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'riiiiccs. 

 •'rum- 



• llVSJilc. 



• •Iiruiiic 



Asci cliiviitc. S|i(»riili;i lii-ciiiilc. .■'Iiuilly I'lir-iloriii. liviiliiK', lii.^cpliitt'. 



No IIM'llSlin'IIK'lltS liivcii. 



On fji/coiioiliiini. New .Iciscy. 



< KKMISPOR A. Xiessl. (Plat.' .12) 



Not. I'vf. ]) u 



rci'itiirt'iii s(')inci'<'(|. >iiiil< ill tli<> iiiiiti'ix. with lli<> ostioliiin imiiiii- 

 |M'iit. iiml llir |M-i illM'i'iii iIm'iiiscIm-s liiiiillv siili<'i'iiiii|ii'iit or r.xpitscd. 

 Asci S.s|M»n'(|. Spoiifiiii I'lisoid, I-.'J-scptiitc, vcllnw or ycllowisli- 

 lii'uwii, with ii liyiiliiic. iiiiK-i'iiiiiiti' ii|i|i('iiihiL>'<' !it <'ii('h rml. I'iii':i|)hy.''('>> 



I'VillU'Sff'llt. 



Ill the oiijiiiiiil (liiiu'iiosis ol thi' li'ciiiis, only thr ustiohi iii'c criiiii- 

 |i('llt, liiil ill lidlh the -iiccics here ilcsciilicil the |i('i'ith('(iit thciiis<'l\('i< 

 lire liiiiilly ('i'iiiii|M'iit-sii|K'rlici;il. Mr. Winter inclinh's this in Kiini. 

 (tiiniiioiilriv. liiil it seems to lis more closely iillieil to PIvnsiKtriiv. 



r. Moiitaiilnisis. (K. <!^ K.) 



Liiftliiiislitma Miiiil,tiiiiii>i.\. Iv iS: V,. Joiini, Mycol, IV, p. '14. 



I'eritlie(.'iii scattered or ol'teiier seriate in longitudinal cracks in 

 the liark, eriiin|ielitsii|ierlicia!. deiiressed-nloliose. J-^ nini. diani.. 

 smooth, with a small, tii)iei'ciihir-|ia|iillirorm ostioliiin pierced with a 

 sli<!litiy eloiifiiited opeiiiiiii'. Asci cylindrical, p. sp. H()-!)() x 7-S //. 

 with tililorm paraphyses. Spoiidia niiiseriate. oidonii-elliptical, .'{-sep- 

 tate, the tw<t middle cells iirowii. the terminal cells hyaline and acute, 

 pi'olon^'ed into a lililorm apj)eiidaii'e (J-h ft lon<r. Colored part ol' the 

 spoiidia r2-14.\<i-7 //. The sporidia are exactly like tlios(! of a 

 sinuie-crested PcHtalozzIti, hut they are jiroducod in asci. 



On ilead stems of Ch'tnatis llyuitticlfolid, Montana (Anderson). 



A more careful examination shows that this can not ite a Lophios- 

 toma. The ilescription in .loiini. Mycol. is fanlty. '('m." slioiihl Ite 

 "■mm.," and the measurements of the sporidia are omitted. 



C. Alabamieiisis, K. & E. (in llerh.) 



Perithccia scattered, tultercular-lieniispherical, but covered by 

 the epidermis, olttuse and peiforated above, brown, J-^ mm. diani.. 

 base I)i'oadly adnatt; and sliulitly sunk. Asci cylindrical, sliort-stipi- 

 tate 90-100 .\()-8 //. jiaraphysate. Spoiidia nniseriate, ends ovor- 

 lappinji;', fusoid-oblonii', yellowishdiyaline, sul»inc(iuilateral, l2-lo x 4- 

 5 /i, with a straight, hyaline bristle or awn 10-15 // long at each end. 

 with a large nucleus at first, beeon:ii;g unisoptate. 



On dead herbaceous stems, Alaltaina (Atkinson). 



