IlllOIlt 



(lark 



141 



lirowii. 1S0-2I0 X o-fi n. Asci ohloiitr, nlioiit 4Sx \'l [i. S-s|ioro(l, «ul»- 

 sessile. Sporitiiii liiscriiitcoliovatc, miiscptiitc, IivitliiH". 12-13x4-4^ //. 

 On liviiiii' leaves iA' (^m-rcus hiiwifolia. Floiitia (^lartiii). 



V. ei'ysiplieoidfs, E. & K. .Jiuirii. Myeol. Ill, i». lis. 



I'eiitliei'ia <^r.>ii'n lions, Idack, uloltose, aliunt KM) n diam., Inoadly 

 iterloialcil alMtve, lieset with seattcriiiii'. riiiid. Mack, ((aifinnons hiis- 

 tlj..; 4(»-7() x ,")-(> n. Asci (tl)lonji'. sessile, witliont |iaia]ili\ ses, 40-4.") .\ 

 7-S n. Siioiidia ernwded. I'nsilorni, livaline. sliulitlv cnrveil. .l-(i- 

 nucleate, aliont "JO x '1\ a. This (lilVers Irom V. (/riniif'/ifcoht, Winter, 

 ii! its smaller iierilliecia (S()-110/<) with shorter, lateral bristles, ami 

 ill its narrower sporidia (---I ft). The niimher of liristles on a jieri- 

 llieciiMii is u'enerally not ovei- ten or twelve and they stand ont lioii- 

 zontallv or nearly so. remindinji' one ol some of the I'Jrifsiphctv. 



On dead cnlnis or slieaths \)\' Piniiniin (Jitrf/'si/, Louisiana ( lianii- 

 lois). 



V. Barlmla, (B. \ Bi.) 



Sfilitriiit /niihiilii, H >S: Hr. Ann. N Hist. No. S70, tub. 10, (\^. 20. 

 I'fiiliititi Iliiihiihi, B. & Hr. Cke. Hiullik. No. 27S4. 

 l-;.\sicc. KlIuh .A.sc. ao.i, Kll. N. A. F. 792 Ivar. Jo/iicolii). 



I'erithecia snlicespitose, li'loiiose, collajisiiijr, ratlier thickly clothed 

 with short |2.")-;{.") x4 /<). straitihl spines. Asci cylindrical. (iOxli//. 

 with scanty paraphyses. Sporidia nniseriate, Iiyaline, nniseptate. S-l(» 

 x4i /'. olten surrounde<l l»y a thin, uclatinous zone. 



On liark ol' pine trees. Knaland and (Jerniany. 



Xiw. fhh'/'rnfii (X. A. F. 1. c.) on dead leaves oi' J^i/nis rlt/ithi. 

 still attached to the Itranches. in a CalhMi tree top, at Xewtield. \. ,1.. 

 ditlers Irom the type in its foliicolons jijrowth, scattered |iei'ithecia and 

 narrower sp(»ridia (S-l()x.'{-4 jt. 



The typical foiin. on Itark, has not yet (as i'ar as we know) lieen 

 I'oiind ill this country. 



V. ciiu'liiiiatn, (Fr.) 



Sphiriiii (iiti hinti/ti. Fr. S. M. II, p. .151. 



/ fiifiii ill ihi, iiniii/,1, Fr. Suiniiia Vcr. Sc. p. .jo.s. 



I'erithecia amphiu'enous, siiperlicial, solitary, Idack, very small, 

 conic-cylindrical, smooth, ostioliiiii hardly visible, crowiiod with a tiil't 

 of erect lilack hairs about as loni>- a.s the diameter of the |ieritlieciiiin. 

 .<oiiietinies the peritheciuin is also siiiToiiiided by hairs at the base. 

 On the upper surface of the leaves, the j)eritliecia are less perfect and 

 nearly globose. 



