3!>7 



|<l in tlic 



tlic iisci jiikI 1 .J-2 // tliick. imiltiscj)tato, ^jooii s(']>!iiafiiiy' into joint- 



A n lout!", iStirtts ()!■ 



.Sr// 



'iizo.r 



yJon). 



{). stapliyliniis, E. & K. I. c 



I'ditliccin sniiill, covcihmI hy tlic (ilu'i's ol" the wood tiipouiili wliirli 

 lirojcct the siiort, stiaiulit, roii<iIiisli. Iilack, rostollato ostiola. Asci 

 lineal', 12()-loO x 4 //, acconipanic*! I»y lilifoi-ni paiapliyscs, Spoiidia 

 S ill an asciis. liiil'onii. yellowish, imcleolate, anil aliont as loni>' as the 

 asci. 



On the same stems is a ,S/<//rrv'oy/.s/.s with ohlonii. (le|iresse(l peii- 

 Ihecia. and spornles ]S-2() x S -',) n: also otliei- small |iei-itlieeia |)artly 

 covered l>y tho lilieis of th(> wood, ami contaiiiincr numei-ou.s elliptical. 

 siilii'iiseo\is, 8 X 2 // spornles. 



On decorticated stems iA' Sf'/pfii/Ifo trifniia, West Cliestei-. Pa. 



The spece. are scanty and pool-, so that we can not verily the 

 oiiuiiial diaunosis. and the speci<'s must lie coiisidereil doulttrnl. Pos- 

 silily not distinct from O.f ruth-inn. {\\\\\\. \ Desin.). 



i). ful«i(lus, (('. & P.) 



Sl>li,niajiil!iida. C. iS: P. I'tck's 2iitli Kcp. p. (m. 

 Opliinhiihtsfiilfiitliis, Sacc. Syll. .1",S4. 

 Ha/>liidost>nia /'iilKiiia, Cke. Syii. 1569. 

 Hxsicc. Hll. X. A. K. 5S1J. 



I'erithecia lii-cirarions. sometimes disposed in lines, soon free, ulo- 

 liose. lilack. smooth, shininu', scarcely papillate, 2oO-*27(> ,« diain., at 

 leiiiitli collapsed. Asci elavato-cylindi'ical, ]>. sp. 8()-!)0x 12 /<. pai- 

 aphysate, stipitate, 8-spored. Sporidia cylindrical, suhattennated at 

 each end. nearly straiuht. yellowisli-ltrown. multiseptate and t)rten c(tii- 

 stricted at tho septa, 75-80x4-') //. 



( )n dead stems ol" AinbrostJt tvifiihi, New York, New Jei'.sev. 

 Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kansas. 



Distinunislied from O. aiKjiitUides by its much eoarsor sporidia. 



{). clavigei', Hark. Bidl. Cal. Acad. Feb. 1884, p. 46. 



IVrithecia globular, with a pa|iillate ostioluni, <>;rcgarious or seat- 

 toi'cd, ei'nm|)ent, then free, ^-1 mm. diam., at first filled with nnnute 

 sperinatia. Asci linear-clavate, 8-spored, 210x14 /i. Sporidia fili- 

 form, nucleate, pale brown, 20-2r)-septat,c, the upper third somewhat 

 swollen and constricted. 140 x 7 //. 



On creeping stems ol' Aiid/bertfa hvmilis, Calilbrnia. 



0. byssieola, Hark. 1. c. 



Perithccia gloliosc, with prominent ostiola, superficial, ;-J-l mm. 



