47:^ 



I'ollllll ;ini| 



v. dfcoi'tlcaiis, (Vv.) Siiuiiiiii'Vc<4. SciiikI. |i. 412. 



l-lxsicc. Ivll. N. A. I'. 4./,? 



Stroiiiii (»rl»ic'iiliir or oviil. (Iciiivs^cd-coniciil. nitlit'i- liii^'v. Inown 

 III iiiiilly Itliick, iiliriiptly .'tttonimti'il nliovf into n disk (•niiii|i('iit 

 lliroiiiili tlic ('iiidcniiis, wliicli is iisimliy tlirowu olV. I'ci'itlu'ciii (i-2(> 

 ill 11 sti'oiiiii, not di'cply luirii'd. inmiosticlioiis. tiloliosc or iiiiu'wliU' Iroiu 

 pressure, utteiiiiated into ii iiioderiit(,'ly loiitr inxk. Ostioln more or 

 less exserted. sh'ndei-, cylindrieal, Idnck, sliinin<.', r()niiin<>' an orliiciihir 

 01 elli|itie!d, eruiiipent disk, mostly densely ci-owded. with tlio nito.x 

 rounded or truncate, picrt-ed with a <!istinct pore, either atteiiuated- 

 (■uiiicai. or very rarely eloniiated ■cylindrical, and consitleraldy e.\serte<l 

 and llexnoiis. Asci narrow-* dilonii' or clavate, sessile, 4>')-i')^^ x (i //. 

 Sporidia con<!loltati', cylindrical, curved or straight, hyaline, 10-12 x 

 -!, //. SperniofTonia Ciftinpora sp. Spormatia allantoid. 4-') x 1 /,;. 



On liaik of Kvi'i'Hi Jnimuhn and iiyv'nxjn, (.'arolina (Cui'tis). 

 <<'(•. Cook(! Valsci ol' the l'. S., No. ■{.'). 



In Hurope the species is found tm I^'tn/iis t\]u\ Cdfju/nt.s. 'I'he 

 N. A. F. spccc. are on majde, and do not au'ree well with the aliove 

 diiiLiiiosis taken from Sacc. SylhiU'e. They arc proltaldy rcleralile lo V. 

 r( idfop/inra, llavill^' sporidia al>out 7 // loiiu'. 



\'. I'ubiiicola, (Scliw.) 



S/i/nriiii t ii/iinci)/ii. Schw. Syii. N, Am. 1,-1. 



I'a/sii t iihnicola, Schw. in Stevuii.son's Add. to Cke Val.sei uf i\\v \' S. No. 10;. 



drowinu' in the inner hark, at length deciduous. leavin<i' little 

 cavities or pits. (Stroma) orliicular, depres.sed in the center, where 

 rise the roiiuh ostiola, irreuariously eonHuent. At lirst covered liy the 

 epidermis, and liuried ,>;o deeply that only the ostiola project, Imt 

 linally emergent and free. I'erithecia rather large, lew. dejiressed- 

 ololio.<e, surrounded liy a whitopnlvornlent stroma. The conceptaclc 

 is sometimes ci"owned with a single ostiolum, cylindrical. Mith a lu'oad 

 openiii;;? — sometimes with several divergent osti.ila. 



Conunon on stems of Iluhits in gardens, iJethleheni. Pa. (Schw). 

 Sec. Steven.son, 1. c., siK)ndia allantoid. hyaline. 1> x 2 it. 



V. I'hiziiia. (Scliw.) 



S/>lieV)ia ilaziiHi, Schw. .Syn. N. Am. 1S9H 



\'al:a rhUiiiu, SUvtiisou .\dd. to Cooke'.s Valsei of the (' S. No. ii2. 



IVrithecia circinate. closely covered by the inner Itark. Ostiola 



icrete, sulidivergent, with a large oi-ifice. at first sometimes ]>a])illate. 



I'erithecia densely circinate. much depi-essed. numerous. olive-Mack. 



white inside, minute, nestling in ))its in the Itark without any strnmn. 



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