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iililiii liv l>r. |{;i\ciii'l. We liiivc not .-ccii tin- |iV(iiii|i;il sliiiiv ( /A// 

 i/fi.'ioii/it Ih'siiiiizh'i'i t. 



I/, iitrniniiniiiiiiis is iiisni iis n sviioiiviii ol' .1/. I'liit<nil. »iii tin- 

 (iiitliniitv 1)1' llcrlt'Sf \\li«> liii." I'muix'il lliis .<|H'rii'S in lii?i Icoiics (liili. 

 XIV, W^.-l). 



M. pliimi^era. K. iV K. (in iliili.) 



IN'ritlu'i'iii si'iitlfvcd. ilt'iircssiMl-jU'lolmsc, ;ilMMif ( nun. (iiiiiii.. 

 <liiilitlv I'iiisihLT till' <'|iiil('iiiiis wliirli is iiiciccil liv llic siili|ir(»niin("it. 

 sli(irt-ci>iiiciii or slioiti'N iintlrical osfiolnni. Asci <ilii<niu-c!iiv;iti'. slmit- 

 sti|iil!it('. 1.">(>-1 .'»(! \ "Jli-'J") n. Ss|i()it'il. |i;ini|ilivsiit<'. Sporidiii iiinr 

 tliiintc. nidonii-fvlimli'iciii. Iivnlinc, ;»-sc|itiitt'. .").") (iO x I "J //. 



On (it'jnl limits iA' Vlhiinnnt) /fnfin/o, Xcwlicld, N. .1. 



'I'JK' s|i<»i'i(li!i cxnilr f'l'oni tin' ostinjii in little wliitf, lniisli-lil\i> 

 cinlii. Tliis is dillricnl IVoni .)/. ('itriii [Vv. \ Munt.), Sncc. Syll. 

 •JS")'.*, wliirli liiis hfnwn siioridiji "."-'.M» \ "JO-'J") n. It is not |ir<iliiili|i' 

 lliiit tilt' sporidiii in M. /)/iiiii/'(/<i(n'\i'V licconif liniwn as tiicy nif |ii'r- 

 li'ctly Iividinc wlirn tlicy issue Irnni lli«' (tstidhiin. 



M. cleistotlH'ra, Hark. I. «■. 



I'critlifciii niinnti', covncd. Asci iiyriloiin oi- ulioviitc, S-s|H»ivd. 

 fliick-Wiiilcil. witlioiit any stipe or point of attaelmient. 48 x ."SO >>.. 

 I'arapliyses au'iiiutinate. S|(oridia liyaliiie, ol" two (»pposed. nitlier lonii', 

 eiiuai cones, ocnisionally eacli ol'tliese divided so as to make tlie spo- 

 ridinni 3-se|)tate, snrroniidcd Ity a jiclatinous stratum, 82-40 x H-IO //. 



On dead stems ol* I)eii(h-onii'i-oii rlijIfJuiii, Calilornia. Appar- 

 ently an anomalous species. We have seen no specimens. 



M. ^i^tispora, FVkl. Symlt. Naclitr. II, p. 2S. 



I'eritliecia sulicuticniar. raisinti- the epidermis intt* pustules, scat- 

 tereti or 2-3 together, rather large, gloltose. Mack, with a dii-ty-col- 

 orcd nudons. Ostiolnm very minute, itapilliloi-ni, in a small, l)Iack 

 disc. Asci saccate, sessile, 8-s|iored. 272 .\ (is /^. Spoi'idia generally 

 4 in the upper part, and 4 in the lower jiart of the ascus, conglobate 

 or unisei'iate, very lai-ge (!M! x 2S /<), (dilong-ovate. olttuse at the ends, 

 slightly curved, .'{-septate, not constricted, cells uninucleate, with a 

 narrow, hyaline margin, palo uinher; parajihyses filiform, shorter than 

 the a.sci. 



On hranches of Vlhiinniiii Leiitago, WWuxy. \. Y. (Peek). 



Peck gives the spoiidia as To ft long, 4-c(dled, the two middle 

 cells shorter than the tei'ininal ones. We have not seen the speci- 

 mens, and take the diagnosis aliove from Fckl. I. c. There may lie 

 some doulit whether the New York sjiecc. are the genuine J/ ///V/f/.s- 



