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"Minute, covcrcil Ity tlie ciifick'. Ostiola [dojcctintr, pnpillifoi-iii. 

 Asci linoar, Sporidiii liisoi*!, iian-ow, at k'ii<!:tli uiiit^cptiito.'' 

 On stsilks nfsioiiio hcrlmcroiis plant, Virginian Mountains. 



D. conibiilliens. (B. & ('.) 



Sfifierria combiilliriis, H. & C. (Jrcv. IV', p. 147. 

 Didynulla comhiillicHs, Sacc. Syll. 2192, Ckc. Syii. 4421. 



"Scattorofl, covcrcMl l»y the cnticlo, with the exception of the 

 minute ostioluni. Sporidia uniseiiate, olijonj:-, rinisept^itc.'' 

 On stems of ArnixliMina, (South Carolina)? 



1). jiineiiia, (B. & Rav.) 



Sphatia juncina, B. & Rav. Grev. IV', p. 145. 

 Jiidymella juncina, Sncc. SyU. 21S4, Ckc. Syii. 441,-?. 



"Forming little difJeolored patelies vvliieh are studded with \\w 

 ostiola. Sporidia ol)loi)g, uniseptute, constricted slightly at the sejitum." 

 On Juncus, South Carolina. 





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FAMILY. GNOMOXIEyE. 



Peiitheeia as in the Sph(rr('Uo}(lp((>, l>ut vvitli a eylindricnl oi- 

 subulate ostioluni. Asci mostly without |)araphysos. Sporidia oblong, 

 fusoid or lilifoi-m. continuous or uniseptato, hyaline. 



GNOMONIA, Ces. & De Not. 



Schema Sfer. p. 57, Sacc. Syll. I, p. 561. 



Perithecia covered or erum]»ent, submembi-anaccoiis, glabrous, 

 generally separate. Ostiolum more or less olongjited, cylindrical, eisn- 

 tral or lateral. Asci mostly a])araphysate, 4-8-spored, often perforated 

 at the apex. Sporidia oblong, elliptical or fusoid, continuous or uni- 

 septato, hyaline. Fungi minute, foliicolous or more rarely caulicolous. 



A. Sporidia continuous, oblong or fusoid (Gnotnoniella). 

 G. ciirvicolla, (Pk.) 



SphcEiia lurvicolla, Pk. 31st ftep. p. 50. 

 Cinomniiiella ciirvicolla, Sacc. Syll. 1584. 

 Gnomonia curvico/la, Cke. Syti. 3856. 



Perithecia small, 7.)-100 /i diam., scattered or 2-3 eonfluently 

 crowded, erumpent, at length naked, hemispherical, black. Ostiola 

 sulicylindrical, slightly curved. Asci oblong. Sporidia crowded or 

 l)iseriate, colorless, l.')-23 x7| /i. 



On decaying stems of Polygonum articulatwn, Center, N. Y. 



