241 



,iivcl(t)i(' ill liivt. )i(r(Miiiiiu' (i-or inoic-sciitati' iiiid yollctw. stn»ii^'Iy 

 .(iiistriftod in the middle. 35-40 x la //. upper lialf lirondcsl. 



(Ml variou.-J ^iiiocios lA' Crafn-r/iis. nniuiid Hcthlrlit'iii. Pa. (Scliwci- 

 nit/). 



'I'lic inca^iireiiu'iilh <»t' tlir asci and s|i<nidia were taken fioni the 

 -peciiucn in Herl>. Schw. C. Cratd'tji. N'iessl. seems to lie dilVerent 



riipjii tiiis. 



C. Shephndla', (E. & E.) 



Cmrreya S/ifphirdur . K. ft V,. Proc Acad. Nat Sci I'Viil July. isyi'. P ^4'^ 



I'eritliei'ia 4-G tojj:etiiei'. eonncctcd at tiie has*- liy a loose, lirown 

 -lidiiia. ovate, whitish inside, eoveit'd at fii-st. their short, olitu.se 

 ■ istinhi s(»on ruptiirinu the epidermis and revealinii' the clustei's of 

 lirnwiiisii-lilaek peritlieeia. Asei elavate-eylindrical. lOO-l 1(1 .\ 1.") « 

 with oliseure pai'aphyses. .'^poridia S in an aseiis. uniseriate. ohnvate 

 ;{-.'')-septate and murirorm. sliuhtly constiietod in the middle, yellow. 

 IK -J-^.x 10-12 n. 



On ilead linilis oi S/i<j)l«'rif/o aif/i/iftn, \ alley of" the Teton. 

 Northern Mont4ina (AndtMvon. r)39|. 



(". ('(iiifliiens, Phnvr. {i\v\: \' . p. 74. 



I'eritheeia at tii"st immersed, l)ecomin<r prominent, eonieal. fii- 

 i|iii'iitly ('(jnlinent. covered liy a vei-y line. Iilack down, connected liy 

 Mil iiicoiispicuons stroma. Sporidia lir«twn. murilorm, constrictecl in 

 the middle, alxuit 30 x 12 //. 



On oak liark. Sierra Nevada Mt.>.. Calilornia. 



('. (orenia'. E.& E. iinli. T(nr. liot. Cluli. X, p. sy. 



Kxsicc. Kll. N. A F I1S9. 



i'ei'ithocia scattereil, at lii"st suiicnticular. I»nt linally llirowinir oil 

 the epidermis, ovate, Itlack. rou<rh. 260-o;»0 // diam.. with hroadly pa- 

 pillil'orm. obtusely cftnical ostiola. Asei cylindiical. loOxl ")/.«. Spo- 

 riiliii uniseriate and oliliipie or partly lii.seriate. elliptical or oidonu- 

 oiliptical. yellow at lirst. liecomina (h'ep luown. aliout 7-.<eptate. with 

 !i tew lonjudtudinal septa, mostly eoustricted in the middle. 20-25 x 7 



(•11 IfudKoiiid tome/itom, Xowtield. N. .1. 



The host was at first taken to lie Con-tmi Conriidii. hence the 

 >|M'i'ilic name. 



('. iiiiihilicnta, Ell. linll. Torr. Hot. (lull. X. p. 53. 



Kxsicc. Kll. S Rvrlit N. A K 21I St-r ih>) 



I'erithocia scattered or sulia,tiiiret>ated. depres-;ed-liemispherical. 

 31 



