;if 



4sr. 



i<Miiiil)-il liv the wliitciic*!. torn luniuiii nl tlu> thin t')ii(li>i'iiiis. niilni 

 liioadly |»('iiniiit(Ml. A«'i c'lavatt'-c\ lin(lii('til,..'{.'i-4() x T)-!! /i, HiiliHossilf. 

 S|inriiiia i-altlii.^'iiiitf, iillnntuiil, livaliiic sliu'litlv cnrvi'd, (}-H x 1-1,J //. 

 ()l '"lid linilisnl' QmrcuM and /i*/ioihtih'iH/roii, Fnifhtlinifi, X. V 

 (I'l'uk), lid on dead liiiili.>< (if Lniinis tSiittxii/'ni.s, niid tlir |iro,«triiti 

 Htt'his i)i linhiix i'liiindviiHii*, XcwIii'M. N. ,). 



V. i'liicta. Kr. Snninui Vc^:. Sc. p. 41 1. 



KxkIcc. Fckl. V Kli. 3140, J.14S.— Rehm Ai»c, «4.— M. MnrcH. .vv?? 



Stroniata ratlicr widely scattort'd.stron^rly i-onvcx, ()i(»l»tiis('ly cdii- 

 ical, 2-3 iiini. diani., loi-Mied of tlio slij^litly altered (or a little paleri 

 sidistance of tlie innei' Imrk, enclosed in a very tliin. iilack layer wliicli 

 f'iiows art a faint. Idaek eiriMniiJicrildn^ line on a eros;^ section. I'eii- 

 tlieeia in a sinjrle layer, or ".'enerally arran<,^ed around a central spei- 

 nio^oninni, lO-l'), ;tlol»ose. or sul>an;iulai'. rather over J mm. diani.. 

 .'ittenuatcd into very slender, converfjin^ necks, with the rather lariie, 

 lilack, perl'orateil ostit)la i'an<:e(l around the i-entral |i<»re of the sper- 

 moji'onium, in the convex, whitish ilisk. which .«ion liecomes lirowii. 

 The stroma lorms a distinctly i»rominent pustide, covered hy tin- loie 

 liitudinally or sultstellately-clel't epidermis. Asci .')(»-()(» x D-l'J n. 

 clavate. suliscssile Sporidia liis(>riate. allantoid, hyaline, curved, \'l- 

 2(1 (mostly 12-1(1) x3i-4//. 



On dead twi<>'s of Aiinhnichicr alnifolia. Sand t'oiilee. Montana 

 (Anderson). 



The porithecia are rntlior sniallor than in |)r. Hehm's specimens, 

 hut the hain't is the same. We have not found any speiniatia. 



V. iHW.staii8, B. & C. in Curtis' Cat. p. 14H, and Ckc. Valsel of the 

 l. S. No. 42. 



Stroma ori»icular at liase, 1-2 mm. diam., convex-conical, tilletl 

 with whitish jmnnous matter, enclosed in an olivaccous-lirown exter- 

 nal layer of similar nature, l>ut more comi»act; on the small limhs and 

 twijii;s raisinjj: the epidermis into slij^ht jaistules pierced at the apex l>y 

 the small, round, dirty-white disk. On the larger limits with thickei' 

 hark, the pustules arc less conspicuous. Perithccia 10-20 or moiv 

 lying in a single laver in the Itottom of the stroma, small, \-\ mm. 

 diam., globose, oblong or otherwise irregular in shape from mutual 

 pressure, rather abruptly contracted itito long, very slender necks with 

 their short, rounded and pa}»illate, then perforated and nmltilicate 

 ostiola erinnpent through the whitish disk (which is soon obliterated). 

 l»ut scarcely exsorted. Asci (p. sp.) oblong-fusoid, 30-3') x 5-() /<. 



