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iisi'i. I{(»strii|i. ill liis (ircciiltind Fiiii^n, i('|k»iIs 6'. Lnzu/o', Ckc, mi 

 Litzuhi rotif'Ks(t, luit ^ivt'S IK) iiiciisiirciiiciits. 



S. S<'li'|H liinisti'iH, A\v(I. Myc lliii'. IVr. p. IH, i]^. 73. 



IN>rillic't'iii scattcrcil, sunk in tlic sin liicc of the leal", cnrlionncco- 

 coriaccoiis, sonicwliat lirittlc, <l('|trcssc'(l-s|»li('rical. |»it'rc(!il aiiovc, lilack. 

 I'lO-lS))// iliiini. Asc'i cliivatc-nliloiiu, MftcniiMtcd into a sliort stipe 

 lii'low, x-siKMcil, "i.V-dS X 14 It, f'pniidia '{-sciiatc, cloimatctl-riisdid. 

 • ilttiisc at the ends, slightly curved, iiiiiseptate, not constricted, Iiyalino. 

 24-27x4-:)//. 



On Kich'piis rf/',sy)//r>,s^/,s, Siikkeitoppeii, (Greenland. 



S. Wicliiiiiaiia, Sclirlit. Nord. I'ilzo, p. 12. 



I'eritliecia <>r(',uarioiis. innate, very small, splucroid, nO-fi') // 

 diain., uial>roiis, texture loosely aieolate, ostioliini olisolete. Asci lew. 

 iiparajiliysate. ovoid, 22-2(! x 14-l(i /i. sessile, S-spored. .*«poriilia 

 congloliate, fiisoid, ll-KJx."{-3J ft, liyaline, uniseptate, not constriete<l. 



On leaves ol" various species of Cfirox, and on Eriophorinn nn- 

 guntifoliain and Alopeotnis (ilpiniis, (Jreenland. 



S. imsllla, A\v(l. 1. c. p. 17, lig. 115. 



Kxsicc. Rill). 1". Kur. 2440.— Thiim. M. U. I35,s. 



IVritlieciii epijiliylloiis, sunk in the surface of the leaf, thickly 

 scattei'ed, spheiical, pierced aWove, lilack, ')0-7(> // diani. Asci ovate- 

 ol)loii;>', sessile, S-sjiorcd, 40 x 12-14 /i. Sjioridia 3-4-seriate, oltlon<>'- 

 fiisoid, somewhat thickened aliove, ends obtuse, nearly straiuht. coii- 

 sirictod at the septum, with 4-5 oil jiloluiles, hyaline. 22-24 x 3-4 /<. 



On various S])ecies of Cypei'iicetn and Grauuitra', viz., Kohresia 

 rarichiu, Corcx (several species), I^^cstnca riihni, Phhiiiii (ilphnan. 

 Alopeciirns afpinus and Nardus stricftiH, (Jreenlaiid. 



S. leptopleiira, I)e Not. Reel. Pyr. Comm. II, jt. 488. 



Peritliecia grejrarious, often seriate between the iiei-ves of the 

 sheath, meuiliranaceous, thin, black, broadly jierforated aliove, about 

 200 fi diaui., covered by the epidermis through which they are so 

 plaiidy visible as to appear entirely bare, not strongly prominent, and 

 more or les.s coUajtsing. Asci cylindi-ical, subsessile, 45-50 x (5 //, 

 without para]»hy8es. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-cylindrical, t^traight or 

 slightly curved, about 15 x2^-3 /x. 



On Secdie cevealc (sheaths of the leaves), Alabama (Atkinson). 



There can not be much doubt that this is the species named, 

 thcmgh we have no specimen for comparison. No septa could be seen 

 in the sporidia but the specc. were not i'ully mature. 



