I,, vermisponim, (Ell.) 



237 

 (Plate 25) 



Lophioitoma vc>mi\f>('> urn, Kll. Hull. Torr Hot Cliili. IX, p. i>j 

 iMpln'nnema vrrmispotuni, Sncc. Syll. II, p 717. 

 Kxsicc. Kll. N A. 1-. SS5, 



V or lililori!). 



rfritliociii scattered (»r sul)^royaiious, (lojjrc.-ised-sphorica!, loO- 

 200// (liaiii., floated iinde'r the ojddciinis wliicli is pioirod hy tlio stout, 

 lilai'k, narrowly comprL'.^scd ostiola. Asci clavatc-cylindrical. 150- 

 •JODx 12-1 ') //. Sjioridia vfiiiiirorni, jai-adually tapcrint? towards tlio 

 liast'. aliout T-sejitatc and sliiilitly constricted at tlu' septii. yollowisli 

 (ir nearly hyaline, each of the; cells with 1-2 larire nuclei. 7')-S.^ x 



On old stein< of Ooiothera h/ennts. Xewlield, N. .1. 

 L. ci-eiiatum, (Seliw.) 



Sp/iiFn'a creiiala. Peis var ois/ata, Scliw. Syu. Car i;,6. 

 Lophioslnma (l.ophionema) crfnatum, Cke. Syn. 3591. 



r<'ritliecia scattered or irrejrarions. iininersed in the wood or hai-k. 

 tiiuilly more or less emergent, sulisjihaM-oid, l)Iack, minute. Ostioluin 

 compressed, very hroad, snl)erenate. 



North Carolina (Schw.) 



Coiike (1. c.) i)laces this in li.is snl),iieniis Loiihioncuni. We liavf 

 MM kiiitwlcilge of it otherwise. 



Upcricn to ha rejcctctf. 



L luseotiiietiim, E. & E. .Joiirn. Mycol. I, p. 14!». 



Tills is only the diasrnosis ol' LeptoKphivria, loscotimiioit. K. S; K.. 

 rrpcatci! Iiy mistake from the precedintr pajije. 



\i. iiiiniinum, E. & E. .lonrn. >ry('ol. IV, p. 75. 



The specimens are so poor and meaji-ei- that we aliandon tiiis 



>|iccirs. 



L. pallidiiin, E. & E. Bull. Toir. Hoi. Clul). X. p. 52. 

 See ^felanomma pallidmn. 



KAMI LY. ( IJCIRBITARIE^:. 



Slroma iiiijterlt'ctly developeil or none. I'erithecia cespitose, 

 cnniipenl-su]ierlicial, .seated on the stroma, when that is present, sonie- 

 tiuics superficial from the fii'st. Substance of the perithecia hard, 

 woddy or leathery, black or dark brown. Asci elonjrated. parajdiysate. 

 Sporidia various, mostly brown. 



