870 



On Icjivcs ol' LijcopoOiuni unnotimnii iiiul L. tSt-fitf/o. Mt. Miiicv, 

 New Vorlv. 



L l.vco|i»iliicola. (I'k.) .'istli licp. p. lo,'). 



/,i/)ti»/i/itrnit lycdpiiitiiiolii, Sncc. Syll. 6()9<i, 

 ll,-t>tameiui lyfipmiiicolii, Ckc. Syii. 492S. 



IV'iitlM'ciii siiiiill ( I'J')-1 ■)(► /^), spliiiMoid or ollipticiil, ('niiii)»t'iil. 

 Iihick. Asci siiltcvliiMliiciil, lu'ui'ly sessile, f)')-?") x 7-10 //. Sporidiii 

 <)liluii<f <)!• sulil'iisilnriii. sli«rlitl_v coloreil, ;{-r)-s('|)tiite, 'JO-2') x4J-r> /<. 



On (lead |MMlinieles of Li/coixuliinii vhtvatuiii, Adiroiidiiek Mts.. 

 New York. 



The peritlieein lire nssoeinted with a niinutelv tufted Chnht 

 Kjinfiitiii, Some ol' tlieni are laterally compressed. Tlie sporidin are 

 niueli narrower than in L. Crcpini and L. Mure yen nix. 



\i. Crepiiii, (West). 



Spliinia Offiitii, West, in Hull, dt- In Hoc. (It botnii. <le Belg. II, tub. VII. 

 /.ffi/dsp/itnia I'irpiiii, I)c Not. Niiov. Keel. I'ireii. Itnl. \i. lo. 

 Kx.iicc. Knb. I'. V,. 4,(4.— Thiim. M. I'. 354- 



I'eritlieeia mostly hypopliyllous. uicffarions, hnriod, covered ItV 

 the e|»iderniis, uloitose or siilxlepiessed, hi-oadly perforated al)ove, 

 lilack, 100-1 ')0 n diam. Asci cylindi'ical or elongatod-snltclavate. 

 sessile, JSspoied, 70-7") x 13-14 /e. Sjioridia 'J- or partly 3-scriate. 

 olilonff, olituse, sli<ihtly < irved, 3-.septate, yellowish, 20-2G x 7-10 //. 

 i*ara|)hyses iiliforni. 



On spikes of Li/eopod'Hiii aiinothium, Mt. Marcy. N. Y. (Peck), 

 liialiko. A-c, in (Jreenland (Hostrnp). 



L poliiHs, Safe. Syll. 11, j.. 83, (Splueria No. 8, Th. Fries in 

 lledw. 1881, p. 5!)). 



Perithecia small, immersed, black. Asci cylindric-cla ite, with 

 iilnnidant branching paraphyses, 4-spored. Sporidia uniseriato, oblong, 

 obtuse, 3-septate, somewhat coustrictod at the septa, e.s])ecially the 

 middle one, cells 1-2-iiucleate, obscurely clouded, 28-32x0-10 //. 



On the lichen Ithhoetn-puni (jeographievm, fJreonland. 



r METASPH.*:RIA, Sacc. Syll. 11, p. isr,. 



We have reluctantly accejtted this as a genus distinct from Zr^/o* 

 xphivriu, from which it dilVers only in its permanently hyaline spo- 

 lidia. Practically it makes little diftercnce whether these hyaline- 

 S}K)red species are recognized under a separate generic name, or 

 considered a section or subgenus of Leptonpha'rki. In eithei' case 



