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!!' ■'!'■;; 22i:!', 



^hiii 



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Mini, across. lY'iitliocia in a siiiulc sti'diiia, few or riunic'roiis, ueiitM-aflv 

 crowded, rarely siiltcoiieeiitrically arraiiyecl, siilis|»IiaM'oi(l or anu'iihii 

 tVuni imitual pi'essiire, small, necks c<»nver,ii'inu'. Ostiola short an(| 

 small or oftencr more or less elonii'aled, rouu'li, siilcate-clei't, 8-()-siii('(|. 

 connate, at least itelow. Asci cylimlric-clavate, 4()-r)() .\ ")-(; /i (p. sp). 

 Spoi'idia crowded or sulil)iseriat(', allaittoid, yellowisli. 7-1 1 (mostlv 

 T-!))xl,]~2 ft, (S-12.\l^-2 //, Sacc). Spei'nioLr()nia iiiaMy-c<'Ilc(|. 

 laruer than the asciu'erous stromata. Spermatia lililbi'iii, cnrveil. 

 20-2') fi lonu', issninu' in yellow ciri'lu. 



Common oi. limlis of various decidnons ti-ees thi'on^liont iIk 

 Tnitod States. 



Ol'teii when the j)nstiiles are crowded, a sinu'le circiunsci'iliinu 

 line surrounds an entire u-roup, ami the sui'lace of the inner Iiai'k i:- 

 (init'ormly blackened. As Car as the sj)ecc. al)ove tpiotcd are con- 

 cerned, we can llnd no distinctive characters to separate Valsn rait- 

 tt'iom and V. feffaplo(t I'voin this species, and have therelbre included 

 thoni in Bti. atclhdntd, (set; Cke. Val.sei of the U. S. p. 112). 



Ell. Vitis, (Sclnv.) 



S/>/iiC> I 



i'i/ii. Schw, Syii. Car N 



o. 117, Syii. N. Am 1362. 



I'iiImi I'l'tis, Cke. Valst-i of the V. S. p. ii.v 

 Eiityfia viticola, Sacc. Syll. 66y. 

 S/>hiriia fiinptiirala, Plowr. Orev. VII, ]). 73 

 I'alsa (/u/hfieUd) I'ilii, Cke. Orev. XU', p. .(,s 

 Exsicc. Rav. K. .A,iii. 363, 6C)4. 



Perithecia 3-4, rather larii'e, nestliiiu' in the inner hark and reii- 

 derinu' the surface Uullate. Ostiola irreiiular, sultpulverulent, lilack. 

 and (sec. Cke. Grev. XIV, j). 4o), distinctly sulcate, and sjioridia (sim- 

 Valsci U. S. p. 1 13) 12-14 // lonu;. 



Rather rare on younu' .shoots of ^rrape vines. Carolina (Schw.). 

 Pennsylvania (Michener), New York (Peck). 



ft is doubtful whether this is more than a var. of Entjipdht 

 Kt<'.lliiJ(i.t<i, (Fr.). 



Ell. fiaxinicola, (('. & P.) 



I'aha Jiuxiiiidilii, C. & V 2'jlli Rep. N. Y. Stale Mi:.s. p. 59. 



Perithecia ()-12, sulicircinately ari'an,i>'ed and buried in the im 

 altered inner bark, about ^ mm. diam., I)lack, thick-walled, with con 

 veru'ing necks and stt)ut, (|uailrisulcate. black ostiola erinnpent in n 

 short, coiiii)act fascicle in the center ol' the pustnle, closely emliraced 

 by the perforated, .sliu'htly pustulate epidermis, above which they pro- 

 ject b.it slightly. Asci clavate, p. sp. alM)nt 35x5 /i. Sporidia 

 biseriatc, allantold, yollowi.sh, 6-8 x 2 ii, moderately curved. 



