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tlic iipiRT iiitcrtiuilcs, ('oviTcd hy the cpiilcriiiis, iiiimiti' ((lO-MO «,. 

 |»('rlbnit('(l iiltovc. Asi'i ohoviUe or ulKivntc-ciiiioato, scssilo, iipai- 

 iiphysate, H-sfRnrd. 'J.')-4tt \ l.V-'JO ft. Spmidia ciowdod in 2-3 scries 

 »'lnvat('-nl)loii<r, uiiisoptatc, scarct'ly constricted, rounded at tlie ends 

 1 2- 10x3-3 J ft. 



On Siilf'cofniii, Connecticut (Tliaxter). 



Tiie pcritliecia ar(.' snraller tlian stated in Sacc. Syll., and the 

 sjioridia larj>er, aizreein^ i)etter witli *S Pcrnriauii, -*'peg.. wldeli 

 liowevcr, can Iiardly lie nioi-e than a var. ol'N. Sdlicni'iiiic. 



S. Fyrola*. Rostr. Funui (Jroenl. [). aol. 



I'erithecia aniphiucnoiis, snl)prouiinenl, hemispherical, on hirue. 

 sulizonate, r;(hlish spots, which sometimes cover the wiiole leaf. Asci 

 lylindi'io-ciavate, ")()-()() X S-IO ^i. Spoi'i lia olilonii:-('usoi(i. I')x4 it. 



On livinu' leaves ol' Pi/rohi (jrundijint'o, Kitenltenk, Greenland. 



S. incoiispiciin, Scliroet. Noid. I'ilze, p. 12. 



Peritheoia splueroid. slijilitly jirominenl, dark riifescent, fiO-iM) // 

 diani. Asci cylindric-elliptical, 4))-")() x 13-H) //. Sjioi-idia l»iseriate. 

 ovato-clavulate, 10-1!) X ')-oJ /i, unise]»tate in tlie middle, n[»per cell 

 liroadcr, lower attenuated downwai'ds, hyaline. 



On leaves and flower stalks of Cai^vope tvtnKjrrna anil Loiscl- 

 I'liria pi'ocumbens, Greenland. 



S. Astnij^ali, (Currey). 



Splunia .■iitiagali. Curr. in I.iiin. Trans. XXII, No -xfn. 

 SpliicrcUa Astragali. Cke. in Jonrn. Bot. 1SS3. 



Pei'ithccia scattered, nienibranacoons, covered, jrloliose. dark 

 hrown, minute, here and there irrt'jriirious. Asci clavate. Sporidia 

 <u bin si form, unisei)tate, hyaline, 15-18x4 //. 



On stems o'i Axtratjnhix, Arctic America. 



S. eriopliila, Niessl. Xene Kernp. [». 86. 



Perithecia scattered, erumpent, minnte, sul»,<rlohoso, black, shininy 

 in diiliised light bright chestnut color, coriaceous, with a j)aj)illifbi'm 

 ostiolum. Asci obovate or ovoid-oblong, sessile, 74-83 x 30-45 ft. 

 ><-,sporcd. Sporidia irregularly 3-seriate or crowded, o])long-cuneate. 

 a little attenuated bcdow, straight, septate in the middle and slightly 

 constricted, with a greenish tint, 20-30 x 8-1) //. 



On Erifjeron coniponitns, Greenland. 



S. confinis, Karst. Fungi Spetsb. et IJeer. Kil. coll. [>. lOG. et Myc. 

 Fenn. II, p. 17!). 



Perithecia amphigenoiis, covereil by the epidermis, then pi-otulte- 



