417 



•tisri'irtcd 



finil. .'I,. 



ISJticiKlll- 



•llipticjil. 

 til. Itiiiilii 



iiik., Iiiit 

 '11. 



Idcaclicd 



I. oltloilli 



•' center 

 iplivsate- 

 r-septiite 



Hiieouii;. 

 ■'Iiield i,- 



'porifliii. 

 ■e l»y ji 

 peiitlic- 

 'ly l(»iis> 

 . Asci 

 iiilbnii. 



On (l<'ii<l Uraiiclies (»!' S>/iii/>hor/vnrpns rnrt'iiioMttn, Cnlironiiii 

 I llaikiiess). 



We liiive not seen tliis, and take the diaj^nosis I'roni SaecanloV 

 S\ II(»ifo. 



ANTHOSTOMKIiLA. Saee. 



Syll. I, p. 27^. 



I'eiitliecia siilinieniln'anaceoiis. <jl«)li(ise-depressed. typieally eov- 

 lied l>y the epiiU'iniis, whieh is i><Mioi'ally somewhat blackened arouixl 

 rlie scarcely eruni])ent (»stiohi. Asci S.s))ored (rarely 4-sporo(l), par* 

 iiphysate. Sporidia ovoid or oltlon;:'. continnous, dark, sonietinios 

 liyaline-appeiidiculate. 



A. iii^ro-aiiiiiilhta, (B. & C.) 



Spliifiia iiigio uiiniilala, H. i4 C. Cubnn l-'iinfn. No. 85,9. 

 AnIliDslDinfllii iiig>o-annHhila, Siicc. Syll. 10,^2, and Cke. .Syn. 46:0 

 Sfihtfiia )'iitrtr, Scluv. Syu. Car. No. S!i? 

 Kxsicc. hll. N. A. V. 2(1 Scr. ih72.— Rav. Car. V, 75. 



Peritiiecia siihiiiejraiioiis, (covered by the epidermis whidi is 

 blackened (except a white spot in the center) around the slij^htly 

 eranipent ostiola. Asci cylin(lri<"al, p. sp. 75-80 ft long. Sporidia 

 obIi(nicly unisei'iate. oblonir or siil)elli})tical, bi-own, 12-18 (mostly 

 14-1.0x71//. 



On leaves ol" Vucca, Carolina and Florida. 



A. iiiiiiui', E. & M. .lourn, Mycol. Ill, p. 43. 



Kxsicc. KII. & Evrhl. N. A. K. 2d Ser. 1965. 



Perithecia scattered, J mm. diam., siil (globose, with the upper 

 part subcoiiical and jirominent. with a rather acute, papilliform osti» 

 oliiin. Asci linear, 05-7') x 5 /t. Sporidia uniscriate, opake, 2-3- 

 nucleate, subineciuilatcral, 7-8 X 2^-3 /i. The surface of the matrix, 

 ill the specimens seen, was covered with a thin, black crust, but whether 

 I Ills had any connection with the jierithecia, wo could not vsay. 



On jtetiolcs <A' Sahal sen-uhita, Florida (Calkins). 



A. sepelibilis, (B. & (\) 



Sfilurriii sepi'lihilis. It. it C, Gri'V. IV, p. 140. 

 Aiilhiystoinel'a si'pi-lihitis, S.icc. Syll. loi-', and Ckc. Syn. 4112,",. 

 I'^xsicc. KII. N. A. K. 12011. 



Perithecia scattered, depressed-globose, about \ mm. diam.. cov- 

 'icil by the blackened cuticle which is raised into pustules and pierced 

 by the j)apillirorni, erumpeiit ostiola. .\sci clavate-cylindrical, par- 

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