239 



(\ fonslobhta, (Fr.) 



Splum'a cniitzlnhata, Vr. S. M. II, p, 41 1 



CiiciirHtaria ronglohala, Ces. & De Not. Schema, p. 2i,(, 



I'critlR'fiii (.'ospitosc, orMiii|i('iit, siilitilolioso, with a ]in])illilbi-tii 

 (istioliiiii. Asci cyliiulrical, stipifato, S-sporcd, 130-1 ;')') x 14-18 //. 

 Sporidia uiiiscriatc, at first 3-,«('ptafo, tlicii r)-7-soptato aii<l l(jnj>itii<li- 

 iially divided, slijilitlyconstrii'tcd at tlio sopta, In-own, 24-30 x 11-1 2 /<. 

 Stvlosporoii* i'oc('pta(,'l('.< mixed with tlie peritheci-i. Stylospoi-es spi- 

 rally lieut, 2-3 X I ft. 



Oiihiirh liiiilis. Itiviiek, Greenland, on Coryliis, Peiina. (t^chw.) 



r. Kelseyi, E. & E. Vvw. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., July, 181)0. p. 240. 



]^'^itlu'eia laij^e, (^-1 iiiiii.), rouuli. std)j;l()l»ose, reaulai'ly inuiide(| 

 aliove, with a pa)»illiH)riii ostiolmii, lnirstiiiir throusih cracks in tin- 

 liark in elon<iat('d tults, crowded and sultconllucnt, connected l»elow 

 liy a scanty <rrayisli-l»lack stionia. Asci cylindrical 170-100x15- 

 20 //. contracted below into a shoit, stiite-liko base. I'araphyses iili- 

 loini, altiniilant. S|)oridia uniseriate. oblonii-elliptical, straw-yellow, 

 licconiinii' dark lti"(twn, contracted in the middle, with three jn-incipid 

 septa and several fainter ones (7-9 in all), nnu'ifbrm, 2 ')-30 x 14-1(1 //, 

 f'nds at lii'st obtusely ]»oint(Ml, finally roundcnl. The three main trans- 

 verse septa are the only distinct and decid(Ml ones, the others, lioth 

 transverse and lonsiitudinal, beinu' more or less indistinct and inter- 

 !'iipte(l. 



On Pliilddclphiis Lewisii ' Helena. Montana. 



Tills is with dillicnlty distinguished from C. Ticrhcridix, (J ray. 

 ;uid niiulit perhaps Itetter be considered a var. of that species, from 

 wliitli it .<eems to difVer in its broader sporidia. The asci<rerous peri- 

 ihccia were accompanied l)y others inclining- more to ovate, with a 

 short, conic-cylindrical ostiolum, and filled with very minute (lJ-2 ,\ 

 \ It) sporules. 



r. Fiaxini. E. & E. 1. c (Plat«» 2(5) 



Teritliecia jiloliose, rouuh. black (white inside), | nun. diam.. 

 Ilattcned above, with a papilliibrm ostiolum, seateil on the ,-;urface ol 

 tlie innei' i>ark in compact clusters of about S-12, and surrounded bv 

 the ruptured epidermis. Asci cylindrical, p. sp. altout l")()x 12-15 c?. 

 uitli a short. sti|»e-like Itase and surrounded by numerous paraphvses. 

 ."^poriilia uniseriate or sul)l»i,-<eriate, ovateoblonji', constricted in the 

 iiiidtile. 5-r»-se]ttate and mniifbrm. yellowish-brown, 25-.3()x 10-14 n, 



( bi baik of ilea<l F rdxhniK. [,ondon. ('ana<la (Dearness). 



