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i.-' not ili.>('oIi)i-<>i|, tliuiiuli I't'inlrrtMl moi-c roinpiirt niiil t^iiiTMumliMl hy ;i 

 thill. Iilni'k hivcr wliicli |M'ii('li!it('s tlic wood liciiciith. Ostiohi slinit- 

 cvliinlricul, thick, stout, nhtiisc. with an irifLriihir uiiciiiiivr. Asii 

 liiniid-laiin'ohitc; st'ssiif. 7'> x I;") n. Spniidia liiscriiitr, ulilnim'.('|li|» 

 liciii, iiiiirJ<'|itiil«' iiiid sliirhtly rotislriclcil, hyaliiic. 12 x ')-(> /i, with twi> 

 iarir*' «iiit'l<'i. at jciiiith easily sriiaraliiitr in the iiiidildh'. 



On ilf'snl liiiilis mI' Amcliiin/ilrr ('inmiftiinix. Ncwlifld, N. .1., aihl 

 1)11 ih*a<l iiia|ili' liiiilis, liondun. Canada ( |)cai'iicss). 



When the liark decays and liills away, tlie Idiick, tiil»erciilili»iiii 

 sti'Diiia remains :ittac|ied to the wood and then, much i'eseml)les the 

 str<»ma of some Jjitifri/jir: this at h'asi is the case with the specc. on 



Allli'/nitr/i/rr. 



1). Aiii|iel«'i|»si(lis, (Kll.) 



;<i/.>.j .Imfii'lofisiitii, i;il. Hull. Torr. Hot. Cliit). IX, J), iti. 

 Ci V fill's fwi ilia .[mf<i-hifisiili\. Siicc. Syll. '«>.i,s. 

 I'liha (Ci)plost>o>elUi) .li»ptlii/>.\itli\, Ckc. Syii, ii>jo. 

 Kxsicc. Kll. N. A. V. SSI. 



IN'rithecia siilicircinate. lew. seated on the siirl'ace of tlie wooil 

 and enveloped in llie l»aik without any ilistinct stroma. Ostiohi cyliii- 

 dricul. sul»acuto, their tips united in an ellipticul. piano tiisk eniinpent 

 thronirii h)ie.;itiidinal lissures in tiio luirk. l»ut at leiiL'th oliliteiati'(|. 

 Asei (davate-cylindi'ical. al»ouf 70 x 12 //. ."^poridia liiseriate. oliiong- 

 elliptical, suliaeiite. hyaline. 1-4-nncleate, liecomiiiii- iiniseptate. I S-22 



On dead stems of Aiiiinlopiils t/Uf/u^mJoHu, Newlield, N. .1, 

 I). a|Nier.v|)tn, «'. iV K.) 



I'lil.Hi af'Oiiypta. C. Mc K. ('.rev. VIII, p. i.s. 

 lUiipotihc apinrypta, Sacc. Syll. 2i,'H. 



I'eritliecia in yroiips of 3-S, snl»circiiiat<' in the nnclianued inner 

 I'ark. \-\ mm. diain.. their short, olitii-ie, siilitascicidate ostiola raisinu: 

 the epidermis into slinht pustules which arc tlnally riipturod. I»ut the; 

 ostiola are not ex.serteil. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 7'>-S() x 1 ")-IS it. 

 ."^poridia liiseiiate, oldoin.'. uniseplate and constricted, ol»tusc, hyaline, 

 lS-20x(>/< (2.')-2Sx S-!> //, Cke.). The <rronps ol' perithecia are 

 tiiickly scattereil throimii the hark, more or less irrciiularly disposed, 

 oftoii (•oiitiiiiioiis or conlliieiit. and scarcely visilde externally. 



On decayiii<r hickory limits, Newlield. N. .1. 



I), coiymbo.sn, (('. A: K.) 



I'iiImi roi yiiihisii. C. Sc K. C'.rcv. VIII, p. 15. 

 DiapDi Ihf III) ynihosa, S,icc. Syll. 2.\\i. 



I'erithecia immersed in the wood, in an elliptical (2-3 x 1-2 /i) 



