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 ii 





I'dflit'i' iilirii|illv ntiitiiii It'll lit till- liiisc, T'»-S(> \ \{)-\'l II. |iiiiM|ilivs!iti'. 

 S|i()riiliii lii.-ciiiili'. nli|oii'j-c||i|iiifiil. .'»-h'|iIiiI<'. y<'lliiw-lii<»\vii. run- 

 strictcfl lit llic iiiiiMli' s('|iliiiii, slinlilly ciipvcil. <iiic or linili ihc inner 

 cells (livi(le<| liy n |iiniiitinliii;il -e|ilnni. Tlie iinillinin iiccinni' llnnllv 

 sli^litlv collaiiseil iilMi\e. 



On ilend stems u\' ('ussii/, willi Liptiisitliifrln riisslirrnln. Ildiis- 

 lun. 'I'exiis ( IJini'nel i. 



IM. harcata. Kll. I'.nll. T..ir. I!ut. Clnl.. X. |.. .'..J. 



I'ei itiieciii seiitteietl. sulu ulicnliii'. Iieconiinii' liiire !\nil sniH'ilieiiil 

 Ity the rallinii' iiwiiy ol the < iitiele. (Ie|iressei|-t;|(tliuse, sti'iin^lv |iii|iilli 

 iorni, tliieknieMiliriiniicenus. Iilnek. ."idO-.'iOO a tliiini., IVinueil iiiiinnil 

 the liiise with spi'einlinir niyceliiini. Asei TiVsA (e.\ee|ilitHi;illy I 1 h\ 

 'JO 'lA ir. |i:irii|»liyses iiitumlnnt. (•on'aliitiinite. S|Miri(li;i iiinrijiniilely 

 liiseriale. olilon^' «ii- uMitc-nlilunii', nl lirst l»-.<e|»liite with ii lonuitudiniil 

 septum IK loss one or two lells, iiml cuiistrieted iit the septa, when 

 nmliire .Vseptnte. -JO-.Kt i mostly liO-'i't) x 10-14 /<. with 1-.'! imperlt'ct, 

 lonuitmlinal septa. 



On (U'inl stems u\' ('irslnin. ,-p.. (tall, 



I5erlese (moiiouiaph. p. 11*')) makes this ii synonym of /'/. jur- 

 iiinnilii. eke.. Iiiit it is a miieli nuirser species liesides the fact (not at 

 lirst iKttieed) that the miitiire sporiilia liecoiiie 't-septate. 



IM. uiii'ea, Ell. Uiill. T.)rr. l5ot. Cliil.. X. p. :^•^. 



(I'late 2.S) 



Perithecia <jrrc,tiarioiis. siilieiiticiilar, \'^\ 'I'M n iliam.. me'iiln'ii- 

 naceoiis and collapsinu' when dry, of coarse, cellular stnictnrc , sur- 

 rounded at liase with a fringe of Itrown, sept4it<', hranchiiiL;'. mycelial 

 hyplia- (as in PL jivniiuiiihi] plainly visiMe through tlw transparent 

 cuticle. Asci broad, olitu.se, mostly ineipiilateral or curved, ovate- 

 oliIoiiLi'. 7')-l 14 .\ 2") '/. with a verv short stipe. Paraplivses stout, 

 rather ionirer than the a.sci, i^uttulate, alxait 2 // thick. Sporiilia 

 iiionlinate or siil»l»iseriate. ovate-elliptical, -"2-2') x 12-14 /<, and alioiit 

 10 or 1 1 n thick, iiolden yellow, iK-comimr dark Itrown. 



On ih'ad lierltac(>ous stems, Pleasant Valley. I'tali (S. .1. Ifark- 

 no.ss). 



Berle.se (moinmraph. p. !!>.")) puts this, too. as a synonym of J*l. 

 pemiKnda. Cke.. the spece sent him liein<i' tliat species instead of 

 PI. inii'ci/. the two lieinii' hardlv ilistinuuishalile outwardly except that 

 /-'/. jicrniuiiilii has rather larucr perithecia. I'lider the microscope the 

 two are readily distinLiuislieil, PI. aureit liavinjr 4-septate sjioridia. 



Tlio lucasureiuents of these two species in tlio Torr. IJull. ajtpear 



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