4s7 

 Spoiiilin iilliiiitoiil, liynliiir, not siroimly cmvcfl, 7-!).\ 1 J /i (lO-l'i x 



On tlni'l limits of iV//.<^«'^ ('nrolinii (Curtis). New .Fci'soy (KHis). 



On the I.irucr limits tlic |iiistnl('s iiic liiiircr, witli the dense fiilts 

 orslinit, Itiack ostioiii, siiltsei'iately ei'iiiu|tent in l(in<ritii<liniil enieks in 

 till' Itiii-k. 



The iilt(tve •lia^■nosis is I'roni tho sitceo. reloi-red t«» Itv (Vtitke in 

 (Jivv. V,|t. !>'J, and VI, p. 10. 



V. fraiisliUTiis, (I)e Not.) 



Sfilueria ItanslMCfUi, I)e Nol. Micr. Itnl. V, No. t. 

 I'ii/iii haiisliiii'iii, l)e Not. Sclieiiin Sftr. p. .vi. 

 Kxsicc, Rnl). I". H. 717. — Kcliiii Asc. ij.s. 



Stromata nnniei'ons, irrejrariuus or scattorcd, ol'ton eoverin;.'' the 

 whole limit on which they ,i;i'o\v, eonicial or hemispherieal Intm a cir. 

 ciiiar Itaso, mostly small, scarcely J mm. diam., Itnt sometimes lariicr 

 (I mm.), visjltle thritnuh the thin, chtsely adherent e|tidermis, which i-^ 

 rai.<('d into |tnstides llattencd altove and pierced Ity the disk, which is 

 sui'ronnded iiy a sliuht depression. Perithecia 2-X in a stroiia, iri'i'i;- 

 niarly nionostich(»ns, sphuM'oid, niinnte, with slender necks and puncti- 

 liirni ftstiitia, ernmpeiit in the ci'iitor of the small, whitish flisk. Asci 

 claviitc or o'lloiiii', sessile, : 



(tred. 40-44 xS 



itoridia conu'lo 



liatt 



•ylindrical, cni'veij, hyaline, !)-14.\"2/<. Spermon'onia rew-celled. 

 times one-celled, with a sin.LjIc centi-al pore, or, more seldom, with 

 pores penetrating; tho whitish, Itrown-marjrined ilisk. Spermatin 



SdllK 



I'vlniurical, ciirve( 



I, 4-5 X 1 



On dead willow Itranclies, West AUtany, X. Y. (Teck). 



V. iiM)i'i;;t>iia, B. iV V. (!rev. XIV, p. 4(!. 



i'erilliecia uloltose, innnersed in a pale cortical stroma, which is cov 



M'cd at leniith with a lilack crust, and ciirumscrihed l»v 



a I) 



lack tint 



n.<tiola siiliconlluent, and sliirhtly prominent in a minnte, lilack disk. 

 A.sci cylindric-clavate. Sporidia allantoid, hyaline, 10x2 /t. 

 On liark oi' Jlorxs iiitilticdiiliH, South Cai'olina. 



V. ('ai'yi;;t^iia, B. »Ni C. (Jrov. IV, jt. 102, and Cke. Valsei ol' th 



V 



x\o. 32. 



Kx.sicc. Kll. N. A. K. S67. 



Stroma as in V. prfcsttins, I)ut mostly smaller, convex-conical, 

 1-1 i mm. diam., whitish inside, I'aisiiiii' tlio hark into distinct jtustules. 

 niijstly seriately ai'rani>ed, and pierced at the ajiox Ity th«' small, dirtv- 

 wliite, roun<l disk. Perithecia in a single crowde<| layer in the Itottom 



