4(1.' 



Tli(> si(('i'iii(ti:<»iii;il stiTiiiiatii iirc oiitwiirdly like tlir nsciiicroii^ 

 -ti'diiiutii. I)iit ladiiiU'-iT'lliiliir within. Spcriiiiitiii iniimtc. 'I'lic s|m»- 

 ridiii nro siiiailcr than in V. ceiihsifi. 



The s|)('ciiiii'n in Hav. F. Am. i,< untircly stci'iU'. cvimi the spci'ind- 

 iionia licinu' without IViiit. lnit the s]i('cf. in thi' other K.xsieeati (nioted. 

 ULii'ee with this in outward aitpearanee, and the sjioridia are as stated 

 ill Cooke's diat^nosis of V. Jn/t/'/xriitd. only tliei'e are no ''ehmuated 

 (ylindrical ostiohi." unh'ss the necks ol' tiie peritheeia inclosed in the 

 -troiaa arc reckoned as ostiola. 



V. ;|i;o,ssypiiia, Cke. Valsei of the V . S.. Xo. 11'). 



IVrithecia qnartornate-circinato, covered, disk erninjient. Ostiola 

 not salcate. Asci S-spoi-ed. S]ioridia allantoid, niiinite. hyaline, ")-<; // 

 lonu'. 



On iiranches of Gossi/pintii. So. Carolina. 



lias the haliit of V. f/i/dfcr/iattr. 



V. florifoi'liiis, E. A: E. I'roc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phil. July. 18!K). p, 

 222. (Plate 33) 



Stroma conic-liemisjiherical. aliout 2 nun. Itroad and L^ nun. Iiiuh. 

 seated on the inner Itai'k, and covered liy the e])idermis. which is eithei' 

 pierced or suhlaciinately ruptured l)y the thick lascide ol' cylindrical 

 (1 mm. or more lon,<i), somewhat spreadiuLr. I'ather ol)tusely pointed 

 ostiola swollen just lielow tlie tiji. and (,'rumi)ent throuirh a yellowish 

 disk which is soon oliliterated. Porithecia numerous (25-50), packe(l 

 ill a siuLi'le layer in the lower ])art of the stroma. 1 .\ j nun. diam.. ovate 

 or iri'ciiulai I'l'om compression, contracted' altove into slender nocks 

 which rise through the cinereous contents of the stroma, and tei'ininate 

 aliove in the cylindrical ostiola. Asci (]). sji.) 35-4(1 x 5 a. Sporidia 

 liisoriate, cylindricid. hyaline, sliirhtly curved. (5-7 .\ 1 J- //, 8 in an ascus. 



' s- t/tO/H 



V 



/fat 



(I 



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DilVers from V. ri-micidti. Nits., in its lonu' ostiola and smaller 

 asci and sjioridia. Has nuicli the same <i'eucral appearance as V. xco- 

 jxirla. Schw., imt ostiola not sulcate and asci and sporidia lariror. 



V. (Idicatula, ('. & E. Orev. VI, i*. i;\ 



I'alia di'titliiii. C. Sc K. C.rev VI, |). ii, PI 95, tiK u 

 p;xsicc. KM. N. A. F. S65. 



Pustules small (1 nmi.) prcuninent, (jrlticnlar or (dongate<l. eov- 

 t're<l liy the hark, except tlie miinite ostiola. which are clusteicd in a 

 lirown disk. Perithecia shapeil like a Florence flask, memhranaceous. 

 the neck ecpial in lenu'th to the pei'ithecium or a little more or less, 

 slender, swollen at the ajiex. Sporidia sansau'e-shaped, (i-S x 1 ] n. 

 moderately curved. Asci chivate. 

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