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Itroad, suiToundod l)v ii <i'ro('iiisli-l thick line wliioli poiictratos (1(m>])1\ . 

 tlif surfsK't' also hfinji; of a iiiiifonu slaty-hlack. IV'ritliccia scattered, 

 siilifrlolioso, J-| linn, diaiii., entirely Imried except tlie convex-discoid, 

 erinnpent ostiola. Asci cylindrical, about 1 10 x 8-10 //, with stout 

 Imt evanescent parajihyses. Spoi-idia uniseriate, ol»h>n<r-cylindrical. 

 rounded at the ends, slijrhtly curve<l, iinisejitate, hyaline at tirst, l)e- 

 <Mtniinj? l)ro\vn, 18-22x4^-*)^ //. 



On dead culms of AiulropoyoH miwivatiii*. St. Martinsville. La. 

 (liaiif;:lois). 



D. oiipula. (Ell.) (Plate 28) 



Sfiliifiia ( iifiiilii, VM. Am. Nat. March, iRS_^. p. .^17, Bull. Torr. not. Club. X. p. yi>. 

 nidymosphiriiii cupula, Sncc. Syll. 6112 aii<l 6.sS6, Cke. Syii. 42,^4. 

 Kxsicc. Ell. N. A. F. i.«S. 



Peritln'cia scattered, nieniliranaceous. altout \ mm. diani., convex- 

 heiiiis])lierical when fresh, collajised when dry, l)uried, except the 

 papilliform ostiohnn, in the i)areiichyiiia of the leaf, and covered l»y 

 the l)iackcned, slijrhtly raised c]»idermis. Asci snbcylindrical, 75x7 /i. 

 Sporidia uniseriate elliptical, Itrown, uniseptate, SS\-\\\yi\\-^^\ fi. 

 tSplnt'iia (lipIoHjun'ti. Cke., has the saiiie fruit. Itiit the perithecia 

 do not collapse. 



On dry oak leaves (Q. rocvinea) still hanjiiiifi' on the limits, New- 

 fieltl, N. .F. What seems to be the .sinic has also Iteen found on 

 Phytolufva and Dexinoilium. 



I). Oaiiothi. (Cke. & Hai-k.) 



Sp/itrriii I'l-tiiiii/Jii, Cke. & Hark. Crev. XIII, p. ui. 

 J)id\mi>spliinia I'lannlhi. Sacc. Syll. 05S7. ami Cke. Syn. 42,\i. 



Perithecia scatterecl. covered. flatteiied-<«loltosc, Itlack, with a short. 

 ])apilliforni ostioliim. Asci am|)le, chivate, ^-spoi-ed. Sjtoridia olli]»- 

 tical, nnisej»t4ite, constricted in the middle, dark linnvn, 3o x 1.') n- 



On twigs of Ceatiof/ins. California (Ilarkness). 



I), sarm^iitl. (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphin ia sainuiili, Cke. iS: Hark. Crev. XIII. p. iq. 

 J>idymi>spliiriiii stii meii/i. SiJcc. Syll. <i,s74 ami Cke. Syn. 42,^1. 



Perithecia scattered, covered, siilt<ilol>o.>ie. itlack, smooth, at iennth 

 flattened. Osti<tluni sluirt, piincliibrm. Asci cylindric-clavato. Sp(t- 

 ridia ellijttical. uniseptate, not constricted, lirown, 12x0 ii. 



On "Canary \'in(>." Califctrnia (Ilarkness). 



I), pliyllo^eiia. Wliiter. .lourn. Mycol. I, p. 121. 



Perithecia on a round or sultaimular. determinate l-m-, n s]«tt 



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