a :■ 



tlio ciilui, attncIitMl iiiiovc to the iniici' siirfiicc of llic cuticle and c(t\- 

 crcd with loose, s|ii'('ii(liim-. weak, Itrowii, septate liiiirs 'J()()-;]0() f< |oi|u 

 i)y altout ii tt thick. On v\\\\i\^o\' S part inn, lyin.ii' jtartiy linried in ijic 

 sand on tlio I»each at Cape May, N. .1., and on culms and sheaths ol 

 Aii(h'opn(/o/i iiiHi-icatnx. lionisiaiia (Lanji'lois). 



i). aii^iiillideK. (( kt>.) 



Sfi/itriiii aiiKiiilliil". Ckf. Circv. VI, \i. 15. 

 ( i/)/ii(i/>n/its aii,i;i<illiili:s. Sncc. Syll. 4029. 

 h'al>liidi>s/»ntt iiiigiiiltiiia, Cke. Syii. 4542. 

 Kxsicc. Kll. X. A. I". 5"^i- 



Peiilhecia liTcua lions, soon exposeij. ovale, lihick, smooth, haiil. 

 shininji', papillate, I mm. diam. Asci cylindrical, MO-1 lOx iO-Ili //. 

 Sporidia lililbrm, inultisc))tate, yellowish, 80-100 x 2^-3 ji (120 ft lonj>' 

 ("ke.). 



On dead stems o\' liiih'tis, Xewlield, X. .1.. and on dead stems ol" 

 Asfcr, Texas (iiavenel). 



The sjioridia, when matuic. are sliulitly erdarued at the nppei- end, 

 which is a little cni-ved to one side and hears a strikinii- lesenddancc 

 to the head of a serpent. 'I'lie ])ai'aphyses are ahnndant and a little 

 lon<^"er than the asci. 



0. Iianiiisporiis, E. & E. .lonrn. .Mycol. Ill, p. 117. 



Perithecia scattered, lilohose, memhranaceo-carlionaceous, |-i\ mm. 

 diam., hlack, huried in the s(dtstJince of the leal', except the ernnipent. 

 convexHattoneil apex. A.<ci TO x 8-10 /i, narrowed ahove, hut ohtuse. 

 I'araphysos (?). Sporidia 8 in an ascns, filiform, multinucleate', yellow- 

 ish-hyaline, 30-35 X H //, narrowed to a point below, and about one 

 third of the lowei- [)art bent almost to a rifiht an^le, oi' even curved 

 into a hook (/. c, after the spoiidia have <'scaped from the a.'^ci). The 

 •leneral aspect is that v»f Didt/mosphffr/'ii ciipiifa, Kll., oidy the peri- 

 thecia are not collapsed. The ostiolum is indistinctly papilliform. 



On fallen leaves of Qncrriin ihirtorln (?), Manhattan, Ks., Jidy, 



1887 (W. T. Swinu-le). 



The leaf is sometimes blackened around the [terithecia, indicatinu- 

 the presenc<' of an imperfect stroma. 



0? bacillatus, Cke. 



Sphcrria bacillata, Cke. Miidbk. No. 2(136. 

 Ophiiiieias hacillnliini. Sacc. Syll. 4111. 

 Ci'iatos/oDir/ln hacitlaUi, Cke. Syn. ,17S6. 



This (sec. specc. in oui- lleri». det. i»y Cooke) belon,<rs to the 

 Dhcniiiyrctcs. Asci l.'iOxl2/<. Sporidia filiform, about as long as 



