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380 



they will he scpinatcil IVoiii the ltr«»\vii-s|»oi(Ml s|K'ci('p, so tliiit it scoiiis 

 more nMivoiiicnt t«» uivc tliciii n Hcjianite ficnoric iiiiinc. It may he 

 noted that <|iiit<' a iiiiiiiIm'I' oI' tiic species <iro\v on limits, wood or liark 

 of trees or slirnlts. 



A. Oti dlrotylt'tiiioua plants. 

 * Spoi'idiii 3- ( rtircli/ 4-j septate. 



M. sepiiicola, 'Fr.) 



SpiKDui ifphicola. I-'r. S. M. II, p. 4i)S. 

 .\/i/ii.\p/icri in iipiiKo/ii, Slice. Siyll. ,5433. 

 Kxsicc. Ckc. I". Hrit. 1st Ser. nii. — Hckl. F. Kli. 21)26.— Roiim. !•". ('.. .sSs. 



(!re<'ai'ioiis. IVritlieeia covered, j^lohose, snlirnjiose, white with- 

 in, with a central nnelens, jiierc<'d with a simple ostiolum. Asci slen- 

 der-eliivate. Spoiidia hiseriate, lusirorm, hyaline, 3-se|»tate, 10 /i lontf, 

 (Berk.), 20x8// (Fckl.). 



On Spirwti opulifolid, Mountains of Nr'w Voi'k (Hork. in (ir<'V.). 



The s|»ec. in Cke. F. I>rit. is steiilo, and in Honni. F. (Jail, tiiere 

 is (»nly some stylosporons linmns, so that we can only <i'ive the pnli- 

 lisheil diaj^nosis, which we have taken Irom Cooke's IJaiidliook. 'I'he 

 species seems not to lie well understood. 



Jl. semen, «". & P.) 



S/i/un ill (Caiilicolir) >.emeii, C. & P. 29th Rep. N. Y. State Mils. p. 65. 

 Mflasplueiiit sruit'u, Sacc. Syll. M^- 

 l'iilosf>liir>iii sfmeii, Cke. Syii. 2996. 



I'erithecia .<oon i'ree. i>!ol)ose, clustered, pierced at the apex, i)Iaek. 

 Asci ciavate or cylindrical. Sporidia hisoriato, lanceolate, stiaiirlit or 

 curved, 3-septate, dtieply constricted in the middle, hyaline, 30-35 // 

 long. 



On fallen petioles ol' Pi/rus A/nen'vana, New Vork State (Peck). 



M. nibida, E. & E. Proc Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. Jnly, 1890, ]>. 237. 



Peritliecia jire.ii'arious, glohose, minute {\ mm.), sunk in tlie surfaeo 

 of the wood with their apices and ohtusely-eonic ostiola projecting'. 

 On carefully shaving oil" the ostiola, the ujtpor part of the perithecium 

 is seen to l»e Idled with eainose, liright llesh-rc<l material which is also 

 often visilile through the Inoadly perforated ostiola. The lower part 

 of the peritliecia is white inside. Asci clavate-cylindi'ical, T')-80 /t 

 long (l>. sp. al»out40x 12 //). Paraj»liy.>ies altuudant, longer than the 

 asci. Sporidia crowded-i)iseriate, oltlong-fusoid, slightly curved, 3-sep- 

 tate, the next to the upper cell swolltMi. hyaline, 20-22 x3i-4J //. 

 The upper part of the peritliecia seems to Ite covered (as in (Jlypeo- 



