43!) 



Wfioil iiml cnvcicd liy the luiik. wliicli is only sli^'litly riiiscd. iilxxit \ 

 iiiiii. iliiiiii. Ostiola stout, short, olitiisf. iiiipilliHiriii iil tlic Jipcx jiimI 

 .uoii iK'ilonitfMl. not joint'd in ii disk lnil f'riiini»ont singly, iind only 

 sliiilitiv ('onv«'|M>»'ut. Asc'i (SCI!. Kckl.i 7<>-S() x !> /<. S|i(iiidiii Inncoo- 

 liifc-olilonii', scptiito in tlir middle. Iiyalinc. acntcly ii|t|n'ndi(Milntr nt 

 .■iicli end. 12.\ 4 //. 



On d<'!iil iind»s u\ CnrifhiH. h)\\:\ (Jlolwiiyi. 



We Iiavc no iinlln'ntic spec of I), dcrrth'nn. l)nt tin* Iowa spccc. 

 ;i.j-i-c(. so well with the d('S('ii|it in of tiiat species that \vc have rcCci rc(| 



iIkmii to It. 



Kik spondia were l-J-l;»x 



4-4.1 



unisc|itate am 



I dis- 



tinitly coiistiictcd in the mifhllc, ends olitiisc 'riiei'c were no a)»pend- 

 aiies visildc. ImiI as tli<' specc. were rather old. these may have disap- 

 peared: n<»r is it nnnsnal in this uenns for spoiidia at first acute, to 

 liecoiiie olituse at maturity. 



\). iiiai'^iiiiiliK, l*k, ;'>'.»ih l{ep. p. .V2. 



Pustules numerous, coveretl liy the opideriuis which i.s somewhat 

 elevated. I'erithccia valsoid. S-1.") in ji pustule, nestliiiir in the inner 

 liark. with no circum.*criliin<;' line, the ostiola slijuiitly emerucnt. Mack, 

 siirroimdiiiii' the mariiin ol' the whitish pulverulent, eruiiipent disk. 



Asci siilicN lindriral, (i.")-".') x 10-12 



toridia crowded or iti.>?eriat« 



iini.>e|)late. oliscurtdy apiciilate at each end, '2()-2.'{ x T)-" ji. 



On (lead Nranches of Alnii» rh-/<f/K, New York. 



Ilxternally like V(ifs(t ninhiins. In the laru'cr pustules the osti- 

 ola form a niaruinal circle aroiiml the disk, l)ut in the smaller ones they 

 soiiieliiues eiiierjjfe centrally and ((Illiterate the ilisk. 



\). epiiiiida, K. A: K. (in lleili.) 



Kxsicc. KlI. N. .\. !••. .(.(.S— Kill.. V. i;. .VM- 



Stroniata scattered, cortical, orliicular, aliout 3 mm. diaiii., convex, 

 liidwnish-lihick outside, sulicincreous within, with a faint, circumscrili- 

 ini:' line, which yh^iii^ not penetrate tlu^ wtrnd. Poritliecia (I- 10 in a 

 -liDiiia. >uiit:loliose. aliout I mm. diam., suhcirciiiate, necks short, eiid- 

 im: in the Idack. rouuhish, hemispherical ostiola erumpeiit in a lilack 

 disk suridimded liy the ruptured epidermis, A.sci (p. sp.) aliout 5()x 

 s /«. cliivate-cyliiidrical. Spoiidia lii.seriate, fnsoid, hyaline. 3-4-iiucle- 

 alc, lieconiinii- iiniseptate, l"JxS^<, with a hristle-like appendaLn* at 

 each end aliout half as loiiir as the sporidiuin. 



(hi dead stems of Ihx rt'i'tlriUatu, Newlield. N. J. .also .sent from 



IMainlieM, \. .1.. liy .\lr. C. V. Meschiitt. 



Issued in N. A. V. as Dtatrnpc liinUuimi, Curr., from wliich 

 (sec. authentic specc.) it is <jiiito distinct. 



