

480 



( )ii liiu'k of >/inu'/nriif< Virginiitnu, Nou lU'i'Scy. (VaLsa tliclehohl, 

 Scliw. ill IIcHi. lU'i'k)? 



Wo Imvc not «X'n citlicr of tliopo s|if'('ios. 



V. qiiateiiiiita. (IVis.) 



Splicrtiii (/iiiilii iHtlii. I'ers. Syii. p. .15- 



ijiitil('i mtiia I't'imoiui. Till. Sel. Car|). II, p K.s, tali XII, fiffs. if.-s^. 

 / '1//.MI {jiiiilii iiala. Fr. Sumiiin Vei?. Hcaiid. p. 412. 

 Kx.sicc. Fckl. F. Rli. r>2i.— Kal). F. V,. 255, ^15, 12.17.— Thiiiii. !•'. Austr. iS2.-i(l. M. V . is 

 Xt. March, sfm.— Ckf. F". B. 21I Scr. 221, 22,|.— Fill. N. A. F. 175.— Dciiii. I'l Ci IM 

 ■ .••t s(>2, F;(1. 2(1 1752. 



I'oritlicfiii 3-(t, cirt'iiiatiiiji' in tin- iiiiior liark, (ItMiiinln'iit, liiiLic. 

 l iiini. di.'iin.. ovate. Ostiola s^liort, laruc, ohtiiso, cruiniK'nt in a siiiall. 

 I ilac'k tulicrclo, lint not connate. Tlic jtustiilcs nir thickly scattcicd. 

 lint the liark is only sliulitly raised aliove tiieni. Asci olihniLi-cluvatc. 

 sti|»itate, j>. sji. .'jO-To x 8-10 //. Sporidia liisei-iate. alhintoid. only 

 sliuhtly cni'ved, .-inoky-iiyaline. TJ-ISx^j—I //. 



< )ii poplar and Ahnis acrrvhitu, I'ennsylvaiiia and Vermont (JJerk. 

 in (Irev.), on Aver nihnnii.(^i\\\)\\\M\ and New .lersey. (tn lieecli. Ni'u 

 York (I'eck). 



'I'lie speniioiidiiial st.,,u'e is Ijihcvtclhi fiKjhuii. I)esiii. 



V. paiiiierata, (". & E. (irev. \\, p. \)X 



F;xsicc. f;1I. *t F:vrht. N. A. F, 2(1 Scr. 1571. 



I'crithecia 2-4 toiicther (mostly 3). Iniried in the iinalteied siili 

 .stance ol' the Itark, siiUu'loliose, hhick, \-\ mm. diaiii., necks decnm- 

 lient. Ostiola lar^e, olitnse, at leniith perforated, short, enimpeiit 

 to,u-ether in the form o( a minute, black, llaftish tiilicrcle. Pnstiilos 

 numerous, suhseriate, only sliuhtly raising- the Itark. Asci clavate. 

 J), .sp. 00-70x8-10 /i. Sporidia crowdecl-liiseriate, allantoid. not 

 much curved, hyaline, 12-20x3-4^ //.mostly 12-10x4//. Sjiermo- 

 U'onia (Cytiiqmra sp.), minute, I mm. diam.. conical, miiltilocular, 

 grayish-black inside, opening liy a single jiore at the apex. Spcrinatia 

 allantoid, hyaline, o-fi x 1 //, on lanceolate liasidia 12-l.'i // long, 

 thickened helow. 



On dead limbs iA Acer riihrinn, New Jersey and New York. 



This is scarcely more than a <lepauperate form of V. (juutermitii . 

 unless the spermogonia warrant its separation as a species. 



V. si'isea, Pk. Hull. Torr. l5ot. Club. XI. p. 2s. 



Pustules small. Perithecia 4-1') in a pustule, nestling in the 

 inner I)ark, their necks converging and united in a small (less than 1 

 mm.), orl)icular, grayish or brownish di.'^k. Ostiola punctiform, black. 



