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V. lein'ostoma, (IVis.) 



Spliifna li'iiroiliimii, I'ith, Syii. |i. V*- 

 I'liLui /YiMhiiiii, NIlH. I'yr. < '.trill, p, iii. 

 l'ii/\ii Ifiiiiisliimn, I'r. Siiiiim. Vi«. Sc. )>. |ii 

 Kxilcc. Mil. N. A I'. 17V -Kriv. I'. .Mil. ,i'..|. Thutii. \'. AUdlr. jyi. 



StroiiiiitM strniiirly foiivcv, 'l-W iiiiti. dijiiii., sciitft'i't'il iiiciriilMily. 

 <ioiii<'tiiii('.< coiiiliii'iit, liiirlv uriiiiiiliii' iiixl wliiti.^li iii.^ijilt', tin- iiiih'i' liiy«'i' 

 (•oriaccoiis iiml diirkcr, iiml closely iHlmitc to the inner siirliiee <»!' the 

 I'pidei'inis. IMsk (>nnnpetit. tliroii;;!! sluH't, transverse eiaiks in tlie 

 ('|ii(leiiiiis, white, dotted with, the Idaek, r<»iinded, sli^litly piojectinjr 

 ostiola. A.-ei lii.<oid-elavate, .'{A-t') x 7-S /i, ,su I (sessile. Sporidin 

 hiseriate, allaiitnid, hyaline, not stroiiijiv curved, !l-!lJ.\ 'l-'D, n. 



On peach, |iliini and alinonii trei>s, Carolina, i'enn.sylvania. New 

 Jersey, and proltaidy tliroimliont the country where tliese trees are 

 t'oiind. 



This species (dosely lesenildes I'', ulna, lint in our Aniericaii 

 specc. th(! asci and sporidia are larger. 'I'lie stroniata al.<o are larger. 

 Ill lioth, the stroma with its eiiclosiiiij: shell (coiiceptaclei remains 

 iittaclie(l to the epidermis wlieii it is peeled olT, appeariiiu' like little 

 Misters on its inner siirlhce. 



V. pallidn, K. iV K. (in Ileili.) 



Stroniata numerous, crowded, hut mostly not conllnoiit, occiipyiiiu' 

 deliiiitely limited areas, small, conical, lia<e elliptical, i-l.l mm. diani.. 

 lijrhter coloreil inside, eiiclos(M| in a thin, iilack layer, penetrating; to 

 the lilier, lait not to the wood. I'eritlufcia lew, -l-S, lyiiiii near the 

 liottoiii of the stroma, small and rather pale, \ mm. diam., contracted 

 into slender necks risiiin' tou'cther throuuh the center ol" the stroma, 

 their apices eiilar«;ed into oiitiisi;, iiapillilorni, linally sulistellately 

 (lelii,<cent, Iilack oHtiola eriimpent throiijih a small, orliicidar, suli- 

 ferruji'inous, loosely granular or (arinuceourt disk, wliicli pierces the 

 epidermis liut does nut rise nincli aliove it. Asci clavato, (S-spored. 

 3()-;:5') X ') /i. Sporidia siililiiseriate, allaiitoi*!, sli<rlitly curved, liyaline, 

 (i-.sxl,t-lj n. 



On hark of willow, Clyde, N. Y. (O. F, Cook, No. 3(10), 



V. siibflypeata, (\ & P. 27th Rep. N. Y. State Miis. p. K)!). 



Kxsicc. KU. N. A. I-". yi. 



Stroniata greirarious, minute, (1 mm.), covered by tiio lilackened 

 epidermis, convex-hemispherical, liuliter inside, raising the epidermis 

 into little jmstules. Perithecia 3-5 in a stroma, snhgloliose, minnte 

 (150 n), Ostiola enimpent (not exserted), in a small, black disk, sur- 



