IS!) 



flli|)ti(!il, l-ccllt'd, ii|>|H'!iriiiji' ((liscinvly ;5-s(')tliil(', livjiliiic. I2-l.'»x»»| 



iln. 



On (li'iid stems ol' Ifinintliis liijtiihis, Carlisc. N. ^ . (I'<'ck). 



'I'Ik' |M'rillii'ciii li;i\(' w iliill. s(|iiiiliil, iiii|M>Iisli('<| (ir siilis<'iil»i'«»iis 



!l|l|l<'ill-illH'C. 



Z. siilivestita. (K. & K.) 



Sp/iirii,! siihiixtitii. Iv iN: Iv Joiirii. Myiol. II. p, loci. 

 /igiiiifHa siibTi-slilit . SiK'c. Syll. 7.)i).s. 



I'ci'itlicciii scsitcil on tlic Itiirc woml or on tlir liiiik, witli the liiis<> 

 Slink in tlic niiiti'ix, oviitc-conicnl. I(»")-'J")() // dinin.. \ nini. or more 

 lii^Ii. Iiliifk. roiiuli, t'.\c('|if tlic smooth, sulisliiniiii;', sliorl-c\ lindriciil or 

 siiliroiiiciil, liroiidly jicrl'oiiitctl, siilitriincntc ostioliiin. Asci rlavjitc- 

 cvlinilritiil. ')().\ ('» 7 //, witli lililbrm iiiinipliyscs iiml a slctidcr, stipitiilc 

 liasc. Spoiidia liisit'orm, yellow isli-livalim', slijilitly curved. .'}-se|itate 

 and constricted slitriitly at tlie middle se|;tiim, I 'J -1") x U .'{//. crowded - 

 liisciiate. The sporidia are iimcli the same as in CI i/ixoKp/idiid llvn- 

 (icrfioiiiif, Kill., except in haviiiti' the ends sliulilly curved, hut in that 

 species, the perithecia are depresse(|, siiiicuticiilar and siiltastoiiioiis. 

 Zit/iiocfhf rait/rii. (Kckl.). has iiinch lai'ii'er sporidia (2Sx4 //). 



On iiv\ , hleacheil root ?( if Varciniiiiii, Ne\vli(dtl. N. .1, 



FAMIIiY. CKRATOSTOME.f]. 



Stroma none. I'erithecia sniieilicial, or at first immersed and 

 linally erimipent. with an awl-shaped or at least morc! or less elons^ated 

 ostioliim. Texture thin-memliraii.iceoiis. or sonietimes subcoriaceous. 

 Asci mostly very evanescent, with the iiieinlirane tliickiMied at the apex. 

 I'arapliyses ji-eiierally present. 



The most olivious character of this family is the elonjxated (suliii- 

 late, cylindrical or conical) ostioliim. It is distiii<>uisli(;d from tin; 

 (inoinoiiietv i»y the superlicial or erumpoiit ]»eritliocia, and the presence 

 ol j)arai»liysos. 



Ceiatostoiiia, Fr. 01 is. II. p. 340. 



Perithecia more or loss sujierficial, with a distinct, aiwJ j^enorally, 

 sti'on<>ly dovelojx'd lieak; sulistance firm, coriaceous or carbonaceous. 

 Sjjoiidia ovate, ohloiiff ())• ellijitical, brown, continuoua. 



('. brevirosti'e, (Fr.) 



SplKcria hifviiosliis, Vr. S. M. II, p. 47.). and Curr. r.inii. Trans. X.\II. p. 322. 



tab. 58, fig. 68. 

 Ceialostoma, btevhuilte. Sacc. Syll. 775. 



