sai) 



'pots. 



orcd, 



(•('11- 



PI. piistiilniiM, K. & K. .Inmii. Mycnl. IV. p. 7(i. 



I't'iitlicciii ;ii'<".:ari<iiis. iiiciiiliiiiiuiccous. oviilc-jiloliosc. !^-'l iiilii. 

 (iiiiiii.. I'iiisiiiir tli)> liiirix iiit(» siilirtmitMl inistiilcs. w illi tlir |i:i|iilliloi'iii 

 ostiohi ('r(iiii|K'iil. Asci clnviilc-cvliiHlriciil. with si >ilioilsli)iiiiih' liiisc 

 iiliont l(M)x 12 I") It., willi nliiimliiiit )iiini|ili_vs( s. S|i(»ii(li;i imiscriiitf 

 or sul»liis('i iiitc. viu) iiiu' liom ovnlt' to oldoii^', iilid ohioiiii-cllipticiil, 

 |M-1J0.\ )S-1<> ft. iit lirst pale lii(»\vii and .■J-4-.<cptat('. s-arcfly coii- 

 stiictrd. with the ends suliaciitc. soon a-" -septate and (hiiker. with the 

 ends ol>tn,<e, one or two oi' tlie cells divided liy a lon^iitudinal sc^ptnni 

 which linally runs thronjili all Imt the terminal cells, more or le.<s 

 distinctly. 



On the oxfiosed inner snrfa»'e ol'liark of Fra.)-/fnt8, Clytle. N. V. 

 (0. V. Cook). 



This is \r\-\ distinct from /V. rrlatu, Sacc. iV Honni. in V. (!. l(»;i, 

 in its much larjrer perithecia. which are not llattened.and in its mostly 

 lomrer. .'l-7-se|»tate, sporirlia. Dr. jterlese, in his nionouraph oi'/Vco.x- 

 pnni, li^iires PL Sacntnh'aii't (ol which he trives I'/. I'fluta as a syn.) 

 with 4seplate sporidia. thouu:li he says the nonnni nnmlior is throe, ns 

 we find tliem in our copy of Kiirijii (lallici. 



IM. viil^ariM, Niessl. Notiz. p. 27. 



Kxsicc. Kali. V. K. S2.(, is.|5, 3146.— I, in. FuiiRi Hiin^. 275.— M. Mnrch. 1924, 20,17, 2,S42. 

 2.S45— I'- C>nU. .S2,si. 



I'erilhecia scattere<|. covered liy the oj»idermis, de])rossed-spIieii- 

 cal. with a llattened liase. soon collapsinu', small (2r)() //). ^ialirous 

 except the sliuiitly lii)rillose liase, dark lnown, thin-coiiaceous. with a 

 papillii'orni ostiolnm. Asci clavate or clavatecylindrical. i^-spored. 

 stipitate, 80-140 x 10-15 /t. Sjtoridia uniseriate <»r hiseriate, obtusely 

 rounded at the ends, sul)ine<iuilateral, .')-se])tate and constricted at the 

 septa, more decidetlly so at the middle septum, the lour middle cells 

 divided liy a longitudinal septum, yellow. l)ecomiii<r brown. 1 ')-21 x 

 H-\i) fi. Taraphyses jointed, simple or sj»arin<rly liranched, long'cr 

 than the asci. 



On dead stems oi' Verhdsrtitu ThopnuH. Newlield, N. .1., on stems 

 of Ncjx'fit Cat(tr/'a, London, Canada, and on Potcntilla. Avtcnii.'iiii 

 and Pi'diciihiriti, (Jreenland. .'^mailer Ihronuhout than PI. Ixrhurmn. 



V\. (VisslaN K. & E. .lonrn. Mycol. II. p. 41.— Uerl. xMon. Pleosp. 

 p. lo2. 



Perithecia scatteied. \ mm. di-im.. covei-ed by the ej»iderniis Mhich 

 is raised in a jiustulilbrm manner, Imt not blackene<l over them, and 

 barely j)iereed by the papilliform ostiola. Asci stdu'ylindrical. 



