293 



Oil (lead stems oi' Snifhtj;. NcwfieM, N. J. 



S. Tassifiim, l)e Not. Sfor. Ital. j). 87, tab. XCVIII. 



ICxsicc. Rchm Asc. 295? 



IVritliec'ia scattorod or jiTeirarious, either Itarely covered Iiy tlie 

 epidermis, oi- sunk in tlie ])areneliymn, more or l(,'ss emer<>ent. splueroid, 

 often suliconical with a small opeiiinfi-, black, Gl^-laO ri diam. Asci 

 sessile or very short-pedicellate, obliquely ovoid-oblona', ine(|uilateral. 

 40-80 xlS-2r) ft, 8-spored. Sporidia inordinate, crowded, ovate-ob- 

 ioiiii', niiist'ptate n(>ar the middle, scarcely constricted at the septum, 

 hyaline or iii-eeinsh-hyaline, 17-2(! x ")-!) //, 



On leaves and culms of various species of Gramineii' and Cy- 

 pemccdi; Liiziiid. Curcx, Af/rojtf/niiii, Af/ro.sfj'n, A/ni, Tviwtuni. 

 Pod, Gh/ren'd, CdhtDXKji'OstiH ttc. in Greenland (Rostrup), and on 

 leaves of Tifphit hitifoUa, in Delaware. 



S. miiiimii>|niiirta, €ke. .lourn. JJot. 1883. 



Ivxsicc. Kav. I'". Am. 6Si. 



Scattei-ed or a^gre^ated. Perithecia punetiform, emergent, black. 

 125-140 // diam. Asci davate, short-stipitatc. S])oridia narrow- 

 elliptical, continuous, hyaline, 8 x 3 //. 



On stems ol' (jUkUoIuh, South Carolina. 



On the s])ecinieiis in our copy of Kav. F. Am. are a Diphxlla. 

 perithecia 130-1 aO /i diam., sporules 18-20 x 8-10 /^ and i\ P/io/mi 

 with smaller (110 «) perithecia, and sporules 18-20x3—4 /i, but no 

 ascigerous fungus. 



S. sei'iiilata, E. & E. Journ. Mycol, III, p. 45. 



Perithecia minute, covered by the cuticle, which is Idackened 

 over them, rather j)rominent, with an acute, i)apilliform ostiolum, 

 mostly collected in groujis of 6-1 2 or arranged in a seriate manner. 

 Asci oblongdanceolate, 35 x 7-8 //. Sporidia biscriate, oblong-fusoid, 

 2-nuclcate, hyaline, 6-8x2^ /i, ends rather obtuse. Differs from 

 S. sabalhjena, E. & E., in its smaller, grouped perithecia and in its 

 smaller, ol)scurely septate sporidia. 



On dead stems of Sabal serruluta, Florida (Calkins). 



S. Tvphae, (Lasch.) 



Sfihania Typha, Lasch, in Rab. Herb. Mycol. Ed. I, No. 660. 

 Sphccrdla TypheB, Awd. Myc. Eur. Pyr. p. 18, fig. no. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 906.— Ell- & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1678, (forma minor). 



Perithecia amphigenous, sunk in the parenchyma of the leaf, 

 crowded and often connate in dense, sublanceolate, convex groiips ^-1 



