406 



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 •••iiiinc'it 



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iiisli-lik,. 

 <•"•. Svll. 



|il'(tl);|li|r 

 illV )ir|- 



'^-.■^iHtlfMl. 



licr loiiy, 



tiic spo- 



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Ics. scut- 

 ii-h-c'ol- 



II, i.iiick 



'liciillly 



K' ends, 

 with a 

 <'!■ than 



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iiii(hil(> 

 3 sjjec'i- 

 iiJiy Im' 



nwii. 



luini. WinltT ( l>if I'ilzt', II. p. .VITi is ol ih«- ii|)ininii that M. <jiijiiH- 

 liDfii. h'tkl.. is niily an ininialiiii- state uT .1/. Iiiiiiilimiis. iTu(h'). 



)l. <Jei'ar»li, Cke. (pro ti'iii.) (Jivv. VIM, p. Ms. 



Spoiidia M'lT laifi'e, 1)( »- 1 '20 x .">0 n. brown, ."i-'i-scptatc 

 On liai'k. New Vorix State (dcrai'dj. Speeinien loo iniperlect llir 

 II rull descfipfioii. 



MASSAKIKLI.A, Spe;;. 



I'liiiKi Arn. I'liK'. I. |>. -■• 



I'eiitliecia and asei as in MuHsdiln. Sporidia nniseptale. In 

 siiiioniided liy a liyaliiie stratnin. 



)l. Imroniii. (B. i\:Ki'.) (Plate ItO) 



Splunnt hii/iinHi, It. N: 111. Ann. N. Hist. No. ftiy, liili. m, tin. \,\. 

 MiisMiiiii hii/iiiiia. Till. Scl. Carii. II. |(. .^,17. 

 Mtissai iilUi hii/iiiiui. SpcK- I'"- Arj,'. I'uk. I. )>. .1. 

 Md^sittiii ii/iii,i,'i iMii. C. iN: 1'. Cirt-v. .WII, p. ya. 

 I>iilymii.\/>li(niii iitiii,i,'Hxrii. C. Mc 1". Ckc. Syn. .(2(14. 

 IvNsicc. VM. «: Ivvrlil. N. A. !•'. 21I SiT. .v>u>. 



I'eritliec'ia scattereil oi- siil»<ireu'nrioiis. filolioso. .^ iiini. diani., coii- 

 Mceniis. laisinji' liie epiflcrniis into pustules wiiifli ai'c Idaekened aiid 

 pierced I ly tiie |iapillilorin ostiola. A.<ei eyjindrical, 1 ">(► .\ l'J-1 .') //. 

 paiiipliy.^ate. Spoiidia niii.<eiiate, oMinitr-eliiptieal, mii.septate and 

 constricted, hyaline at lirst with a jiehitinoiis Ixn^der, lM.'e(tiiiiim' dark 

 inown, l')-J(>.\ 8-1(1 //. 



On outer liark of livinj;' (^iicrcus dlhit, N(.'\v York, New .Jer.sey. 

 New Kiijiiand and Canada. 



'riie asci and spoiidia in tlie Aincricaii spcce. {M. (itrof/rincti. 

 C. iV J'.) are constantly smaller than in the Knropean speec. which 

 have asci ir)()-20(t x I'o-'iO /<, sj.oridia -J^-cJOx PJ-lf) /«, but there is 

 no other dilVereiice. 



. M. ('iinryi, Till. Sel. Cnrp. II, p. 231. 



SfiliiCiia Tilitr, Curr. I.iiin Trans. XXII, tab. 59, fifj. 104. 

 Maaaiii'tla Cuiieyi, Sii .,yll, .2709. 



Pcrithecia scattered, covered, \-l inin. diain., black. ^loltnUiso. 

 the papillirorin ostiolnin scarcely perforating the epidermis. Asci 

 bioad-clavate, 80-00 x 2') /i, paraphysate, 8-spoi'ed. Sporidia snbbi- 

 seriate, oiiclavate, iiniseptate-constricted, dark brown, iipjier cell 

 thicker, .'>;") x 12-14 //, with a gelatinous border. 



What appears to be this species has been found on Tiliu.ni West 

 Cliesier, I'a., but the spece. are too imperfectly develojted to be decided 

 with certaintv. 



