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'2-.'^tiiicl('ato, 7-H X .V4 /i, with a lliiiit, <)))tiis(>, liyiiliiic niiicnlus nlHHil 

 I,', // Ittii;; lit tlic lower ciMLaiid a rather shorter one at the upper end. 

 On falh'M h'aves of Mtn/tiolffi, liOiiisiaiin ( Laii^Ldois). 



A. Oreodaphnes, (Ckc. H Hark.) 



Sfili<riia (Anlhintiimfllii) ihroiUifilinfu. Ckc. ^i Hnrk. C.J-cv. XIII, Ji. iH. 

 S/ilueiia Otfoiiiifilini's Bcrl. ii Vcik'. rtiicc. SyU. f),?ai. 

 Axlhosloma Ouodiiphnfi, Cke. Syn. 4111J. 



St'attereil. innate, covered. I'eiitheeia <rh those, scarcely papillate, 

 coveicil liy the slightly raised, piirtialiy Itlackened «')»i(!erniis. Asci 

 cylindrical, S-s)H»red. Sporidia Itiseriate. elliptical, inllatetl in the 

 middle, contiinions, hrown, 30-.'5') x 12-14 //, with •rrnnular contents*. 



On leaves of l/mM/iihir/a. Calilornia (llarkness). 



A. liiidoviciaiia, Ell. & Laii^lois. I'roc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. .Inly. 

 J-s'.M), p. li2S. 



I'erithecia yreuarions. covered l»v the Idackened ( titiide which is 

 pierced l»y ihe papillilorin, minutely perloratod ostiola, 14()-17(> // 

 '■■ '••= ■" '■-'•' •>' i:...i"..:....i 1 c : lia ol.- 



parap 



M» 



lon<i-elliptical, Itrown, mostly 2-nucleate, 4-0 (mostly 4-.'i) x 2-2J /i. 

 uni."<eriate. 'I'he jierithecia are often in snliseriate patches, lyinj; so 

 nciir as to touch each other, Itut hardly conlluent, and are buried in 

 the sMl»stanc(! of the itark, or even in the denuded wood, which is then 

 <i»ntinuously and unifoi-inly blackened on the surface, but not within. 

 Uistiniiuished from ollu'r allied species by its small sporidia. 

 On dejid stems o\ St/*ff(iu'. Louisiana (I^anjilois). 



A. sniilaciiiina, (I'k.) 



Sphteria sniilacinhia, Pk. 2c)th Rep. p. 62. 



Aiilhoslomella smilaiiiiina, S.icc. Syll. 1043, Cke. Syn. 4624. 



Perithecia altundant, slightly prominent, nn'nnto, at first covered 

 liy the thin, often blackened e|)iderniis. Asci cyliMdrical or subclav- 

 ale. Sporidia ovate or une(pially elliptical, pale greenish-yellow. 

 12^-ir> // long, usually with a single large nucleus. 



On dead stinns ol' Smifavht(i stdfata, New York State (Peck). 



A. bi'a»'Ii.vst(Hiia. E. & E. Bull. Wash. Coll. Vol. I 1 1884), p. ,'). 



Perithecia globose, i nun. <!iani.. bnried in the wood, their short, 

 -tout. ol)tus('. liidatlly jtcrforated ostiola slightly projecting. Asci? 

 Sjioridia oldong-elliptical ov subuavicular, brown, almost opake, 22 

 2.') X 11-12 /i. 



On rotten wood of Txinja. Pattoniuna. Mt. Paddo, Washington. 



The specc. were old and the asci bad mostly disappeared. 



