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rcritlicciii scnttcrcfl uv snlijiicjiiii'iiMis. sunk in flic siilistniicc nl 

 the Iciif w itii tlic iiiipillirorih ostioliiiii ci'iiiiiiicnt. ^loliosc or siili('lli|i- 

 ticiil, ItliH'k, witli liriiiicluMl, ciccpiiiu' invcclinl iIiicmIs iirniind tlic Imsr. 

 2(H»-2/iO tt (iiiiin. Asei clavntc, siil»stipitnt('. S-s|i(»ic(|. 7'>-H() x S-!) //. 

 w itii tililoi'ui |i!ii'ii|)liys('s. Sjioridiit I'lisoid, siil)iii(M|uiliit('nil mid ul'tcii 

 sli<rlitly t'lii'vcd. o-scptatc tlic second cell IVoiii tlic upjier one thicker 

 than tlic otliei'9, lioncv-yellow, 1 *.)-22 x 4- ') /i. 



On cnhwti ol' I'/ira(/inifes, Iowa (Artliar). on AiHirojtogoii itniti- 

 nifiis, Louisiana (Lanulois), on culms of sonic jjrass, liOiig" Island, N. Y. 

 (Zaliriskic). 



L Nanll, (Fr.) 



Sph(riia .Wiidi, Vr. S. M. II. \>. 520. 

 /.efilos/thtrria Xaiili, Ct-s. Sc I)e Not. Schi-mn, p. (12. 

 Pleos/iiiia .Viiiiii, Hckl. Syiiib. p. 1,57. 

 Kx.sicc. Knl). lUib. Myc. fi.|o.— Fckl. I". Kli. Sjs. 



I'crilliecia scattered, luiri'd, finally enini|ieiit. uloliosc. Mack, flat 

 and pcrlorated aliovc, ITt'-liH) // diani. Asci cylindrical, siiliattcnii- 

 atcd lu'low, sessile, S-spored, TO-SO x 1()J-12 //, with tiiif'orin pai'ajjli- 

 yscs. Sporidia l>iseriatc, Insoid, snliine(|uilatcral or slijihtly curved. 

 i"»-sc]»tutc. the third cell mostly a little swollen, yellow, 23-25x4-") // 



On ^^anliiK fftrirto, Nan<jrtalik, (Jrecniand. 



L. lieloiiia>folia, ((\ & E.) 



Sfihinia lielimi<efolia, C. & K. Grev. VII, p. i6. 

 l^ptosplitnia hehmurfolia, Sacc. Syll. 3102. 



This is a stylosporous funjius {Ifender»on!(i) and not ascificrous. 

 sporules 1-2-seittate, brown, 20 x 8 /<. 



L. Ruiisselikiia, (Desni.) 



SphiTtia kuiisieliiiiiii, Desm. XVII, Not. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Itl. Ser. torn, ii, p 



35.S. 

 I^ptospha-iiti Koiissf/iana. I)e Not. Schema, p. 23fi, 

 Kxsicc. Rab. F. E. 204R.— Desm. l»l. Crypt. E<1. I, 20H2.— id. E<i. 2<1, 17S2. 



Perithecia minute, scattered or subapinoxiniatcd, ulohoso. ^ mm. 

 diam., immersed, covered l)y the Itlackeneil cuticle, irray inside. Osti- 

 olum crumpent, j)unctiform. Asci elongated, subelavate. 8(t-UH> /t 

 long. Sporidia sulifusiibrm. 20-25 // long, ends olituse, straight or 

 curved, olivaceous, 4-5-septatc. 



On leaves of Colpodinm Jatifolivni, (ii'cenland. 

 *** Sporhlia C)-\2-sepfafe. 



L. 8poi'«boli. Ell. & Gahv. .Tourn. Mycol. \, p. fiG. 



Perithecia scattered, eruin])cnt-su)terficial. subhemisjilierical, gla- 



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