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A. Chi ii'(t(}(1 1/ illcoti/htlituoiiH ithnits. 



V. piilcliHla, (". & I'. 'J.lili l{<'|.. N. V. Sti.tr Mils. p. !(»(;. 



rcritlicciii iiiiiiiitc. Iiviinplivlluiis. ••i(»\v(I<m|. 1.")-4(> to^Ktlicr in 

 siiiiill ( I J-'JJ iimi.). orliiciiliir or siil)!iiiiiiiliir piitdics. and cldtlit'd with 

 slioit, sliMii, s|mi('-liki' Itristlcs 'J( i-4( > x 4-.') ii. Asci cyliinliiciil. or 

 <'liiviit('-cyliii(liii'iil. (i(t.\ 7 //. witli iinpcili'ctly (Icvclopcd imiJipliyscs. 

 S|M»i'i(liii uiiisciiiitc. iiids('|»tiit('. ycllowisli, 7-9 x I > //. 



On liviiiii- U'iw ('<<}{' Cffsm/nh-f/ rahjciildtd, Now .Jersey toCiinada. 

 V. oi'liiciila, (Scliw.) 



Spliirtia <i>/ntii/a. Schw. Syii. N. Am. N'o. i7S<j. 

 rrntiiiiii iiihintht. C. iS: 1'. J.stli Kip. N. Y. Slnte Miis. p. ics. 

 Kxsicc. Tlimii. M. r. S5S — Rali. Wiiittr l'. li. 3143.— Kav. tar. IV, 64.— KU. N. A. K. 700. 

 I-:il. iS: ICvrlil. X. A. K. 1W7. 



I'ei'it.lieeia uiiniite, nloliose. su]ieifieial. clothed witli lilack. per- 

 sistent, spreadinu liaiis. eolleeted ill oiliiciiiar ui'()ii|is 3-(i nun. diain. 

 Tlie pei'itlieeia are ol'ten nioieerowded ardund tlie niarji'iii ol" the <i'roiips, 

 so as t(» lonii a narrow, Idaek cireiiiiiscriliiiiji' line. Asci short, sult- 

 clavate. Sporidia oMoii^', nnisei»tate, the cells often nneiiual, l()x"2- 

 '11 11. Often sterile. 



On U'iives of various sjK'cios of oak, New Jersey and Now York, 

 west to Kansas. 



A Var. occurs on fallen loaves ui' QncrcHK comy/m, witli the peri- 

 tliocia irreiiularly scattered (var. Kparsa K. A- H.) 



V. ditiklia, (Fr.) 



St>luFria dittiilia, Fr. S. M. II, p. 515. 

 I'l'imiciihiiia tlitiiilia. Kr. Suiiiiiia. Veg. Sc. p. 420. 

 I'liiliiiiii iiiiicii/iiiis, I'k. 2Stli Rep. p. Si, id. 30th Rep. p. 77. 

 I'lnliDia dilin/ia. Karst. Myc. Ktiiti. II, p. iSS. 

 S'/i/uri la i/i/n't/ia, l''ckl. Syiiili. p. 100. 

 Kxsicc. Fckl. H. Rli. sfe.— Rchiii .\sc. 597, 792.— Tlium. F. Austr. 247.— id. M. V 350. 

 Kr^r. F. Sax. 232.— Syilow. M. March. 9S2. 



Pcritliecia very small, eiaergent, mostly hyjtojihyllons, sii]»j>-re- 

 li'arioiis, seated on .uray. indeterminate, confluent spots, dejiressed- 

 shjia'roid, Idack, with a iiaiiilliforin ostioliim and a fow (4-10), sjiread- 

 ing, continuous. Mack. Itristle like hairs. Asci with a very short stijio. 

 oldong-c-ylindrical, ;}r)-45x 10-12 u, S-.spored, with oltscuro paraphyses. 

 S])oridia hiseriate. ovate-oldong, uni.sejitate, greenish-hyaline, 12-1(5 x 

 5-() /i, low(M' coll narrower. 



On fallen birch loaves. Now York (Pock). 

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