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This .s|»ecit's (sec. Peck) wats Ibiind on ffoail nMors, noai- J>ntl'ii[i. 

 N. Y. 



Wo liave soon no s])ccc., ainl translate the diagnosis Ironi Fries" 

 Systonin. 



■»** 3/acri>sj)Oi'H^. Sporidid uiwc than 12 n long. 

 V. aiiibieiis, (Fei's.) 



^phaiiu iriiidiciii, I'ers. Syii. \>. 44. 



Spliiciui iliplanata, Nees, in I-r. Siiinma Vejj. Sc. p ,VJ4 

 Splutn'ii cap.siilaris, I'ers. Syii. p. 42. 

 SphiCiiu ipliiiicliiiHi, l-'r. (pr. p.) S. M. II, p. |oo. 

 /'i(/,vi( L-ititirts, Till, ill Anil. Sci. N'at. Ser. IV, toin. V, p. 1 17. 

 Sp/iin id ti'IraspoKi, Ciirr. I.iiin. XXII, p. 279. fig. i.|S. 

 I'ii/.sii iUitdu'iii, Vr. Suninin, p. .)I2, 

 Ci.'/.Mi iiinsc) ipht, C. ft H. (ire\'. VII, p. ■<". 

 ( I'al.su ciiDpethi, Cke. Valsei of the U. S. p. i rS) ? 

 Kx.iiicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 616, 2i.ti.— Kze. F. Set. i.iy.— Ral>. V. H. 1131, 1531.— Kelim Asc p 

 171. 223.— Syilow. M. March. 33, 465. (163.— Krgr. F. Sax. 172, 431.— Koiiin. F. ("■ 

 1(7*^,4447. — Cke. F. Brit. 2A Ser. 232. — I'lowr. Sph. I!rit. 46.— Sacc. M. Ven. 1493 

 Kll. N. A. F. S6S. 



Stronirtta nnnierons and uenerally tiiickly scattered, snrronndiiiii 

 and extendinu' lor some distance alon<j' the limbs, oi'l)icidar or ellip- 

 tical at base, and 1 1-3 mm. bi'oad, obtnsoly conical above and, lor the 

 most ))art, distinctly imstnlate-prominent, covered by the closely 

 adherent ejtidermis, which is pierced by the erumpent disk or stel- 

 lately cleft with the laciniae adhering'. I'eritliecia 4-'i<) (mostly (i-lO) 

 subcircinate in the unaltered substance of t]:e inner bark,ab<jiit \ mm 

 <liam., and mostly not crowded, necks slender, decumbent, with theii 

 large, dei)res.sed-sphei'ical, l)lack ostiola erumpent arouud tht?" margin 

 of the snrall, whitish disk or irivgularly arranged, crowded and obliter- 

 ating the disk. Sometimes the e{)idermis is slightly depressed just 

 around the <lisk, with a circle of slight protuberances indicating tin 

 ])osition of the subjacent j)erithecia. Asci (}>. sp.) 40-");) x 12-lo // 

 4-8-sporcd, with a slender, sti]»e-like liase 30-3") n long. Spoi'idia 

 conglomerate or subbiseriate, allantoid, hyaline, slightly curved 

 obtuse, 14-'..*4 X 3-") /i in the M-spoi'cd asci, in the 4-si)ore(l asci, 24-3(1 

 X 0-8 fx. 



On dead limbs oi' various deciduons trees, counnoii, at least 

 tlii'oughout the northern U. S. and Canada. 



We have soecc. from Canada on ash 



hawthorn, elm, oak, ba 



ss- 



wood and hickory; from Iowa, on Pyms coronaria; from Montana, 

 on Shephevd-id, (J(inadeii.ni<; frou) New Yoi'k. on Acer rtdjrmii; from 

 Nebraska, on SfHidjiictis; from New Jersey, on JVi/.sna, L/'fjnhlanJji/f 

 and 7*//yw^s, ami the teti-asporous form on Jlorns, from Illinois. 



