1" i.fysi' 

 flic JhllCI 



ilisli-liruwii 

 iilcs: rlicsc 



iii|iiicr tiiii 



<'niiii|iciii 

 li (jrowdrMl. 

 '. lii'fOiililKj 



l»isfi'iiit(' 

 -. (;ko.). 

 ii:i (Scliw.) 



II. \. Am, 

 vory I(tii<p\ 

 soiiR'tiiiie^ 

 t'scrij)ti()ii< 

 'lie sjx'cic- 

 iii Ilt'i'li 



id, closely 

 •lack liiK'. 

 ci'owdt'd, 

 or-clavati'. 

 il, ctirviMl. 



471 



V. vlti>i'a, (ke. Ciw. V. p. Vl'y, XIV. ).. 4(1. 



/ i/Zmi /'/V/>, I'ckl Synih p n/y, Sncc Syll. iii), Saic Myi. Vrli Sp r vi. ttil> XI II 

 fitJ.S. Ii)-21. 



K.xsicc. Fckl. !■'. Rh. fioy— Sncc. M. Vfii. iSfi. 



riistulc."' siilicuticnlar, scattered, small, sliulitly proiiiiin'iit. i't-ii- 

 dicciii •'»-<>. aliiint \ iiiiii. diaiii.. willi short necks tcriniiiaHiiu' in tiic 

 -liiprt-cyliiidi'ifid ostiola.coincal at (lie apex, siiiootli or sliiilitly snicatc, 

 ;{iii| crimipi'iit ill il compact tiil'l in the center ol" the pustule. Imt not 

 luiich e.\serte(l. Asci clavate, p. sp. alioiit 40 x (!-7 //. Sporidin 

 liiseriate, allantoid, only sliulitly curved, hyaline, S-lOx 1 ^-'J ft. 



On small, dead shoots ol' urape vines, Newfield, N. .1. Sent also 

 I'roiii liOiiisiana (Laniilois. 17(17). 



The sporidia in the liOiiisiana specc. iiveraii-e lartrer (S-l'J^^^ loiiu), 



liiit there is no other dillerence. 'i'lie perithecia lie in the iinchantied 

 siilistiiiice ol" the liark without any cii'cimiscriliinii- line, and in well 

 dev(dope(l specc. ciicli separate pei'itlujcinm raises the hark aliove it 

 sliulitly. as in F. aiiihicus. 



On the Xewtield specc. are al.so spennosjonia, mnltilocular. uray 

 inside, opeiiinu' '>y a common central pore, and a little more prominent 

 than the asci<i'erous pustules. Sjici'iiiatia allantoid, hyaliiu!, 4x 1 //. 



This is evidently the V. rUi<iviii, Cke., and is (|iiite distinct t'roni 

 EiidjiK'Ud V/'fis, (Scliw ). which has stouter, sulcate ostiola and 

 smaller, yellowish sjioi'idia, an<l is in fact only a form of En. stcUnhitn. 



V. Ii;?iisti'ina, Cke. 'Irev. YIII, ]). 14. 



Stromata cortical, lirowii within, liut not eircnmscrihed, small, 

 elliptical, aliout \\\\ mm., raisinu,' the .surlace of the imier Iiark into 

 sliuht pustules wliieli arc not noticed till the outer layer is stripjjcd 

 oil". Perithecia 3-8 in a pustule, ovate, small. Ostiola erumjient 

 throiiuh lonu'itudinal cracks in the outer bark, Imt not exserted, stout, 

 cylindrical, with the ajiex at first conical, then broadly and ii-re.u'ularly 

 perforated. Asci clavatc-fnsoid, about 35 x fi //, 8-.spored. Sporidia 

 liiseriate, alhwitoid. hyaline, modei-ately curved, 7-9 x l|-2 ft. 



On hark of dead Andromeda Itgustrina, Nowtield, X. J. 



The ostiola are smaller and the sporidia rather lar<«'er than in 

 V. delicatuhi, and the fascicles of ostiola are laterally compressed. 



V. Liquidanibai'is, (Scliw.) 



Splurria /j'l/iiiilamhaiis, Schw. Syii. N. Am. 1352. 



Ka/irt Lujiiidambaris, Cke. Valsei U. S. No. 29, Sacc. SyU. 477. 



Pustulate, small. Perithecia decumbent, 10-20 in a pustule. 

 Ostiola minute, crowded, conical-globose, rounded at the apex and 

 smooth, or sometimes faintly sulcate-striato, erumpent in a clo.se fascicle, 



