4x3 



4(i-r»(ix 10-12 //, clavnti'. Hiil»«ti|iitati'. S|Mtri<liii siililiisciiiitc, iilliin- 



t(ii(l. sliglitly curved, ycllowisli-livaliiit'. 12-1. ') x 3i-4 //. 



On lirnnchcH ii\' Llijnutfum, IJotlil. :i. I'li., and on dead linilis ol 

 Chf/wa uhiifoltu, Xowlicld, N. J. 



W<' have st'cn n(i spccf. of S})hn ligimtrhni, Scliw., Itut IVoni 

 the diaiiimsis given l»_v Seliwcinitz tliero can not Itcniucli doulit tliat il 

 liclonu's liere. The Hjiocc. (»!" Vahu ohfccta, C. <fe K., liavc licon cari^ 

 liilly coiiijtarod witli V. Ci/pr/\ Tnl., as r('i»iT'scntod in RdnnV Asc. 

 22(i. and seoni to us to Ite tfio same. Wc find tlie ostiola iniited in a 

 disk. Itut there is on the same specimen a V(dm similar in outward 

 ii|i|t('aranco, witli the ostiola se|»ai'ate. Sph(Pnu jtrnhtona, Fr. S. M. 

 II. p. 480, is reckoned as the spermogonial stage. 



V. Oanotlii, (Schw.) 



Sfihaiia Ceanfl/ht, Schw. Syii. N. Am. i.'iTt. 



Sal»pustulate, closely covered l»y the epidermis, only the promi- 

 nent, Idack, round, shining, perforated ostiola visilde. Pclthecia suli- 

 erect, circiuate in a cortical stroma, pyrilorm or irregular, wliitt' inside. 

 I'listules minute, I J lines diam. Spt)ri(lia (sec. Stevenson 1. c.) allan- 

 toid. nucleated, 21 1 x (i\ ft. 



Ki-ecinent on dead stems of Cp'/«o^//ms. Bethlehem. I'a. (Sclnv.). 



V. iiieisoleiiea, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 103. 



" Disk white, surrounded l»v the black ostiola. uv sometime;-; dotted. 

 Sporidia hyaline, sausage-sha|)ed, 20 ji long.'' 



On Viburmim (Icufotnm, Pennsylvania (Michencr). 

 V. iiu!liiiis, Sacc. Syll. I, p. 137. 



ya/sa accUnis, Fr. in Cooke's Valsei of the V . S. p. ii6. 



IVrithecia circinate, aUait 5 together, globose, erect. Ostiola 

 ))!irallel, crowded, thickened, prominent. Sj)oridia collected in the 

 upper part of the asci, allantoid, 20-25 // long. 



On branches of Scfusafras, liethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). 



The Valsa ucdinis, Fr., of the European mycologists has sporidia 

 only 7-1) X 2 /i (Sacc), or 12-14 /i long (De Not), and must be diftereiit 

 from the V. ucdinis, of Cooke's Valsoi of the V. S. 



Species imperfectly k?iown. 

 V. laiirina, (\ & E. Grev. VII, \u 9. 



Covered by the blackened epidermis. Pustules convex. Ostiola 

 I'onvergent. Asci clavate. Sporidia cylindrical, slightly curved, ob- 

 tuse, hyaline. 20 x 4 /i. 



On t^^■igH o[' iStfssdfras. New .lersey. 



