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roiitiiiiions stnitniii, wliicli smTDiimls tlic liraiicfi siihI t'xtcnirs for ;i forii:- 

 ilistaiict.' iiinlor tiio oi»iil(,'nnis. 



We lijivc not sct.'U this spt'cics, ami take tin' loivi^niu^r IVom tin- 

 r"ii(trt cited. 



1). SntTnidiann. Kze. Sju*-. Syll. 24;5n. 



Kxsicc. Kzf. K. Scl. I2,v 



I\'iilli('L'ia 2-(J toiii'tlror, srilifiri'iiratt\ Ittiricd in tlit> rinalteicil 

 inner liark witliont any cirfiiniscriliiiiL'' line, alumt ■')()♦) n diani., with 

 their ^tullt, cnnii-a! or (•(Miic-cvliniirical i»sti<)la n^nnipfnt in a hiusr 

 fascicle tiHi-etlier. Asci p. s]>. oldonu-l'nsoiil, 4H-4."> \ >>-!> //. S[i(»riilia 

 itiseriate, oldoiiu'-rnsoid, 4-nncleate. nniscptate and \:vv\ sliulitly con- 

 stricted, 10-12 X ^^-'^\ ft do x 4J-;"> fi. Sacc.). 



On small, dead limits of elm. London. Canada M'i'arness). 



The small uroiips of jterilhecia lie close tdiicther. almost lillinu: 

 the Inirk. There is no distinct ajiicnlns at the ends of the sporidia. 

 nor do we see any in Knnze's specimens in which the sfioridia are a 

 trille larger, 10-14 xiii-4 ft. The latter also show a distinct, circnm- 

 scriliiuu,' lino in the (»lder ami thicker l>ark, li\it none on the smaller 

 limits. 



IK iiiipi'ilsa, (('. iV P.) 



I'lilsa iiii/iii/Mi, C. i<i r. 2rlh Ue\}. S. Y. St;ito ^fus. j;. imj. 

 Diapoillir hiif>iiJsa,A'ACC. Syll. avjs- 



.*^troma depressed-stihconical. f,-^ cm. dfam.. formeii of the scarce- 

 ly altered siihstance of the hark, with a Mack, limiting' line penetrat- 

 inii' the wood. l*erithecia S-12. suhcircinati", J-A mm. diam.. with 

 .slender nocks, the ohtusely-conical, linally nmliilicate-collapsimr ostiola 

 enimpent throwii'h a small, irrayish-hlack disk rather loosely siirmnndeil 

 by tlu! riijttnred epidermis. Asci clavate-cylindrical, p. sp. aliont 

 40x6 n- S]ioridia hiseriate, I'nsoid, nniseptate. mideato, hyaline, 

 hardly constricted. lG-20 x 3-3^ ii. 



On dead Iiranches of Pi/rnn Aiin'rk'dint. Adirondack Mts.. 

 X. Y. (I*eck), on P//nts suiiJjnr/foIfff, California ( Ilarkiioss). 



Descriliod from specc. sent l)y Mr. Peck. 



I>. Aili'nithi, Sacc. M. Ven. spec. p. 137, t;il.. XIII. lius. 40-43. 



Stroma valsoid. A(.'ervuli scattered, small, consistinu- of ")-(> 

 perithecia lyinu' in siiltcircinate 2"i'otips hiiried in the sMrface of the 

 wood and covered Ity the sliiihtly raised epidermis, which is finally 

 ruptured. Perithecia siil»uioIiose, alnint f, nnn. diam. Ostiola ernm- 

 pcnt in a fa.scide tojiether. lor some time covereil by the epidermis. 



