402 



M. olivhceti-liii'ta, (Sciiu.) 



Sfilun III oliiaiiii-hiila, Sclnv. Syn. N. Am. i6,sfi. 



.\tii\sii>iu iilinufd-liiihi, Ckc. Crcv, XVII, 



!>• '>2. 



I'crillii'ciii scattcM'cd, nitljor liiruc witli tlic thick, cylindrical. |ici- 

 loratt'd, persistent ostiula iienetiiitinu' tiie epiileniiis: when this i- 

 peeh'd oil", tlie hiiji'e, llatteiied pei'ithecia are <lisch»sed, cl()tlie<| with an 

 olivaceous, hain c<»at, and tinuiiiu' the liark in which tliev are lan-ii'il 

 with an olive-ltlack color. 



I'lidor the <'|)iderinis ol" the larirer Itianches of Monis alha. Beth 

 leheni, Pa. 



Spoi'idia (sec. Cke. (!rev. 1. c.) hiseiiate. lanceolate, 3-o-septiite, 

 brown. .')<)-(!(( x rj-l(! /i. constricted in tlie middle, at first ocellate- 

 nncleate. 



M. epileiica, B. &(:. (!rev. IV. p. \iA\. 



I'erithecia liicgarions, covered \\\ the epidermis, tiloliose-depressed. 

 '^ mm. diain., dark villose. papillate, then with a lari>'e, round opening 

 aliov)!. Asciii'erous nucleus lilack. Asci clavate, l.'JO x iJO //.with a 

 short, thick stipe, pai'a])hysate, H-spored. SjKuidia Itiseriate. Iiisoid. 

 3-5-soptatc, straiji'ht oi -lijiiitly curved. ()'>-70 x 18-20 //. slijjfhtly con- 

 stricteil at the septa, siirioundeil l»y a <iolatinous layer, the inner cells 

 dark hrown, and sometimes with a large nucleus, the terminal c(dls 

 much smaller, paler and .sultapicnlate. 



On decaying hranches of Moi'iis alba, Pennsylvania and New 

 . Jersey. 



M. piilelii'Ji, Hark. Uull. Cal. Acad. Feb. 1S84, p. 44. 



Pcrithecia scattered, covered, 1-U mm. diam.. contents white. 

 A.sci broadly chivate, 1 2(5 x 31! //, S-spored. Sporidia fusiform-navic- 

 ular, of two irregular, une(|ual cones united by their bases, and sur- 

 rounded Itv a irelatinous stratum, at first uniseptate and hvaline. slow- 

 ly iiecoming iirown and une(|ually ^-o-septate, ")8-r)0 x 2(>-22 /i. 



On dead l)ranches of Umbdlidaria CfifiJ'ornica, Caliibrnia. 



M. semitecta, (B. & V.) 



Spliiei ia .\emilecta 

 Afassan'a temilrcta, Sacc 



& C. drcv. IV, p. 147. 



Syll. iS72, Ckf. Syn. .(021. 



Perithecia half covered, sul»prominent, snrrounded by the annular- 

 ruptured epidermis. Sporidia davate, tri,-<cf)tate, slightly constricted. 

 3") // long, clothed at first with a thick, gelatinous coat. 



On Platanus, Virginian Mountains ( Ueik in (Jrc^.). 



