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riistiilc- covi'ifil Ipy till' i'|ii(lcniii>. I'critlici'iii 4-lin, olnlm-r 

 willi tlii(.'l\ Willis. i-J, iniii. diiiiii.. luiiicil in llic iiiiicr linrk with tlirii 

 liiisi's often sliulitlv sunk in the wood iicnoiitli, nci-ks slomlcr, convciu 

 niu;. Ostioiii t'rnni|it'nt in m conipiU't liiscicic, in all \vcll-il('\rlo|irii 

 »|ircc. ilistinctly i|n;nli'isnl(';tt('-rl('i"t. u'cnci'iilly not risinu iiMicli almv 

 tlic sinracc of the l)ai'k. lait somctinics clonii'atod-c'ylindi'ical. evcii 

 1 mill or nioi'c Iohl:', and sli^'litly swollen at the ajicx. Asci clavati' 

 iiiiniitr. 'JO-'J,") \ ") // (|i. s]).), (80.\ 10 n. ('kc). Sporidia irrciinlarlv 

 I'idudi'd, niinntc. '-\—\ \ 1 //. allaiTtoid. striaiLily lairvcd. Iiyalinc ("i n 

 lonv'. Ckc.i. 



On dead linilis of Aihnitlnis iihinil nlosu. Carolina ({{avcnrh 

 Staten Island. X. Y. (Mi's. llritton), Loni>' Island, N. V. (I'ndcrwdodi 



'I'lir surface of the innei- liark in all the speec. is nnil'orMily lil.irk 

 ened. Sec. Cke. (ii'cv. Vll. p. i)'l, the fistiola ai'e not snlcate, lint in 

 oni' copv of Wav. F. Am. and in that at the Pliila. Acad, they are uii 

 niistakaWly so. The yellowish sp(a'iilia and lilaek. thick-walled peri 

 ihecia point <lii'ect,ly to Enti/pclla. and we have no hesitation in 

 placing this species there. 'I'he lenLS'tli of t!ie ostiola in this and othei 

 species is often varialde. On a hickory linili lyiny' with one end on 

 moist LiioMiid and the other end liiiih and dry, we have seen Vitl.-^n 

 c(iri/l(i('ii(i. 15. tV ('.. occnpyiiiLi' the entire lenulli ol the lindi. with iln 

 ostiola at the npper, dry end ol' the limli, scarcely proji-ctinii- aliove tin 

 liark, while at the lower, ilanip <'iid, they wei'e exserted, 1-2 mm. lomi 



Ell. |)iiinasti'i. (IVis.) 



Spliifi in [>i iiiHi.\li i, I'ers Syii \>. Xi- 

 yaliu p> uiia.slii, Fr, S>imin,T, p. in 

 F.itlyf>i'llti fiiiDiiislii. S;icc. Syn. .s'ifi 

 ICxsicc. Kckl. K Kh, 51^. -Kihin -Vsc. .t77 — Syil.>\v M Mrircli. .)7(. — Desiii. I'l Cryjit 

 Kil. 1, .i7> 



Sti'oma vidsiforni. suliorl»icylar or (dliptical in outline, pnlvinatc 

 'oiivex or sniiconical, lilack, adnate to the wood, at iirst covered li\ 

 the liark. iinally erumpent throuiih transverse (U'acks in the epidernii.-- 

 rerithecia numerous, irreiiularly ciowded, sometimes in moi'e than one 

 laver. the central ones erect, tla; marginal ones a.sciuidinii', sul)ii'lo'iosc 

 or anu'ular, att('nuat(!d into a ue(;k of viii'ialile huiii'th. Ostiola thick 

 cued, .'i-')- (si'enerally 4-) snlcate, short and erect, or lonuer and diver 

 aent or lit xuons. Asci nari'ow-clavale. lonu-stipitate, l2< )-.'!< > x l-i-4 // 

 (p. sp.j. Sporidia in the u|iper part of the asci, suliliisei'ialv. allan 



loid. curved, sniihvaline. fi-S x 1 .', 



/, It. >pei'mouonia, 



Cytisp 



OI'll l'l>i»''^ 



h, 



< ot.s. Fr. 



(hi I'i'iniiis sfrotliKi. Oaroliua (Sch 



w. 



