1!)4 



{'. hysti'iclna. (ke. 



C'eia/oi/oma /lys/i iti'iti. Cke. (Vn-v. XI, p. lyi;. 

 t'd(i/)is/i>iii,//a /lyi/riiiiiii, Saic. Syll. .SW.S, Ckc. Syii. ,^766. 



" I'criflicci!) gi'Ciiiiiious, sfiniiiiiiiieiscd, at l('ii<>tli ciiicr^ont iiiid 

 siilifn|K'rliciiil. ilark lnowii. tnincntosc, liciikcd. Ostiola cvliinlrical, 

 siil»ll('.\ii()iis. Asci (yliiidrical. Sporidia ('lli|»tic-laiic('olato. Iiyaliii(>. 

 \{\-\H\[) /t. 



On l>ark (il Finis. Aiken. So. Carolina. 



'I'lic spcfinicns distrilmtcd under this name in Kav. V. Am. (574. 

 and Kll. A- K\ ilit. N. A. V.. 2d Ser.. -2341), do not auio»> at all with the 

 aliov(> i|iioted description. Ikmiiiz' a species of Vaha. with niiiiiite 

 sporidia. 



('. spina, (St'liw.) 



S[ili,riia .'■piiui, Scliw. Syii. Car. No. 1,S4. 



i'iiiili»liii>Hi sfiiihi, Sclnv. ill Ciiiiki's Synopsis, ^"^iM. 



S/>li:FK»iinir /■'laiiiii, Vk. in 2i)th Rep. p. 71, and in K11. N. A. K. 737. 



Spliuidiiiafiliiiim I'taxini. Sacc. Syll. Ill, p. ,syS. 



Ateordinn' to specimens in II(mI». Scliw., these are all the .same 

 tiling'. Sp/nt'ro(/r(ip/iiiu/i tipiiui. (Scliw.) 



CERATOSTOMELLA. Sacc. 



Miiiieliii I, p. 370. 



Characters the same as in CcrntnstoiiKi. only sporidia hyaline. 

 ('. Mali, E. & E. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1. c. 



Perithecia scattered, nienilnanaceous, <ilol»ose, 4(H) // diam.. Iiarely 

 n)vered l»y the i»ark wliicli is slijilitly raised altove them and pierced 

 l>y the short-cylindrical, ol>tnse, l')Ox To /i ((stioliiin, with a rather large 

 round openinu- at its apex. Asci clavate, snl»truiicate aiiove and nar- 

 "•owed ji'iadually to the acute lia.se, alioiit 40 x 5 //, 8-spored. Paraph- 

 yses none. Sporidia liiseriate, ol»long-cylindrieal, scarcely curved, 

 faintly 2-nucleate, fi-8 x 1 \ it. r)iners from C. (fispersa, Karst. in its 

 rather smaller, straiiiht, liald ostiolum. 



On the inner surface of loose, han<^ing iiark of partly dead apple 

 trees, Newlield, N. .1. 



v.. iiyssH>(>ola, (B. & ( .) 



Sfiluriia nyiS(rii>la. B. & C. (Irev. IV, p. 14,?. 

 i'eiatiistomella Hvssircola , Sacc. Syll. 1564. 



IV'ritheeia semiimmoi-sed, sul)jilol)oso, with an abrupt and at leiin'th 

 eiouf^ated neck. Sporidia elliptical or shortly cymldform, 7-8 // lon<r. 

 On NysKii in IVnnsylvania. 



