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scptiitc. si'jii'ccly (•(iiisli'ictcd. piilc l)r(t\vii. 'I'l \ //. 

 On l*}i(U'iii'nnii. ('iililoiiiiii ( lliirkiicssi. 



L lollinilatii. K. vV K. I'roc I'hil. Anid. July. IS'.M). |.. -i;}:. 



Oil [talc wliitc. elliptic-ill spots li— Ixl-IA iiiiii. I'ciitlicciii liiir- 

 icil ill the .•'iihstiiiicc ol' tlic Iciil' with tlicir iipiccs sliulitly pruiiiiiiciit. 

 few on ii spot ( l-(>). sniiill (!(• T") // iliiiin. Asci cliiviiti'-cyliinlriciil. 

 •V) X 10-12 /i. Sporidiii liiscriiitc, ohloiiii' or (•l!iviit('-ol)l()ii<i'. 2-s('ptiit(' 

 mimI sliiiJitly constrit'tcil \\\ tlic scptii. 12-1 '» x 15 //. ycllowisli-ltrown, 

 cmls olttnsf. DilTcrs IVoin the other species on Carc.r in it-; distinct 

 spots iind sniiiller sporidia. 



On \i",\\{'^ u\' (Un-ex folliciihitd. liondoii, ('iiiiiidii ( |)e!iiiiess). 



L roi'alloi'liizie. I*k. .>Mth Hep. p. 10.'). 



I'ei'itheciii scattered, siilicnticniiir. 112-12') // diiiiii. pierced above, 

 raisinu' the opidei-iiiis in a papillirorin niaiiiiei' so that the stem is 

 sliii'jitly I'onjihened. Asci al»iiiidaiil. oldoiiLi-cylindncal. 7 ")-l^t> x 1") //. 

 paraphysate. S](oridia ltis('riate, I'lisoid. curved, siildiyalinc. iincleate. 

 then iiiiise])tate. Iiecoininir r5-se])tate and coiistricte(| at the middle sep- 

 tum, 24-27 x4- *) //. 



On dead stems ol' Cofn/lor/t/Mi, Ciwoixw. N. V. (I'eck). London, 

 ('anada ( Deariiess). 



'i'lie diaunosis is di'auii Iroiii the Canada specimens, which were 

 not fully mature. Imt there seems no doiiht that they re|»reseiit the 

 species (Icsci'IIkmI hy Peck. 



** Sporidia i^)-n('ptiifc'. 

 L. iiicarcerhta, (B. & (!.) 



Splumia hicatcfuita, li. iSi C. (Irev. IV. p. 152. 

 [.i't>lmplur< ia incamrata, Sacc. Syll. 3174. 

 /Iit>laiiiriiit I'licciio-ni/d. Cke. Syii. 4968. 



Perithecia under a little clouded spock of the cuticle opening hy 

 a little lon<»itudinal fissure. Sporidia torulose. straijiht, o-septate. 



50 ft loiiu'. 



On SjHirfiiKi, South Carolina. 



This cannot ditVer much from L. (tlhopunrfafa (West). 



L Stramiiiis, Cke. & Haik. Crev. XIV. p. 10. 



Culmicolous. Perithecia scattered or sul)<i,regarious on dark-col- 

 ored, eiVused spots, erumpiMit, Mack, convex, perforated. Asci cyliii- 

 dric-t'lavate, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, .Vsoptato. slightly con- 



