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Pciitliccia liypopliylloiis, <iro<iaiion8, t'lUiiijK'iil, <>iolioso, picrcoil 

 aliovc, lilack. 75--l(H) /i diaiu. Asci olavate-vylindiical, very i^liort- 

 stipitatc, souietiiues oltli(iuoly iiiilatod below. 42-51 x 8-9 /t. Sporidia 

 altout fi in an aseus. imperfectly hisoriate, fiisoid or rod-shaped, sejjtate 

 in the middle, not e()nsti'iet<.Ml, straight oi- slightly enrved, hyaline. 

 17-24 X 3-4 ft (.seldom ;J /i thick). 



On leaves oi SihbuUJiu procinnheus, Greenland. 



S. oothet'ii, Sace. Mich. II, p. 1(50. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, snl)greg:arious, innate-ernmpent, depressed 

 conoid-gloliose, hlack, thick-memltranaceous, 100 n diam. Asci tlnck- 

 (iliovate. 40x28 /i, rounded at the apex, short-apiculate-stipitate, 

 h-spored. without jtaraphyses. Sporidia 2-3-seriatc, oltlong, unisefi- 

 tate, very slightly constricted, 15-1 G x 0-7 /i, sul»ol)tuse at the ends, 

 hyaline. 



On loaves of Dryax iutegrifblki, Disco, A:c., CJreenland, 



S. iiielanopliica, (Uesm.) 



Sphatta nielaiioptaca, Uesm. XX, Not. lo 

 Sp\(£teUa niclanoplaca, Awcl. M. Kur. Pyr. j). 13. fi;r. loS*. 

 Exsicc. Desm. PI. Crypt, lid. i. 2097. 



Perithecia ejtijjhyllous, more rarely am]tliigeMous. very minute, 

 numerous, iMnate-sultpromiiient. lilack, su'nsliining. jjid'ced aliove, 50- 

 SO n diam.. with a whitish nuch'us, gregarious, on large, sooty-lilack 

 spots. Asci siiort-cylindrical, 40-42 X 8 //. without parai)hysos. .'^po- 

 lidia 3-4seriate, lanceolate-fusoid, obtuse at the enils, unisepUite, hya- 

 line, 22 X 3 a. 



On leaves of AlchemiUa ufphta, Kobbefiord, (Jreenland (asci 48- 

 52 X 13-15 a, sporidia 18-22x4-0 ft). 



S. Iiiipatientis, F. & ('. 30th Hop. p. 67. 



Perithecia abundant, minute, black. Asci sulicylindrical. Spo- 

 ridia crowded, oblong or lanceolate, uniseittitte, usually (luadrinucleate. 

 12 /i long. 



On living leaves of [mpatien^fulva, Adirondack Mts., N. V. 



S. plilogina, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. IV, p. 65. 



Perithecia scattered, orumpont-suporficial, conic-hemispherical, 

 about 165 /i diam., epiphyllous. Asci ovato-oblong, 65-75x20- 

 22 //. Paraphyses none. Sporidia chivate-oblong, uniseptate and 

 slightly constricted at the septum, rounded at the ends, yellowish-hya- 

 line, with several small nuclei, 20-30 x 7-9 fi. Allied to S. Stella- 



