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crowded, j^loltose, liuriod in the iiiialterod liaik. (Jstiolii frlulxwe ni 

 ovoid, or aliuont eonical, large, l»lael<, fnscieulate or iri-egularly ei-iiiii- 

 ]tent, or sometimes in a circle aroutid the margin of a whitish disk 

 Asei iiarrow-clavato, oldong, ses>>4ile, (54x10//. Sjioridia liiscriatc 

 cylindrical, curved, hyaline, 14-1 S x 3-') ft. 



On Ijranches of Cela.strnK, Camlina (Schw.). 



This rests only on the authority of Schweinitz, not having lieen 

 found here since his time. The sporidia (se ;. I)e Xotaris) are unisep- 

 tate, and if so, this would come in Dio/torfhe {Chorostatc.) 



V. operta, (Fr.) 



Splitrita operta, Fr. S. M. II, p. 407, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 13.S1. 



Circinate, perithecia small, buried in the inner bark, irregularly 

 aggregated, attached t« a crust which covers them altove. Ostiolif 

 twice as long as the perithecia, erumi»ent, at first convergent, then 

 (;rect, perforated at the ajtcx. Asci clavate-cylindrical. Sporidi;f 

 allantoid, hyaline, 18 xf? /i. 



On I>ranch('s t)^ Popnhoi Itulicii, JJethlehem, Pa. (Schw.), 



V. Tliiijjp, Fk. 4Uth Rep. j.. ()7. 



Kxsicc. KU. it Kvrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2518, 2.S19. 



Pustules scattered, slightly prominent, closely covered liy the epi- 

 dermis. Perithecia nestling in the inner bark, sulicircinate, 5-10 in 

 a pustule, about \ mm. diam. Ostiola erumpcnt in a small, round- 

 whitish disk, obtuse, l)lack, conic-])apilliform. A.sci ol)long-clavat(', 

 ]). sp. about 40 .\ n //, subsessile. Sporidia allantoid, 10-14x2-2.',//. 

 Iiyaline, not strongly curved. 



On dead branches and foliage of Thuja occidentalis, New Yoik 

 State (Pock), Canada (Dearness). 



{'f\m, Till. Sel. Cnip. II, p. 1!)4, tal). XXV, ligs. 10-20. 



Spliania Ligustri, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1684. 



I'aha ubli'cta, C. & K. Grev. VII, p. 9, (not Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1639). 

 Kxsicc. Fckl. F Kh. 1969.— Rehm Asc. 226.— Syiiow, M. March, qii. 



Stromata scatteied, small, depressed-conical, only sliglitly j)romi- 

 nent, covered liy tlie epidermis and, when this is jieeled off, coming oti 

 with it. Perithecia 3-8, medium size (J-| mm.), ovate, sulxlecuiii- 

 l)ent, sunk in the inner bark and leaving their im])ress on the surl'acr 

 of the wood or on the surface of the inner stratum of the bai'k, scarcely 

 crowded, collapsing, subcircinate, necks very short, with their large, 

 obtuse, rounded-conical o.stiola united and forming a small, black disk 

 Itarely erumpent through a short lissui-e in the e|)idermis. Asci \). sj). 



