481 



ill thchholii 



-ill. M. r. ,((,5 



'•out, hir-iv. 



in ii siiiiill. 



V sfjitU'icd. 



l»Il,U'-('lilViltC. 



iiitoiil. (iiilv 



moiif (I>('il<. 

 Iicecli, Xcw 



llltc'lt'll ^lll. 



cks ilocniii- 

 ;, (-'i-iiiiipciit 

 . Pustiilo 

 sci I'hiviitc. 

 iiiitoid, iif)t 



!. SpClllKi- 



lultilociiliir, 



Siioi'iimtia 



l'*) // loiiii, 



Voik. 

 luatemata. 



ling ill the 



CSS tlliUl 1 



ii-m, hiack. 



Asci davnto. 50-^)^)x7-^ //. Sjtoiidiii siiltltiserintc, allautoid, cohn- 

 Icss, 10-13 X 2-2 J /i. 



On (lead l»rai)t'lit'S ui Finxinus Anicricaiia, Canada (^laeonn). 



Tlio jiustules are ofton arraii<rcMl in lows and (he disk Ijoconii's 

 darker with auv. 



We have six'cijuons IVdni Dr. Maconn lalieiod V.fnixininu, I*k.. 

 hut, n(»t hciiifj certain whether thoy are gentiine, we liave not ventnred 

 t(» <rive any sujtploinentary notes. 



Vahdfraxinhia, I'k. 1. c., difTci-s only in its larger sporidia (12- 

 17x4-') n) and tlie ah.sence of any gray |)ulveralent di.sk. The two 

 are donl)trnlly distinct. 



V. (lissqttn, Fr. Suninia Veg. Sc. p. 411. 



Sf'liiTiia ilissf/i/a, Vr. S. M. II, p. 392. 



S/i/uFiia slipata, Curr. in I.imi. Tr.itis. XXII, p. 274, fijf. 197. 

 Duiliype slipatit. Berk. & Dr. Ann. ft Majj. Nat. Hist. Ser. Ill, vol. VII, p. 452. 

 /■(i/.trt hypottermia, H. it Ilr. 1. c, III, p. 36S. 

 Qiinteinaria dissepla, Tul. Sel. Carp. II, p. 107. 

 Kxsicc. Rehin Asc. 49.— Cke. F. Ilrit. 2<1. Ser. 230.— Plowr. Spli. Brit. 44.— Roimi. I'. (1. 

 1476.— Sydow, M. March. 171S.— Rnb. H. E. 320. 



Stroniata mostly crowded in patclies of irregular outline, 1-3 em. 

 across and eircuniscril)cd Ity an irregular, undulate, Idack lino. Peri- 

 tliccia sunk in the unaltered .sultstance of the l)ark, covered hy the 

 slightly raised epidermis, 2-6 in a stroma, suhcircinatc or irrcgulfirly 

 scattered or even solitary, dcej)ly buried and separated liy the j)aren- 

 cliyma of the stroma. Necks short. Ostiola thick, convergent and 

 piercing the epidermis together in a compact fascicle, hut only slightly 

 exserted, Mnally pierced with a wide, funnel-shaped opening. Asci 

 slcnder-clavate oi- cylindrical, long-stipitate, very delicate, 8-spored, 

 12(t-140 (p. sp.) xU» ft. Sporidia suhldseriatc, allantoid, smoky-hya- 

 line, 24-32 X 6-8 ft. 



On birch bark, Carolina (Schw.), on Ilex opaca and Amorpha 

 fndicosa, South Carolina (Berk, in Grov.). 



The conidial stromata aix3 depressed-conical, liiri-owed and sulcate 

 altove. Conidia sessile, filiform-cylindrical, curved, yellow, 30-4(> p 

 long. Sec. Cke. (Valsci L'. S. No. 52), it is doubtful whether the Car> 

 olina specc. belong to this species. 



V. dolosa, (Fr.) 



Splitcria dolosa, Hr. S. M. II, p. 405. 

 Valsa dolosa, Nitschke Pyr. C'.erni. p. 200. 



Stromata gregarious, often crowded and subconHuent at base. 



tolerably large, (1^-2 mm. lu-oad), strongly convex, closely covered l>y 



the epidermis which is slightly fissured or subentire. Perithecia 6-12 



(rarely only 3-4) in a stroma, rather large, subcircinato or iri-egnlarly 



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