

4()H 



I'critlicciii scattered, siiliciiticnliii', sliiilitly rii|itiiiiiiLf Imt scarcclv 

 raisiiiL' tlic ('itidcniiis. (lattciicd. sralnl on tlic siirliu.'c (»!' tlic inner liark. 

 lireadlv jieiinraled alinve, lirowinsli-hliick, I,-'l mm. diam. Asci ven- 

 Iricose-claviite. l.")(> x 'J.V.'iO // (|i. sp. IH)-1'J(> />.). paraiiliysate. ^\tt>- 

 ridia liiseriale, rlavate-oldoni:'. .')-.'>-septate and innrilui'm. nejirly hya- 

 line and with ii liyaline envehi|ie and nniseptate at (irst, liecdndni; 

 yelhiwish-l.rown. :J(»-40 x 12-1.") //. 



(Ml (Un/i/'iiiix Aiiicfiriiiiit. Lyndons ille. N. V. (Fairnian). 



At the main sejitnni. which appears first, the spoi-idia are ilistincl- 

 ly constricted. The upper and lariicr cell soon ac(|nires two addi- 

 tional septa and the lower cell one. .Most of the cells are divided li\ 

 one oi' (wo lonizilndinal septa so that the sporidia appear to lie lilleil 

 with laru'e nnidei. 'I'he asci and sporidia in the New York sjiecc. are 

 smaller than the measurements uiveii l>y l>r. Winter ( i7(>-'220 x .'!.')- 

 A'l //, and 4.')-(i.') x 17-21 //). Fckl. uives 2(tSx;{(; ti.. nnd 4s x l(i n 

 loi' asci and sporidia respectively. 



MASSAUIOVAI.SA, Sacc. 



Mich. II, p. 5N1. 



i'eritliei'ia liiiried in the siirliice of the inner liark. circiiiate. \: 



v\ 



Hid sporidia as in M<iss((i'iclla. 

 .M. siidaiis, (K. iV ('.) 



(IMate m 



M(i.y\iiiia hkIiuis. II. ,Sc C. Orev. IV, p. i.sii. 

 Mii\uiii(ivii/.Hi. sik/iiiis. S.tcc. Syll. Aild. vdI. II. p. I.\', 

 Massmiillii siiiliiiis. Siicc. Syll. I, p. 717. 



K.vsioc. I'^ll. N. \. v. I [40. 



Poritliecia cireinatc, sunk in the siiiface of the inner liark, ovate- 

 ,<i'lolio.se, f, mm. diam.. 4-8 toji'ctlier. their slender ostiola i-onveririiiL!' 

 ami united in a Idack, coiive.K. eriimpent disk. .\sci clavate-cylin- 

 di'ical. lS(>-2(H>x 20-2.') //. stipitate. olidise. S-spored, paraphysate. 

 Sporidia uniseriate. oiiloini'-elliptical, uniseplale and constricted, olive- 

 I)rown, ."»()-4() X 15-1(5 fi. with a thick, hyaline eiiv(do])e. 



On dead liranches of Acer, Covija anil (Jiicrcuft. New .lersey and 

 IViin.^ylvania. 



.M. oaiulata. E. & E. (in llerl).) 



Stroma cortical, 1-U mm. diam. I'erithecia circinafe, (1-10 in a 

 pustule, about f, mm. diam., liiiried in the liark, covered liy the epi- 

 dermis which is raised into a flat |iustule riiptiii'cd in the center liy the 

 compact cluster of lilack, suiipapilliform ostiola. Asci varyin.u' from 

 clavate. 7 ")-80 .\ 20-3") fi, to oliovatc, 80-100 x 40-fiO /i. narroweil be- 



