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Oltlic Cullowiiiii' s|icci('.-' ii|i|iiUTiitly rcrcrahle to Vulsa: 

 ,Sj)/Htr/'(i iiiiiiiJIiii*. Scliw. Syii. N. Am. IHl22 (sec. StcM-iixm) i- 



SphiVi'id friiHtuin-v(nti. Scliw. Syii. N. Am. 1."{'J!>. Tlic simm'. nl 

 this ill llcrl). Si'liw. is soiiiu s|iL'niiou()iiiiil lorm. 



Sjihti'iiu nidiviim, Scliw. Syii. N. Am. \\V.\;). Sju'eimeli iiltortivi 

 or sterile. 



Sji/ti('r/(t nh'i/>)s(oiii(i, Seliw. Syii. N. Am. \XVii. 'I'lu' specimen- 

 iii llei'lt. ."icJiw. lire 'liin'eii. 



V. Milescen.s, (Srinv.) 



Spluriia I ii/i:s(i-i/i. Scluv. ill Herl) Schw — '.Tlifl Scliw. Syii. N Am I,?y5( ' 

 I'ii/mi )/iiii/>/ii/a, C. iSc K Cirtv VII, p i 

 Kxsicc. l\ll. N. A. F. H72. 



I'ei'itlicciii lyiii.u' in siilicirciimte clusters of M^-HO in the iiiiiei 

 liiirk, wliieli i.s luit sliulitly altei'ed, only iissiiminii' a reildisli-ln'owii 

 color wliicli is of a moir dii'ty shade directly over the pustules: these 

 are orliiciihir, and alioiit 2 mm. diaiii., convex, with the compiu't full 

 tt(o.stiola risinji' like a disk or crown throiiiiii the ape.x. and eriimpeiil 

 thi'onjih the epidermis, lait scarcely e.xserted. I'erithecia crowded, 

 alioiit f, mm. diam., or less. ()>tiola short-cylindrical, ohtii.-e. liecomiiit; 

 stilaimliilicate. Asci *2')-3.0 x (t-T //, S-spoi-eil. Sporidia liiseriate 

 allaiitoid, hyaline, slightly curved, 0-7 x Ij-U /' ('<• « lonji'. (3ko.). 



(Jii (load Itranches (A' li/iiis (/lufjtff, Carolina, Pennsylvania (Sc-liw.). 

 and on li. vopaUina and li. venenata, Nowfield, N. .F. 



This is prolialily the Sphai'ia nifcsreni*. Scliw. Syn. N. Am. 

 13!).'), Itiit wo have never seen the ostiola as tlioi'o stated "very lonu'. 

 decunihent, llexuons and diveruinn'." This character applies somotinie> 

 to Spha>iia aculeans, Scliw. No. 139!). A]»j»aronlly the (h'.-^criptions 

 of these two sjiecies have l»een in some way conliised. The sjiecie.- 

 fierc doscril)C'd is certainly the Spho'ria ruf('s('cni<. Schw. in Ileili 

 Sclav. 



V. Liiideiw, Pk. 2!)tli. Rep. p. -5!). 



Pustules small, rather prominent, crowded or scattered, closely 

 surrounded l>y the ruptured epidermis, circumscriltetl l>y a Idack line. 

 Peritliecia usually 4-6, nestling in the inner bark. Ostiola crowded, 

 short, dull lilack, obliterating' the Idackish di.-^k. Asci .slcndor-clavate. 

 Sp(jridia 8 in an ascus, yellowish in the mass, cylindrical, curved, 

 obtuse, 8-12 p long. 



Oil dead branches of Zy/»r?er«/ Benzoin, Allianv, N. Y. 



