I't'i'itlicciii sciitlcrcil, (|r|tit'«.-*i'il-iilnlios(', 1 .'»( I - .'KM ) ^<i iliiuii.. Iiiirif'tl. 

 Iiiit niisiii2' till' <'|iii|ri'iiiis iiito slionu-. liciiiisiilM'iiciil iiintdlicninti's. 

 tiiiiilly <l<'('iiliii)iis. O.'-tiuliiiii siiliLrl()1iiisi'-|i;i|iilliiti-. Iiliick. lotiuli. <>niiii- 



|H'lit. Asci tliiMilc, iilt('lilliit('-sli|»itiiti'. tMI-lOOx I'J 11. |iiilii|>li\siilr. 

 S|Mnitliii liii-criiitc, I'lisoiil or cliiviitc-riisoiil. 2(>-2."» x -J-.") //. ciiiloi'liroiiic 

 4-(l-|»iiitc(l. iiio.-tly .Vpiiitcil, piilc vclluw. 

 ( >ii ilciid stems iA' Jiniciis. loiiii, N. .). 



'I'lic s|iiiriiii!i an- nt liist siiiioiiiKlt'il witli :i ln-niid, ircliitiiiuiis 

 ('liv»'lu|i(' w liicli (lisii|i|H'ais tnyctlici' witli the l»iistlr-liki' ii|ii<'iil ii|i|M'ii- 

 tliiifi'. Tlic nit'iisiiiciiiciits Ih'Cc u'ivcii ii|i|tly to the lioily ol" tlic s|M»ri(l- 

 iiiiii Jiiul do not incliidc tlif ni\rl(t|M'. Siiccc. dl A. niKiijon. S. »V S, 

 ill Kfi<'U('is Siix. FiiiiLri. I.'JO. mit (|iiit" dilVcicnt IVoin tliis. L. }ntivliiii. 

 Awd. (Mvc. March. 2140) lias iiiiifli siiiallcr and less idoniiiicnt pcri- 

 tliccia. 



y\. Iiyalospora, (Ssu'c.) 



I.,'pliisf<liiri ia liyiilosfi<iiit. Sai-c. F. Veil. StT. II, p. .^j.!, F. Il.il. tal>. 27,5. 

 Mcliisplnn HI h\alii>ti(iia. Sacc. Syll. 34y7, Cke. rtyti. .i.|ii,s. 

 Kxsicc. Hll. N. A. F. ss;. 



I'ciitliocia ,uT('<iai-i<)us l>iit sc|»aiiit(', cniiniiciit-siipci'licial. rafhor 

 less than i nun. diani., uioljosr. Iihick. Ostioiiini iiithcr acutely coni- 

 cal. Itccominu' narrowly iicrloratcd. .\sci densely lasciciilate. cyliii- 

 dric-suliclavate. !)(>-l(t(> x 10-1'^ //. olteii llexnoiis. S sporctl. with a 

 short, nodiil(»se stipe, and with lilirorin |iaiaphyses. ."-^poridia fiisoid. 

 28-32 X ')^-().^ //, olitusely acnniiiiate at each end. soinewhat curved. 

 S-ifiittiilate, tiien tornlose, 7-septiite, hyaline. 



On decayiiiti' stalks i)\' Zed .}fn/s and on culms of Ptniiviini mis- 

 (jiiUi, Newlield, N. .1., and on S<ih(il I'tilincfht. liOiiisiana ( Laiiuiois). 



IJoth the New .lorsey ami liouisiaua specc. have the sjioridia 3'>- 

 45x7-!) ,«, l)-12-so]»tato and sliiihtly carved. 



C. On rryptof/fUHOuti phiuts. 



M. epipteridea, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sp'litnia rfiifitiiidh. Cke. & llnrk, f.rev. IX. p. S. 

 Melasplun ia ipiptei iiiea, S.icc. Syll. 3513, Cke. ^\\\. 451,%. 



•S-attcred, covorod oi- eniinpent and seiniinimersed, hlack. Asci 

 clavate, ."Jcssile. Spt)ridia iiisoid, hyidine. 3-')-sept^ite, 22-25x0 /i. 

 On stipes iA' Pfcrh lUjuillmi, (Jalil'ornia. 



M. Lycopodii, (B. & ('.) 



Sphcryia I.ycopodii, H. & C. Orev. IV, p. 155. 

 Melaiplurria Lycopodii, Sncc. Syll. 351 x, Cke. Syii 4511. 



Puuctifonn, (jnitc covered by tlio cuticle, not tiie least projecting. 



