4(53 



I' <'lti<l('niii>. 

 'ii'iciiviiiiUc. 

 nil, gloliosc, 

 lici'i'iiiL;' the 

 ''^])ori(liii 



(Curtis). (Ill 



its siiifillci 



mill, hi'oiiil 

 ti'ix. IV'ii- 

 iiiill (jy'iiiiii. 

 Ii'ifiil, stout, 

 •rniidly ;iiii| 

 •niivex, suli- 

 35 X 5-r) n. 

 ^'riiioji'oiiiiiiii 

 iiisido Mitli 

 luiiiiito (4-"> 



I'itli yellow, 

 and siiinlliM 



)\v Myc. March 



i-ical, 1 |-2i 

 H, wliicli is 

 til I'oiiiidod 



IctillK'S tlic 

 llllt, llSII!lll\ 



', 2()--{() il, 

 iiiin'ow-clii- 

 c'vlindiicnl. 



On (U'ail limits of Larix Etn'opiva, Ncwiie'ld, X. ,]., and on 

 Piinti*, Now York and Now Knuland (Cko. Valsei ol' the U. S. No. 

 •J")). Tlio spormoji'oiiia an' like the asoiu'ci'oiis stroma, only instead of 

 ihe liliU'k disk i'onne(l liy tli(> tips of the ei-owded ostiola, they ai'e 

 (•;i|i|ied liy a tnliereiilaf-pajiilla which is at leno'th piei'ced with a small 

 round openinu', whitish-<fi'ay at lii'st, finally darker. Spermatia 4 x 1 //. 

 issuinti' in yellow eiri-hi. 



'J'lie Xewlield speee. aai'ee lu'i'leetly with the Enropean, only the 

 spermatia are ahont twice as loiiu'. I>r. Winter who examined the 

 specc. was ol' the opinion that the spermouonia <lid not helonu' to the 

 V(ils<i,\\\\\ they are certainly very intimately associated. 'I'liis species 

 is distinii'di-^ht'd from V. Ah!<;tis and V. cciuhIk l>y its laru'ei' hemi- 

 spherical stromata and more nnmerons jiei'ithecia, hat the three nw 

 closely allied. 



V. .\bi('tis, (Fi-.) 



Sfilnnia Ahicli.-.. Vr. in Kzc. S: Sclini. Mycol lleftc. II, p. 47. 

 .S/>/nri hi />iiici.s/i i, (Wev. Scot. Crypt. }■'!. tab. 50. 

 I'li/sa Ahii'lis, Hr. Sunima, p. .112. 

 Kxsicc. l'"ckl. I-'. Kh. 1^6.— KaU. K. K. 2,->2(. 3551. —KH. N. A. F. 174.— Cke. I-". llrit. 2il Str. 

 4^.1.— Kelini .-^.sc. 776.— Krifger K. Sax. .^7S. 



Stromata irreirnlarly scattered, de)»rcssed-eonoid, small, eoverc.'d 

 liy the siilipnstnlate-elevated epidermis, which is pierced by the dense 

 I'a.'^cicle of short, or sometimes eloiiiiated-cylindrical ostiola, which are 

 li'lol lose, smooth, lilack and densely crowded. Perithecia ")-15 in a 

 stroma, small, .u'lolio.se or an.i^'ular IVom pressure, with very short necks. 

 Iiiiried in the unaltered suiistancc ol" the hark. Asci narrow-elavate. 

 •■sessile, 25-32 x S-() //. Spoiidia irregularly crowded, allantoid. slightly 

 curveil, hyaline, (5-9 X 1,{-1| «. Spermog-onia in stromata siniilai' to 

 the asciji'eivtus ones, mnltilocular, nari'owed al)0ve and erumjient, with 

 il liiiht-colored di.sk pierced by a single pore (rarely by sevei'al). Spei-- 

 matia slendei-, 3 x 1 /i. 



On dead limlis of Pinns r'njkla and C upressHs thijokles. New 

 .lersey, on Abies and Thuja, in I'anada and proliai)ly in other parts 

 of the country. 



V. ceiiisia. I)e Not. Slbriae. Ital. j). 38, tal). 44. 



Kxsicc. I-ckl. V. Rh. 2U9.— Thiini. M. IT. 571.— Rll. N. A. F. 177. 



Stroma cimic-trnncate (ji- de|»res.-;ed-hcmispherical, covei'ed I)y the 

 adherent ejiidt.'rmis, of a dark l)rown color, 1-2 mm. l)road. Perithecia 

 1-10 in a stroma, subspherieal or angular from mutual pressure, 

 densely crowded, with short necks and ostiola erumpent in a flat disk 

 or s(;parate, short or sul)eh)ngated, sul)eylindrieal, ratlier stout, round- 



