401 



>)(on'<l. Sjioridiii nlilun.L^-rvliiKlricjil. striiiii'lil or sliii]itly cni'vcfl. Iivii- 

 line iit liist. then liruwii mid .■{-scpliitc. a.VTO .\ 10-1 ,') ^^«, (mnsfly ").")- 

 <;.')X I'J II.). 



Aiiirliiiichlrr. iiml Pyru.s MoIkk 



On Airr, Itoh'iuid. Vni.f 



//Ills. 



IVdiu New Kiiii'liUHl iiiiil ('iiiiiidii to Ciiroliiiii. 



Ill llic typical loiiii (Ml Aiff /■iihi-ii/ii.\\\v iiciitlicciii .-ifiU'ccly laisc 

 till' ('|iid('riiiis ill iill, liiit ill llic spccc. on Ainchi/irhic/' and P/j/nn 

 MiiJiin ( J/, y *///•/. ()t til)? tlif ('iiidcriiiis is iiiorc or less jaistiiliConii- 

 I'lcvatcd. All the liMiiis licic iiK liidcd in J/, ro/n/tn/'iu (.'ertaiiily arc 

 \{'v\ cioscdy allied to J/. i/Kjiilniiiis. (Todc). and iiiiu'lit witli uood 

 I'casoii Im' considered as iiier<' varieties, or Ibrnis ol" lliaf species. 



)l. cHiisiun'cafa, (Wallr.) 



.'</>li(ri ia iiDi.K/tiiKiilii. W'jiUr. HI. Crypl. Ccrm. II, ]>. 7SJ 

 AfasMiiiii <i>iis/iii>iii/ii. Slice. Syll. 2S,ss, Ckc. Syii. .\o.\!,. 

 ]'.\sWc. Keliiii Asc. '>■^2. — Kll. K: Kvrlil. N. A. V. 2i\ Scr. 2hi,^. 



I'eritliecia scattered or 'l-l\ touetlior. hiiried in tin' inner hark. 

 depressed-<^lol)(>s(', ahoiit 1 nun. diaiii., sliirlitly raisinu' and niptiiriim' 

 llie ei)ideniiis. A.sci eloniiated. clavate-eylindrical, sliort-stipitafe. 

 narapliysate, 1 ')()-2(H> x 20-22 ft. Sporidia siihliiseriato, oltlon^i'-eylin- 

 drical. sliii'lit.Iy curved or straiii'lit, .')-se]itale, scarcely constricted, liya- 

 line, liecoiiiiim' l>i'o\vii, 40-(»()x 10-12 //. 



On dead liinlis of wild ])luni, liondon, Canada (Dearness). 



The spece. in Reliiii's Asc. have the asci a little hroader and the 

 .sporidia (50-70 x 12-14 //, lait do not diller otherwise ironi those. M. 

 ro//i/to/'/ii, 15. <V C, scarcely diflers from this exccjit in liavinu' the 

 epiderinis less distinctly piistiililbrni-olevated, and the ostiola siiiallor 

 and less jironiineiit. 



M. (listincta, (Scliw.) 



.S/>/nrna distiiicla. Sclnv. Syii. N. Am. i6,!4. 

 Afa.\.\aiia (/is/inc/ii , Cke. Grev. XVII, p. 92. 



Scattered, covci'ed l»y tlie thin epidermis, I'atliei- laip'. liiiried 

 in the wliitened siihstancc of the inner liark. Perithecia Idack. orl»ic- 

 iilar, depressed, u'lahrous, persistent in the i>ark when the e]»i(leriiiis 

 is ]ieolod olV, with a larue, round openini"' aliovo. ()stiola iierforatinti 

 the e])ideriuis, short-cylindrical, not prominent. iiml>ih\'ate. 



ruder t.li<' epidermis of Sa///fmcii.^ piihe/i.'*. netlilehcm. Pa. 

 (Sehweinitz). 



Sporidia (sec. Cke. in (Jivv. 1. c). hiseriate, ;j-septate, iirowii. 70- 

 !S0 X 1()-1S //. constricted in the middle and surroiindod at first Ity a 



hval 



ine eiivel(»]» 

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