1'2.'{ 



voiijili. Asci ('liili-slm|M'(l, slioit-stijiitiiti'. SiMuidiii Ihittfiicil. the In-oad 

 }*i(le t'IIi|iticiil, ii|iiciil!itc. 1«*-I'J x '.t-K* //, olive liidwii : wlicii viewed 

 edgewise, riisironii. "->» n In id. 



Oil deciiyiliir lierluieeniis stems (•oiiiliiuii. 



Ch. miii'onim. (Mm. I.uu. I. p. '2A. lal.. VII. Hu'. '2\m. U. 



KzKiL'i'. Kill) !•■ Iv iM 



Peiillieeiii Ldulinse. uvntedi' eili|itiriil, Viiiviliu in size IVoiii KiO-'JSO 

 u lii^'li li\ niO-i!;>() ft liniiid. Ostidliiiii sliuit. |i!i|iillilui'iii, distinct, 

 ^onielinies eulliipsiiiu: ii|iiriil liniis sini|tle. '!-'.> times iis lone' iis the 

 lieiiilil •»!' (lie |ierillieeinni. jirunuliii-ioiitiliened. diiik lnuwii. Iiroiidlv 

 .'iiclied with lips incurved: sides ul' llie jieiitlicciii more spiiiitml\ 

 clothed with liner, snlmlsite hiiirs Inown lielow iind snlihvidine nliove. 

 Asci iii'oiid cliiviile. short-steiinned, M-spored. Sporidia narrow-ellipti- 

 cal, scarcely apicniate. olive or chocolat('-i»rown, 12-1(1 x 7-S /i, slightly 

 <'ompresse(l. 



On iiark ol'ilead poplar. .Montana (Anderson No. ()*)1). 



Cli. splufidsiH'iiniini, C \- K. Crev. Nil I. p. 1(1. 



Perithecia snperlicial. Iihick.stiiu'ose, crowded in elonjiiited tiionp*. 

 and connected hy a loose myceliiini, ovate liloliose. Hairs riiiid, erect. 

 e|(»im!ited. slender, smooth. Iirownisli-idack, divariciitely liraiiched aliove. 

 the main axis prolonged iit the point of iManciiiim' or liil'nrcatioii ex- 

 actly as in C/i. imsiJIinii. Sporidia viewed in fjont ni-arly roiiiMl, 

 7-.S n diam. (H> // Cke.i. viewed edjrewise elliptical. T-S x .'{ //. 



On the liasswood liottom ol'ji Itarrel standinu' in ii cellar at Xew- 

 lield. N. .1., ami lltiiml in the same sitnation hy Rev. .1. L. Zaliriskie. at 

 Klatlaish. Lonu' Island. |)ilVers from (J/i. jHisi/fnw un\\ in its larger, 

 darker, nearly r(»iind spotidia. 



("Ii. piisilliiiii, K. \ K. 1'k.c. IMiil. Acad.. .Inly, 1S!K). (Plate Ifi) 



Perithecia <ireiiarioiis. Mack. nieiiilu'aiiacet»us, ovate, ahont '2(H) // 

 hitlh liy laO /Mliick. the lower part clothed with lini', loosely eiitaii- 

 liled. ]iale. hranchinu". slate coIoicmI hairs, the upjier jtart more spariiiuiv 

 with lonu'er. darker, nearly smooth and simple, partially transparent, 

 continiioiis (tv faintly se])tate hairs, alioiit 4 ii thick at the Itase and 

 taperiim' aliove. Asci narrow-cylindrical, 30 \ M^ /' (p- '^V-), without 

 paraphyses. ."Sporidia nniseriate, elliptical. Itrowii. ( ompressed. ?>}i-i^> 

 "x2.j-l}.\ //.and n-2 // thick. The asci soon disa)i]>eai' and the s]io. 

 ridia are e.xjielh'd in a cylindrical mass ^-'j mm. lonu' and carryinii' along 

 with it the upper pait of the jterithecinm clothed with its spreadinii 



