41.5 



I'critliocia srattcrod. riicloscd in a liitlicr lni'<!0, wchmIv, clliptieul, 

 Miiiv or Itlackisli, iioailv supcrlicial tubercle, iiiiildlicate-perlorate*! 

 mIiuvc. coriaceous, tliicii-walled, ovoid or sulmpluuroid, ratlier less than 

 I iiiin. diaiii. Asci cvliiidrical, sulisessile, 1(K>-1 10 x 1*2 ji, S-spored. 

 |iin!i|)liysate. Sp(»ridia uiiiseriate. elliptical, yellowisli or u'reenisli- 

 lirowii, 3-')-sej)tate, with a more or less perfect loiiiiitiidiiial septum. 

 14-20 xS-O//. 



Oil decorticated wood of Thnju, Voriiioiit (I'riiiirle), on Junlp- 

 rriis VirtjiuhnniK. Iowa (llolway), on liliiix, Carolina and IVnnsyl- 

 viiiiia (Scliweiiiit/), on Meached wood, Texas (Wright), on wood, 

 Mountains of \e"' York (sporidia '1') n lon^-. IJerk. in (Jrev. IV. p. 

 I4(i). 



Til. niitiqiiiim, (K. & E.) 



Spluri ill 



I J n vnti I II III 



I aii/ii/iia, K. iS: !•;. Hull. Tcjrr. Hot. Cliib. .\, \i. i)<i. 



Thyi iiliiiiii iiii/ii/iniiii. Sai'c. Syll, 712.?, Cke. Syii. .WS7 



I'erithecia a'rcirarious, uIoImw, alioiit i, mm. diam.. liuried in the 

 siiltstance ol" the liark, whicli is hiackened aliov(.' them, and raised into 

 little pustules. Ostiola papilliforni. at leiiiilli perforated. Asci cylin- 

 drical. li')~HO \ \{) /t, I'aiaphyses liliform, abundant. Sporidia uiii- 

 seriate, oiilon^-ellii»tical, at lenj^tli 3-septate, ami sul»niuril'orin. 17- 

 l!) X 7 /I, brown. 



On the inner surface of loose, liangin<^ l»ark of u'rajte vines. Xew- 



lield, N. .1. 



Sometimes as in T. Gurrycr, 'l-'ii peritliecia are covered by the 

 same shield which may be entirely shaved away without cuttiui:' the 

 sulijaceiit ])ei'itliecia. 



Th. (Jaiiya', (Cke. & Hark.) 



Splitriia {Thyiiiiiiiin) Gatiyct, Ckc. S: Hark. Giev. .\III. p. 20. 

 Thyyidiiim Gariyit, Sacc. Syll. 7122, Cke. Syii. .iySs. 



(iiejiarious or scattered. Peritliecia immersed, subjilobose, black. 

 \ mm. diam., covered above by the lilack. promiiu'iit. convex sti'Oinatie 

 shield which is |)erforated by the tube of the [lapilliform ostioliim. 

 Asci cylindrical. 4-8-s|)ore<l. Sporidia elliptical. 7-.septate and inuri- 



Ibrm. hyaline, becomin<>; yellow-brown. 40-45 x 1 .">- 1 S 

 thick, hvaline. 



Kpi 



pisporc 



On iileached, decorticated twigs of 6'.7/'/7/(/, California (Harkne 



l'SSI. 



Our specc. of this species from Harkness are old and witlnait 

 fruit. The general appearance is the same as that of Th. antiquiun. 

 Occasionally two peritliecia ar<' covered by the same shield. 



