4(1!) 



ClIClllll 



sci'iliiiiLi' liiii' is sci'ii in the inner strittiiii 



tl 



1 <ii the i)ai' 



-iirrouii 



in 



i: niaiiv individnuls oi- wlioh" u'l'oiips. Spoi'idiii (sec. Stcvcnsnn 



On lirnnclK's f)l' TiJIa. Frequent around nctldclicni, I'a. (Scliw.). 

 V. a>i|iiiliiieai'is, (Scliw.) 



Sfii'itn ill tri/iii/iiifai li, Schw. Syn. N. Am, 12^,1- 



I'ci'itlioi'ia covorod, ininiersod, small, ovate, rtulit'irt'inatc. in small, 

 -ulisi'fiatc chisters in an ulonj^atcd, linear, dark-eolorcil stroma, the 

 cvlindrieal ostiola Inirstinu' out in a seriate manner tlirouuli eraeks in 

 the liarlx. lull not pi-ojeetinti' mueli al>ov(( it. Sporidia ") x 1 //. 



On dead stems ol' lie rfjcf is Cdiiudcnsis, ('arolina (Srliw.). 



We liave taken tlie measurements ol" the sjioi'idia and siipple- 



!('(! the (U'iuinal diau'iiosis I'rom an examination ol' the sj)ee. in 



men 



erii. ?^eli\v 



Species impcifertJy Iiidh'h, 



V. siihsci'lpta, (Fr.) 



S/'Innii! /•■ssii/a, Kr. A. mhiciipla, Kr. S. M. II, p.'.vjj. 

 / 'aha siihsci ifita, Sacc. Syll. 504. 



Perithecia circinate, the hiaek, eircuiiiscril>in<r line sul)olililerated. 

 Ostiola sinu'ly ornmiK'ut in a small tlisk. Asci minute. Sporidia 

 allantoid, minute. 



.Mentioned in Cke. Valsei of the U. S, No. 38, and in ('iirtis' Cat. 



141 



V. ei'inaoea, (B. & Rav.) 



Hyjioxylim ei huiitum, R. & Kav. Clrev. IV, p, 94. 

 / \ilia )'iiiiua'ii. Cke. Gre%'. XI, p. 12S. 



'•Pei'ltheeia ovate, i»ulverulent, with an elongated, often eurved 

 neck. Sjtoridia clavate, mueh attenuated helow.'" 

 On Li(jiiid(imh(ti', South Carolina. 



V. iiuiiKla, B. & C. (Jrev. IV, p. 100. 



'•I'ustulos eompletely eovered hy the hark whieh is blackened 

 over tlii'in, or appears l)lack Ity transparence, the disk alone, which is 

 liordered with white, lieing free. Asci lanceolate. Sporidia san.saue- 

 <haped. 



On smooth branches oi' Conius, Alabama. 



V. fiilvella, B. & Rav. Orcv. IV, p. 101. 



Pustules closely covered by the bai'k which is raised up. Disk 

 jiale tawny, dotted with the black ostiola. Spoi'idia allantoid. 



