12!) 



INmI. coin'opliila, (Flies.) 



Sfili<riia ci>t>iopliila, Vr. S. M. II, p. 342. 

 ItypoA vidii copiii/iliilum. Vr. Suiniiui Vtif. Sc. p. ,?.)S. 

 Sol dill ill iiipiiipliihi. Ccs & I)e Not. Schema, p. .S2. 

 /'ix/os/iiiiii i(i/iiii/>/ii/ii, Wiiitir, I'ilzc, p- i"-- 

 Ci-iiiifi/iiini iiiiiiilnli.\, Kckl. Syiiib. p. 2.15. 

 ICxsicc Fckl. I-. Rli. J271.— Kal). lltrl). :SIyc. 257.— id. V. V.. S,;(i.— Ruhiii A>.c. lyS, 2;,4. 

 Ivll. N. A. !•■ .|i'9.— Sydow Myc. March. 864.— Sacc. M. Veil. 1492. 



I'critlicciii ci'dwdcd. .^lilicoiilliiciit, iit first ('(ivcrcil, cxcciit tlic 

 lilark ostiidiim, >vifli ;\ lliiii. \\\\'\W tdinciitiiiii siiid iimiH'i'scd, luit soon 

 iiioiT or k'ss cincruciit iiinl liiiiv. ovjitc or |)yfiroi')ii, dirty Ithick, osti- 

 ohiir olttiisc. sultcoincal. Asci pedii'dlati'. cyliiidriL'-tdiiViitc, p. sp. 

 100-1. :(l.\ I(i-20 //. S-sporcd. S])oi'idia sidiltiscriato. cllipsoiil, opake 

 ( whcM iiiiitiirc). 18-2") x S-10 u., with a liyaliiK! appoiidativ holow alioiit 

 twice as ioiiu' as the sporidiiiai ami tei'iaiiiateil Ity two slioi't, st'condnry 

 appciidaucs. of wliicli tlicrc i-; also one at tlic upper end of the ,<po- 

 ridiiiMi. 



( )ii cow dmiu', coMiiiioii. 



Sec. WoroiMii tliis species liiis pyvnidia and conhlia. The first 

 consist of lilolxw receptacles (perithecia), .')0-7() // diaiii.. pi<'rced 

 aliove. witli 10-12 liristles around the opening', dischartiinii the niiniite. 

 hvaliiie. i>lol)ose or ovate stylospores in the fonii of cirrhi. TIh^ 

 conidial api)aratiis consists of ahiindant, small, lljisk-sliapod hodies aris- 

 ini>' I'roiii a iiiyc(diuni, and filled with small. gloi)ose hodies which, when 

 discharged from the apical openinu-, surround themselves with a mem- 

 lii'aiie in which Hiey are visil)le as a liriu'lit central nucleus. The 

 further development of those so-called conidia is still unknown. A 

 similar growth is also found with some other species of ^So^'f/fOvVa'. 



Pod. ciii'viila, (de Bary), var. aloides, Winter, DeutschSord. p. oit. 



S/t/i,n la :ii!stin/i's, I'k. 2Sth Rep. p. "S. 

 .Soii/diiii ii/on/rs, Kckl. Syiub. Nachtr. II, p. 43. 

 Kxsico. Kckl. I'*. Rhen. 2549. 



Perithecia scattered, seuiiiininor.scd, black, globose-conical, about 

 1 nuu. high, iieai'ly smooth below, surrounded Just below the apex by 

 4-8 compact tul'ts of hairs closelv ti'lued together and foriuiiig little 

 horn-like j)rocesses, which soon curve downward so as to bear some 

 res(Miililance to the leaves of an Aloe (whence the name), Imt liiially 

 the hairs coiuixjsing the tufts separate and stand erect. Asci long-sti]t- 

 itate(p. sp. 14()x2()-28 fi Fckl.) Sporidia biseriate, ovate-oblong, 

 bece-.iiing opake.with a hyaline, sti'aight ajipendage at the lower end, 

 a!iout as long as tiie sp(jridiiiiii. Spoi'idia 34x 10 ft (Fckl.). 27-33 ri 

 long, (Peckj. 

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