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pel at tlie apox and at lenutli i»oifoi'att'(l. A.^t'i cyliiidi-ic-clavato, oil 

 40 X 5-G /i (p. sj). 25-30 x 5-0 //). Si.oridin I)isoriiiti', allautoid, (1-lli 

 X U-2 ft, S|tfniio<i'onia in similar stroniatii with a wliito (lis]< iiml 

 larjLie central jioro, snnoiindod liy smaller ones. Speiniiitia 5-7 .\ 

 1-1 J //, erunipent in wliitisli cirrlii (when fresh), yellowish (when diy). 



On dead linihs ol" Jiinipervs V/'n//ni(nia, New Jersey iind 

 Delawai'e. 



Distinji'nished from T". Pin/ l>y its larger sperniatin. 



V. Friesii, (Diiby.) 



Sphirria /'liesii, Ouhy Ilotau. GaU. II, p. 610. 

 I'alsa /'lit'sii, Kckl. Synil). p. 19S. 

 Exsicc. I'ckl. F. Rh, 610.— Sydow M. March. i-tS.— Kal>. K. K. 2537. 



Stromata nnnierous, (piite evenly scattered, depressed-conical, 

 sunk in the snl»stance of the hark and raising the e])idermis nioi'e or 

 less distinctly into jmstnles. Perithecia (5-10 in a stroma, suhcircinatc. 

 small, globose, Imried in the unaltered bark, with veiy short necks, 

 Ostiola small, thickened, globose or ovate, acute or obtuse. Itlack, with 

 a small, round jmre: mostly crowded around the margin of a grayish- 

 brown disk, bnt sometimes occupying the entire disk. Asci narrow- 

 clavate, sessile, 40x6 /Jt. Sporidia crowded, cylindrical, hyaline, 

 slightly cnrved, 10-12 x 1 J-2 //. 



On dead lind)S of Abies balstimea, Adirondack Mts.N. V. (Peck). 

 Canada (Dearness). 



This s]iecies is pecidiar on account of the spermogonia being pro- 

 duced on the leaves. They arc very small, ol>tnse-conical. with tlieii 

 ajtices j)rojecting and crowned with a grayish-black disk bearing ;> 

 small, ])erlbrated ])a])illa. The interior divisions are radiately arrangeij. 

 Sperniatia cylindi'ical, liyaline, cnrved, 4-5 x li //. Distingnisliod from 

 the two ])reccding species by its longer sf)oridia. 



V. Jiinipei'ina, (!ke. Orev. VF, p. 144. 



Kxsicc. Rav. F. Am. i )$. — Kali. F. K. 2950.— Krieger F. Sax. So. 



I'ustules covei-ed by tJK' slightly raised ejiidermis, which is pierced 

 i»y the pah', liirinaceons disk. Perithecia few (3-()), bnried in the un- 

 altered substance of tlie bark, Jmm. diam. or over, contracted 

 abruptly into slender, converging necks, with the conic-hemi.xpherical. 

 sliglitly radiate-snlcate ostiola I)arcly ernm])ent through the pale disk, 

 Asci clavate, 30-35 x 5-(l //. Sporidia liiseriate, allantoid, slightly 

 curved, hyaline, 6-8 x 1 ^ //. 



On dead limbs and trunks of Jiiniperut< Virginianu, Carolina 

 and New Jersey 



