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Oil low (liiiiu', Ni'w York Stiitc (I'cck). Iowa (Hdlway). 



In till- Iowa spociiiiiMis, tlic iiciitliecia arc oviitc-cohical, about, 

 1 nun. Iii.uli aiitl i iiiiii. l)ida(l. the lioiii-likc tiilts (»!' Iiair around the 

 vfi'tox iiuuici-ous. slioit ami cirrt. Asc'Mp. r^|».) 1 1;"-14(> x 1 ')-'J(> //, 

 Spondia clliittical. 'I'l-'ll x l'J-14 /i. mostly l.iscriatc ahovc. 



Pod. ampliicoi'iiis, (Kll.) 



Spliiriiii aiiip/iiioi Ill's, Kll. Hull. Torr. Hot. \'i)l. VI, ]>. loy. 

 Splnnia r.rimia. I'k. 2Sth Kcp. X. V. State Mns. p. 7><.* 



I'critlifcia siiin'i-lifial, (•(M-iacco-iiiciiiliraiiaccoiis. ovate or (»vato- 

 coiiical. .',-.=1 mill. Iii.iili iiud aliout I as iinitli l>road. sjiariiiuly clotlicd 

 with straiiilit. sproadiiii!'. Ill-own. scjitatt' liaiis .")0-l(H) // loiii>-. Ostio- 

 liiiii l)road-i»a]iillitorm. Uwv and lilack. As( i vciitrii-osc-rlavato, attcii- 

 uatod aliovc. |iarapli\sat('. 14(»-l(U»x "J.')-;).") //. Sporidia crowdcd-lii- 

 scriato. cvlimlrical. liyaliiic and iiiiolcatc at first, witli a slender ajipen- 

 dau'e at eacli end almiit as Ioiil;- as tlie sporidiinn. linally acutely elli]i- 

 tical and o)iakc. with the terminal ajipeiidap' aliont '20 x.") n. rounded 

 ami ol>tiise at the end. and the lowei- one of aliout ihe same lenu'tli or 

 a trifle narrower, with a transver,-e septum aliont 12 // from the end of 

 the sjioridium. Kaeli of these appendaues. at a certain stage of u'rowth, 

 has a .slender, liyaline. thread-like proloimation .several times lonacr 

 than the thicker, lia.<al appendaLic, lait this slcmh r prolonuation soon 

 disa|)pears. 



On raltliits diinti'. New .Jersey, and New ^'ork. 



DilVcrs I'rom S. nirvitJa, de Hary. in its sparsely scattered, not 

 fasciculate hairs, and the dilVerent chai'acter of the appeiida<f(>s of the 

 sporidia. which res<'mlile more those of I*, fiiiu'.scda, (Vs. iV De Not. 

 from wliicli oiir species may lie dislinuuished liy its smaller, and less 

 densely hairy jterithecia. 



Pod. Hmisedii, (re.s. A: Dp \»t.) 



Siiidai III ,/iiiitiCi/a, Ccs. iS; Dc Not. Schulll.T, p. 5J. 

 /\>il(ispi»a fniiiiiila, Ccs. in Riili. llcrl). Mycol, 259, find in Hedw. I. c. 

 /'(iiiiiipiii II Jiiiiisii/ii . Winter I'il/e, p. 170. 

 Ciritiplioia fimiifila, I'ckl. Synib. p. 244. 

 Ex.sicc. I'ckl. K. Kll. 20,^.— Rab. Herb. Mycol. 259.— Rtimi Asc. 23s. 



J'eritli(.'cia scattered or collected in small liroups, erumpent-super- 

 ficial. ovate-uloliose. attenuated altove into a more or less distinct neck, 

 dark l>r(»wii, thickly clothed all over with dark brown, slnu't, septiito 

 hrtir.s, l-l| mill, liiuh. Asci cylindrical, with a loiiii, stipedike base, 

 somewhat attenuated above, about I mm. loiiii', ji. sp. 3r)0-400 x 45- 



*The 2StIi Report in which I'eck'.s Splueria e.xiniia was published is dated Jan. 1S7S, but 

 was not jfiveii to the public until after S/i/nn ni niii/i/iiini iiis was published in the Torr Hull. 

 in Sept. ih7(i. 



