227 



OIIMIIV one 



iii(1(mI ;i]i('X. 

 wiiy niTuss. 



ilt<'. <)1)1()IIU- 



U-l(ix.S- 



', (.•onstiicfi'il 

 L. macrostii- 



IV tlio fibers 



(il tlic liiii'k wliifli is pierced liy tlie iinrrow, sliulitly eoiii|iresse(l ostio- 

 liiiii. Asci elaviite-eyliiidrieiil, 7')-i)(> x r»-7 //, with iiluimliiiit lilifoi-in 

 )iiirii|»livses. Sporidia liiseriate. riisiCeriii. slit>-litly curved, yellowisli. 

 nucleate and iiniseptafe at first, liecoiiiiiiii' o-septate and more or less 



(•((iisti'ictcd at tlie septa. \X-'1'1 \ '.>-'M^ //. Accoiiiliained liy a Phoinn 

 with small siiii^'loltose spornles in perithecia scarcely dilVerent from the 

 asciu'erous perithecia, except in wantinii' tlie prominent ostictlnm. 



On the inner surface of loose hanjiinu' liark ol' lirajie vines. New- 

 lield, X. .1. The peiithecia are more (looi>ly buried than in L. triscp- 

 ftiftun, Vk. 



L Animllnis, (Fr.) 



S/i/io'i I 



Ai iiiiiiiii 



Fr, S. M. II, p. SKI. 



J.iiphiosl"iiia .{i iituiiiiis, Cts. M: Dc Not. Sclicina. i>. .(fi. 

 Kxsicc. Riib. Hcrli. Mycol. f))i. — Rehiii. Ascom. 692. 



Perithecia scattered or u'reii'arious, somerimes conlliieiit, at iirsi 

 iinmerscMl, finally moie or less eruiiij>eiit. but seldom sii])erlicial, spher- 

 ical, l)lacl<, solid, sulu'Uii'ose. with a rather small, thick, obtuse or sonie- 

 liiiies subacute ostiolum with an eloiiirated openinu'. Asci davate- 

 cyliiiilrical, siibstipitate, KM)-] 30 x 12-1") /i, Sporidia biseriate, fusoid. 

 mostly ciii'ved, .'{-">-septale, and sliiihtly c(»nstrieted at the sejtta, l>ro\vn. 



.)i 



xd 



On reeds and jii'asscs, South Carolina (Cke. lliidltk. p. 8')2). 

 In the foJloiriiKj xpecies thefnictip'cation is inik/ion'ii. 



I. Tluipsi. (S<hw.) 



Splufiia T/m/'.w, Schw Syii. N. Am. 1607. 

 I^iphioslomn Thtipsi, Cke. Syii. 3714. 



I'eritliecia globose-conical, not smooth, flattened at the base and 

 innate t»r suliiinmersed, scattered on black s]iots, on jiarts of the stem 

 from which the woolly covering has fallen olV. at first only the ostiolum 

 criimpent, finally also the perithecium itself. Ostioliini thick, conical, 

 compressed, less than half as high as the breadth of the perithecium, 

 lit length deliiscent. 



("<imnion on decaying mullein stalks around IJethlehem, Pa. 



li. variiibile, (Schw.) 



Sfi/iifiiti rill ia/'i/ii, Schw. Syii. N. .-Xin. 160S 

 /.op/ii'ds/diiiii fill ill l>i/r. Ckf. Syti. 37i,s 



Perithecia elliptical, llattened, rugulose. generally seated on a 

 black spot caused by the c(mtents of the perithecia oozing out, almost 

 •always covered by the libers of the stem, which are raised in a pustuli- 

 Ibini manner over it, only the compressed, very variable ostiolum, 



