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Pofitlicciii soiiicwiiat sciiKcrcd, covci'ctl. ul(tli«»st', lilack. siiltpKuiii 

 nciit, piipilliitc, iilidiit 'IW /t (liiiin. Asci claviitc. iouikUmI aliovi'. 

 pdnipliysatc, alioiit 7(>xr2-14 ft. Spoiidia Itiscriatc, hiiiccolatc, cii- 

 (Idrliioino "j-partcd, liyaliiio, narrower liclow, 22-2") x 4 />. (l{')-40x !) /«. 

 Cke.), ('onsti'ict('(l at the septa. 



On Lo/i/rcnt ami Soliifaf/o. Newlield. N. .1. 



M. I'iniiilni'uiii, (('ke.) 



S/</iiriiti liiiiiilai iini, Cke, ('■rev. VI. p. \.\ty. 

 Melaiplhriiii • iiniilanim, Sni'C. Syll. iS'ii, Cke. Syii. l.vx). 



Peiitliecia mvered, globose, crowded in slioit lines, eovered iiy 

 the loii^itndinallv lissured cuticle. Asci clavate, S|M)ridia I'lisoid. 

 hyaline, o-septatc, constricted, nucleate. 4()-.")() x •')-(> //. 



On reeds {ArniKllinwia), (iainesville, Fia. 



"The ))eritliecia are collected in little, eloniiated clusters, the 

 cuticle ci-acked aliove them in parallel lines. i»ut the osti(tla do iiol 

 penetrate." 



M. biac'liytlit'ca, (B. & C.) 



Spliifiia hiaihytheta, 11. ft C. C'.rev, IV, p. i.|6. 

 Aftfiif/i/nri ia h)ac/iylhccu, Sacr. SyU. ,v),si. 

 i'.mlDphlaa hnuhytheca, Cke. Syii. 4165. 



[Vritheeia minute, surround(Ml l)y the cuticle. Asci oltovate, 

 very short. Sporidia clavate, with about (» septa, 2r) ii louii', resem- 

 l)lin<i' those o^ Patelhnhi atrnta. 



On Rom, New Kn<>land. 



M. dissiiieiis, (C. & E.) 



Sphccria dissiliens, C. & E. Orev. V, p. 51. 



MetasplitT>ia dissiiieiis, Sacc. Syll. II, p. 163, and Cke. Syn. 4463. 



Poritheeia scattered, black, at lenirth erumpent, subo-lobose, with 

 punctilbrni ostiola. Asci clavate. .Sporidia l)iscriate, fusiform, 8-sep- 

 tate, 70x9 /i, constricted and divided into two uneipial parts, one of 

 which is 3-septato and the other 4-scptate, readily dividing at the con- 

 striction, hyaline. 



On stems oi' Demnodi urn strictum, Newfield, N. .1. 

 \i. Oil iiioiiocofi/IedoiiouK pfdiifs. 

 * Sporidia S-scptate. 

 M. Palmetta, (Ck<;.) 



Spliwyia l\tliiii'tta, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 53. 

 Metasphceiia Palmetta, Sacc. Syll. 34S9. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 369. 



