 

 Asci S-spoi-ed. Sporidia sidil'us()i<l. H-pluii-septate, sulihyaline. The 

 siilistaiice of the ]iorithecia is of a liliio or violet tint. 



(i. ai'ervalis, (iMoii^.) 



Sphict ill iUfyiralis, Moiig. in Fr. Klench. II, p. S3. 

 Gibberelhi aceivalis, Sacc. Syll. 4979. 



Emergent, I>are and iilack, collected in small hea]is or clusters, 

 I'oi'ithecia subconnate, gUiliose, ruguloso, at length umbilicate. Asci 

 oltlong, 70 X 10 //. S]ioridia ovate-olilong, 3-so]»tate, hyaline, 18 x G «. 



