2o5 

 W. iniiiiitissimn, «'nMiaii). 



S/'/t<riia miiiHtiMimii. Cruiitiii. Fiiiisl. p. j,v 

 H'atlrdlliiellii minulhsiimt, Sacc. Syll. \-(n. 



IVritlu'ciii sii|it'iliL'iiil or iiciii-ly so. (l('|ir(>sscil-^Iol»os('. stroiijily 

 Ii:i|iilliitt', liliick. sciiltr-icfl, lOO-l")*) // diaiii. As-ri c) limlriciil. p. sp. 

 • I'l— |(i x iij //. Sporiiliii iiiiiscii.'itc (cml to einl). oliloiiuM-lliptifiil. 

 Iiyiiliiic. '.\\-A X '11 ft. I'iiriipliyscri oliseuro. 



On iliy cow duiiii', NcwUcUl, X. .1. 



\V. macilnita. (Cke.) 



Cuciiihilaria macilfiila, Cke. drev. VII. p. 4. 



ll'iilliolliiilUi macilcntii, Sacc. Syll. 175^. 



'I'lilts vciy .<iiiiill. cruinpcnt. i'critlicci!! liliii-k. papilliilo. «iil»sliiii- 

 iiiu, coliiip.-iiiii.i' wIicimIit. A.-i('i cyliiHliical. Sporidia iiiii.-iL'iiatc. cllip- 

 lical. attciiiiatcil at oacli cml, liiiiuclcatc, 1 '> x (1 n- 



()ii Ahloi and Lihorednis, (Jaliloniia. 



\\. sqiialidiila. (('. «l I*.) 



S/^/iii-i i\i sijiiithdiila, C. S: 1". Jylli Rep. N. Y. Slnte Mus. p. (>i. 

 tl'athiilliiiihi >i/ii,i/iili4/,i, Slice. Syll. 17V/ 



IV'i'illiccia irrcirariou."*, •"•lolHt.sc, scniiiiucrscd, pierced at tlie ajiex. 

 iiImiui oOO It diain.. lilack. Asci cvliiidrieal. Sporidia iiiiiseriate. 

 elliptical, simple, liiiiuclcatc. liyaliiic. l'J-17 ti loiiir. 



On dccayin.ir diestmit wood, New York. 



\V. consociiita, (Kll. & Hark.) 



S/>/i<ni\i loiiioiiala. V,\\ Ik. Ilnrk, Hull. Torr. Hot. CIuJ). VIII, p. 5J. 



I'critlieeia scattered, criinipciit-supcrliciul, depresseddiciuisplieri- 

 cal, almnt '200 n diaiii., with a short, nippledikc, Mack ostioltnn. Asci 

 siilicyliiidiical. mostly curved at least when youiiir, attenuated aliove. 

 alioiit 40 x") //, sessile, or iieaily so. Sporidia sultlii.-;criate, oldoiisr- 

 i'u.'^oid, unci olate. slinlitly curvecl, ()-,S x 1 i /i, yellowish-hyaline. 



On loliaiic tA' Set/iiot'a (//(jantcn, California. 



We have diawn these characters from a reexaniinatioii of the oriu- 

 iiial spccc. and find the sporidia shorter than stated in the oriji'iiial 

 ijcscriptioii. in some specc. paraphyses were .seen, but they wore v(»ry 

 rare and verv c\ aneseent. 



FAMILY. SI»H.t:RELLOII)E.*:. 



I'(>rithecia mcnd»ranaceous, small, mostly jierlorated with a simple 

 poic at the apex, withotit any distinct ostiolum, at lirst covered liy the 

 ei)idermis, linally more or less eninipent or even :«iiperlicial. Asci 

 iiiostlv Ih.sciculate. I'araphvses waiitinu- or oltseiiro. 



