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210 



X .')')-()() It, Itut tlicy were iimiiatiirc. OccnsionaHy a pcacFi fn't is iirM 

 \vitli,oii wliicli ill! tlir |)oritli('('ia produce S-s|)(»i('(l asci, Itut in this case 

 (lie sporidia arc suiallor. ;$»>-')() x 18-20 /^. Tliero arc ^vucrally l)iit 

 two of tlie larii'ci' spoi'idia in an asciis, 



('. <'alli('ar|>a, (Chit.) 



S/>/it/-ii(! cii/Ziiiii/Ki. Ciirr. I.iiin. Trniis. XXII. p. ,;2i- tab. 5S fig. 62. 

 C'iiiyii.Kponi itilliiayfKi, Kckl. Syiiib. p. ifi,;. 



Pcritlicria scattered. Itroadiy adnatc at Itasc, |-1 iiiiii. diani., car 

 hoiiaccoiis. I>rittlc. dull Mack, witli a prominent, ohtiiso, tiiltercnlit'orin- 

 conical nstiolinn. wliicli is finally decidnons, leavinjr the perithcciMin 

 liroadly jierforatcd ahovc. Asci hroad-clavate. pai'aphysate. abniit 

 200 X .")() // (210~2()0 X GO-TO ft, Winter). Sporidia sultliiseriato. Iiroad- 

 liisoid, with ends mostly curved in opfM»site directions, suldiyaline, "•") 

 85x20-2.') /i, ^-'j-scptate at first, finally hroad-elliptical, with the enil« 

 narrowly pointed, l»rown. nearly opake, 100-112 x40-")0 n. 



On bark of decayinu' Phitmnis. Lont!,- Island, N, Y. (Zal)riskie> 

 and on dead liirch limits, IFull, Canada (Macoini). 



The younn- sporidia are mostly distinctly constricti'd at the mid- 

 dle scptinn. Itnt when mature, they arc scarcely constricted, and the 

 coloi- liecomcs so dark that the se]ita can hardly Ite seen. 'I'he asci in 

 the spccc. examined did not seem well develojtecl, and it is ]troltalt|(> 

 that the measurements jiiven l»y Dr. Winter are none too lariie. 



('. Laiigloisii, E. & E. Jiturn. Mycol. IV, ]t. "!>. 



Perithecia fireuarious, nearly superficial, tiieir bases slijihtly sunk 

 in the matrix, depressed-conical, large (nearly 1 nmi. across), dull Ithick, 

 with a distinct papillifoiin ostiolum. Asci liroad-oltlong (tr narntw- 

 eliijttical, sultsessile, 120-140x40-4") //, 8-sporc(l, with abundant fili- 

 form paraphyses. Sjioridia crowded in the asci, somewhat almond- 

 shaped or acutely elli}ttical, unise))t;ite and slit>htly constricted at the 

 soi)tum, ends obtusely i)ointcd, yellowish-hyaline at first, soon dark 

 brown, 35-45 x l<)-20 // and 3-sejttate, 



(Jn old canes oi' At' utuh'wiria, Louisiana (Langlois). 



The tw(t ad<litional septa (one near each end of the sporidiunij 

 do not apftear at first. 



OHLERIA, Fckl. (Plate 23) 



Syiiib, p. 163. 



Perithecia adnate-superlicial, carbonaceous, subglobose. papillate, 

 ostiolum soon ))eil'orated. Often seated on a thin sti'oma or on the 

 blackened aurfacc; of the wctod. Asci elongated, stijiitate, 8-spored, 



