



M'l 



HI 



220 



Ast'i oltoviitc. ()'> Tjkv I;V 20 // (p. sp. 4(»-r)0.\ ]')-2(\ ft), witlioiif, piir- 

 jiphysrs. S|)(ui(liii crowded, (dlipticiil, l«!-2(t x 8-10 fi, altoiit ^-scp- 

 tiite witli ii iiiori' or less jtciUrt longitudinal scptiiin, greonisli or 

 ulivarooiiH hrowii. 



On dcforlicatcd oak limits lyin^' on tlic fironnd, and on tlic hark 

 IVom wliirli tlic cpiderniis liud rallni (»IV, Ncwlicld, N. .1., May, 18iU>. 



Teicli. iiiU'i'oloiM'lia, (B. & ('.) 



SpliiOiii miiinldiiiha, B. & C. drtv. IV. p. 144. 

 I'leosf'hin la microhimha. Slice. Syll. .W^fi. 



I'ciitliccia scattcrt'd, .-Jiipcilicial. ovale, witli a sliort neck, .sj)iin- 

 kled witii slajit seta'. .\«ci eiavate. Sporidia l)isoriate. with about 

 loar iiori/.(Hital septa and a lew oldiipie or vertical ones. 



On the inside ol'ltark of />//•/of^'y/'//•w^ South Caiolina. 



The I'oMowiii^ s|iecies. reported liy .S-hweinitz as having- iteen 

 found in this country, have not l)e<'ii met with here since his time. 



Spliarid iiotlid. Fr. S. ,M. il.p. 4")8. [Sp/i(Pri(i iihnonni»,':^v\\\\ . 

 Svii. Car. 2;»")|. — Ciowded. lti-oadly ell"us<'d, Idack. I'erithecia cylin- 

 drical, very small, shininir. with a larjic pe/.izoid ostiolnm. 



On fallen wood. Carolina. 



Sp/i(t'rt'<i ti/'(/i()-brintnc(i, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 15(53. — IVrithecia 

 scattered, dark Itrown. on dark iuown spots, ovat^', iu<iose, attenuated 

 into an indistinct ostiolum. .•^ome veiy lar«>e mixed with smaller oia.'s. 

 at len<>th often collapsinjr. At first partly covered l»y the fibers of 

 the wood, liut finally itari". 



On det'orticated posts of /^o6////V/. liethlehem, l*a. 



Spliifrta Ili/draiKicd'. Schw. Syn. N. Am. ir)(>2. — I'erithecia 

 scattered, seated on the <'pidermis. depi'ess«'d-<^lol)ose, black, at lonji'tli 

 colla))sintr. with a jieisistent. papilliforni ostiolnm. On the same limlis 

 are fctimd other perithecia. appartuitly not specifically distinct, but 

 erumpent from the inner bark, with ostiola one-third as large as the 

 perithecia themselves, the flattene(| orifice piercing the epidermis, but 

 otlieiwise entirely covered. 



Rare, on dead lindis of If^/draHfica. Bethlehem, Pa. (8chw.) 



Spliii'via (Uf(jrv(iata. ScIim'. Syn. N. Am. lofil. — Perithecia twice 

 as large as in Splxvrin frii/i,srersitfiK, densely crowded, but not con- 

 fluent, flattened-globose, rather smooth, brown-black, generally ash- 

 color around the short-cylindrical or conical, deciduous ostiolum. 



On very rotten wood, in extensive jtatches. Rare, licthleheni. Pa. 



Sphit'i'la rnconsfdnx, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 10(54. — lijirger than 



