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vv.\ 



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484 



We liavo iicvi'i' lircii iildc \n fiinl iiiiylliliiv; corn'sfxtfnli'im' (d tfu. 

 iilinvc (l('srri|itiuii. Oiir s|k'C('. Iiiliclcil V. hitirinn, V. \ l-l., art' V 

 viiiitni)h<rni/V\\\.,\\\\\\ s|ioiiiliii S-|()xl,J it. V. sti/Mfi/jiiufd, {'. \ 

 I'., occurs «>ii sassiil'ni.-t, lnit is still ililVcrt'iit. 



V. Mali/ilelKC «iK. (inv. VI. ).. 11. 



This is also iiiikiiou ii to lis. Our h{m'cc. iiiiilcr litis iiaiiic ait 

 liotryositfni'i'hi f'nli(jiiioso. 



V. ((iieiiia, I'liiT. Liiiii. TiaiKs. XXII, |>. UT'.», tal». 4n, liy. III. 



KukIcc. R.tv. I'". Arti. 715' 



"Sporidia sliy:litly ciirv»'t|, siiiiplc, linear, colorless, t-nnvilfd in tin 

 apex of till' asciis.'' 



'riic spec, ill Kav. F. Am. 74'), on Mijt'ivn. is witlioiit pcrilliccin. 



Sh'iniiii roiticol, vlrriiiiis('r!h<'<l, >f/sl' nutstly wliih; of vinciiinm. 



¥.■ * X- •» 



( Jji'iivoHtoinn, ^Itsilil'c). 



V. iilvwi. (Holl.) 



S/'/iuiia iiii'iii, WttX. \'fn. Or. I, p, 26. 

 Sfilimia iiiviit, I'lTs. Syn. p. ,iH. 

 I'aha iihiii, Vr. Siiinnia, p. .)ii. 

 Kxsicc. Hckl. H. Kh. (Siij.— Rill). !••. K. (1,15, 2;'^»'<.— Rcltiii Asc. y^.— Tluim. K. Aiistr. Js.s. 

 Krk'Kr. 1'. S.TX. jy.— Sy<li)w, M. M.Trch. 2S,i, jy.sy — ICll. N. A. H. sft^,— id. 2cl Ser, .'iii 

 — Di-sm. I'l. Cr. Kil. i, 2S1. 



Stroma sciit(,'llatc, (limidiato, 1-2 mm. acro.^s, adnato to the iiini-i 

 siirlaco of the opitleniiis, white inside, disk eriimpeiit, while, triincalc. 

 I'crithecia 4-10 in a stroma, ciirimiU; around a central spcriiiouoiiiiim 

 or inordinate, ulohosc, small, necks slemler. Ostiola small, ldack,sul»- 

 ti'loliosc, crumpont in a circle around the? marujin of tho while disk, or 

 oftencr scattered irroiriilarly. Asci clavate, iif)-4!) x -l-ti fi, siilt.'^essile. 

 S- or 4- spored. Spfjridia allantoid, hyaline, not stroiiLdy (curved, 7-!> 

 xl^-1?. /<. Speriiioii'onia mostly with a sintrle central poi'e, radiale- 

 cellctl. Spermatia cylindrical, curved, ()X 1 //. oozinu- out in reddish 

 cirrlii. 



On Pojmhis (/raiitlidcntutit, Ohio and Xeluaska, and on /*. trtun- 

 nloidcH, Montana and (>olorado, on jHjpIar, Pennsylvania and Carolina. 

 Schweinitz st^ites that it is common on apple trees at IJethlehein, Ta. 



European specimens have as st,ated in Syll. tVc, larn'cr sporidiii 

 12-14 X 3 ft. The sjiecc. issued in X. A. K. 809 are mostly only sper- 

 mogonia or sterile. Tlie only perfect ones we have seen are from Col- 

 orado and Montana. These agree with the European spocc. in all lait 

 their smaller sporidia and rather smaller asci. This species seems to 

 attain peH'cct development only in high latitiuh.'s uv in mountainous 

 regions. .^ 



