475 



, .S-4 A I 



f- 



wood, fiii- 

 KJridiii (sec. 

 \w.\w. Spo- 



^'M\W Milllii 



M (joiiiciil. 

 V. iiniiiorsL'il 



' in tln! epi- 

 |cr, iiiiiuitf. 



)St gIoI)()SO. 



(Vnei ol)l()nu 

 :iro\v(|('(J or 

 I'ytispoioid. 

 dia. 



tcllnte osti- 

 iclos lai'go. 

 ling' terctt'. 

 c, crowded, 

 'lit coiicop- 

 (sec. Stev- 



Peritlit'cia circiiiatiug around a eoiitral one. iiielnded in a cine- 

 icciiis-lilack stroma, necks short, ostiola, densely crowded and eriUM|tcnt 

 in !i convex disk. On liare wood it vaiies, lieconiing efl'iised, witli the 

 Mstiola distinct. Asci S-spored. Sporidia allantoiil. 10 ft long. 



On /'n/iiiis. New Kngland and I'eiinsylvania (Schw.). 



>S/>(;('icf< imperfectly kiioiPii. 

 V. leiplui'mioicles, B. & ('. (Jrev. P'. p. KM. 



Kxsicc. Riiv. F. Am 192. 



• I'Mstules, when the cuticle is stripjted oil', coveix-d with the hrown 

 liark. tlie ostiola only exposed and mixed witli white niattci'. Sporidia 

 <aii,<age-shaped, 10 fi long.'' 



On oak. New Kngland and Carolina. Closely rosendding /)/'(i- 

 /lorf/ic hiphirmiu, (Fr.), l»ut with ditVerent fruit. 



The specimens in our coi)ies of Hav. F. Am. are entirely ithout 

 liiiit. 'i'he specc. issued in Kll, A- Kvrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2344, are 

 ii C(i/»sp/i(tiria. apparently a compact loi-m of C. Idfiiostoma, F. tV F.. 

 which is pi'ohalily the same as C. f>cabr/'f<e(<i Schw. 'J'his ,sami' Co/(f- 

 •<l)jHrria is found on the s|iec. in Rav. F. Am. 1!)2. 



V. Xyss*, Cke. Grev. VI, j.. 14.5. 



Kxsicc. Rav. F. Am. 194. 



As nothing satisfactory can l>e made ont of the s]iec. in Rav. F. 

 Am., we can only (piote the luiei' description in (irevillea. 



" Pustules covered l»y the hark. Perithecja ovate, attenuated into 

 a long neck. Itlack. Asci clavate. Sjtoridia lineai', curved, liyaline. 

 •^ /i long. Often the center of the ])ustule is occupied liy a large sper- 

 niogonium around which tlie pcrithccia are clustered.'' 



On NyKso, Aiken, So. Carolina. 



The specimens of Splxcria radicnrii, Schw.. and SplKuria oiif/os- 

 foiiKf, Schw,, in llerl). Schw., are without Iruit, and are aj)i)areiitly 

 liurren. Valms. 



V. ceutriiieta, (Fr.) 



Sfihcriia anlnfiita, Fr. S. M. II, p. 402. 

 /'fl/.vn cfiiliifirfa, Fr. in Peck's 26th Rep. p. ^'' 



Pustulate, orlticular or elliptical, disk transversely t-nnnpent, lad 

 varialtle. Pcrithccia rather large, glol(osc-dej)ressed, coveied, the 

 very small, crowded, cxserted, semigloliose ostiola mostly arranged in 

 two i»arallcl lines, loi-ming an <don<iated, black spot in tlie center of 

 llie erumj)cnt, Hat di*k. 



