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I'Cu- 

 itlv 



Oil Aquileghi JoiichH. Belt Mts.. Moutiuia (Anderson). 

 PitVors from *S'. puvhijascd, Rest., wliitli is aI.«o found in Montanii 

 on Phlox ('(mpito»(i, piincijinlly in its liroadi'r sporidia. 



S. (Eiiotlieiw, E. & E. .lonin. Mvcol. 1. p. l.)l. (Plate 27) 



Kxsicc. Kll. & Kvrlit. N. A. V. 2d Ser. 16S1. 



Poritliofia crnuipcnt. lR'niis|)lioric'al. DO-lOO /z diani., broadly p(M'- 

 Ibrati'd ahove, densely jrrc<iarious and mostly in Itroad strips or scric? 

 on the valves of tiie eapsul(!.'^. Asci ol)lon^^ sli^'litly narrower al)ovo 

 and aliruptly eontraeted Iielow into a short, stipe-liko base. Sjioridia 

 Idseriate, varial)l(' Ironi oidonij' or ovate-oldong. 10-15. \3 n and 

 iineleate. to oblonu-fusilbrni. slialitly curved, faintly unisejttate and 

 10-20 .\3-3| //. The smaller ones are apparently innnature, bein<r 

 without sei»t)i. 



On old capsule* of Uilnotheva hivnnh, Newficld, \. J. 



S. fuscata, Eil. Hull. Torr. iJot. Club, VIII, p. 125. 



Peritheeia nnnute, densely crowded, fonnini; elonj^atcd, dark 

 colored patches lJ-2 cm. or more long, and aitont half as wide. Asci 

 <»bovate, 40-50 xl5-lS //. Sj)ori(lia inordinate, oblong, unisei)tate, 

 mostly nai-rowei- at (jne end, hyaline, 1 5-16 x 4-5 //. Peritheeia ovate- 

 conical, rough, subcuticular, but finally throwing ofl" the epidermis and 

 blackening the matrix. 



On dead herbaceous st<?nis, Utah (S. J. Harkness). 



S. Sarrat'cnia', (Seliw.) 



Spherria Sarracenia; Schw. Syn. N. Am. 175/. 

 St>h(Cidla Sarracenitr, Sacc. Syll. 1041. 



Peritheeia scattered, depressed-hemispherical, bi-ownish-black. 

 cDvercd by the l)lackened crtticle, pierced above, about 100 // diam. 

 Asci clavatc, 35-40x0-8 /i, without paraphyses. Sporidia biscriate. 

 fusoid-oblong, yellowish-hyaline, about 10x3 /i, 3-4-nncleatc. 



On s])ecies of Sarracenki, Carolina, on Sarracenia purpurea. 

 Northern U. S. and Canada. 



S. ciliita, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, ],. 231. 



Thickly gi-cgarious. Peritheeia subglobose, 150 /r. diam., covered 

 l»y the cuticle, but not sunk in the matrix, ostiolum papilliform. Asei 

 clavatc-cylindrical, 40x7 /i. Sporidia Itiseriate. clavate-oblong. hya- 

 line. unisei)tatc and constricted, 10-12 x 3 /i. 



On dead stems of Steironeuui rih'atnm, London, Canada (Dear- 

 ness). 



