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IVoin tin's. Tlic (li;ii:iinsis licrc u'ivi'ii is li'oiii ri rccxiiiiiiiiiifioii of tlir 

 (ii'iuiiial spccc. iiiul difVers in sdiiic rt'S|M>f s IVom tiiMt in 'I'orr. IJnJI. 



. Ell. I'latniii, (Sdnv.) 



SfiliiOhi I'hilani, rtchw. Syii. N. Am. 1372 

 /•Uilypella Plalaiii, Sacc. Syll. 592. 



I'listiilcs uiru'iiridiis. snijill, nniiicrotis, \y'\\\\i iindci' the (•|ii(i('rnii> 

 wliifli is sliylitlv I'iiiscd, nnd liidiiitcly lissiiird iironnd the f'riini|M'iit 

 liiscicic ol' slioff-cyiiiidi'ifid <ir coiiic-cviindrii'iil, stronuly iiiiiKlrisnlcnlc. 

 f^liiilitly ('.vst'i't<'(l (tstiolii. I'critiicriii Tew in ii imstuk' (4-(i mostly), nut 

 d('C')>ly Inii'iod. sinidl. necks sJKirl. S|i()i'idiii nlliintoid, ncitrly liyiilinr. 

 10-12 x 2 //. TIm' itsci in tlic spccr. cxiiininod liiid disii|ip('iii('(l. Tlic 

 ostiola nre iit lii'st Jdiiicd in ii ln'own disk wliicli is scion ohlitcriiti'd. 

 Stioniii uf';i liulitcr color tiinn tlic snrroinidiny iiiiik. ;nid witliont ;mi\ 

 cii'cuniscriliinii' line. 



On loose liiii'k <)[ PJ(it<iinii<. New York, I*cnnsylvi\niii iind Loni,- 

 iaiiii. 



Kii. Ijeaiaiia, (Keik.) 



S/i/uriia /.eaiaim. Hcrk. Hook. I.iifitl Jo\uii lint IV p. \\\. 

 I'.tilypi'lUi lyaiiiiui. Sacc. Syll. ,s^S 



Innate. Stroiiiii pallid, ahout ^ a line dijini., of a rather Ioom' 

 textufc, and circnniscrilied liy a iilack Uik; penctratini;- the \voo(|. 

 Pciitliecia not luinierous. ciirinato, elliptical. Ostiitia loiniini; ii little 

 tiil't, I'atlier elonuatcd. nmliilicatc, finely grooved, urannlated. Asci 

 lanceolate. Sporidia niinute (7-S a Ioiil;). cnrvi'd like tho.^^e of J)i(i- 

 tri/ijcllu vi'i'i'itv((foriiu.s. i>islin,iiiiishe(| from Di'iportltc Cdr/i/iii 

 liy its pretty. «i'raiiulatcd ostiola ami its minute, eiirved. not lanceolate 

 sporidia. 



On liark of dead lioriilieain {C'lvpiinis}. Ohio and (Carolina. 



Kii. ^oiiiostdiiia. (Sclnv.) 



Sfiluti hi i;iiiiiinlii»ia. Scliw Syii. N Am 137,^ 

 I'lilsa voniii^liiiiui.C^n:. Valsei of C. S. No 9. 

 luitypilhi HDiiiostoiiHi. Sacc. Syll. .s"-?. 



I'nstules (do.^ely covcrcil liy the epidermis. Hat and thin, often con 

 thieiit \l--\ iiiiii. diam. I'ei'ithecia s^-l.') in a piistnle. \~\ mm. dinm.. 

 crowded, salicircinate. Itnried in the l»ark, without any stroma. Ostiola 

 stout, crowded, erect, deeply i|uadrisulcate, short conic-cylindrical. 

 erunii)ont in an orliicular oi- elliptical tnft closely emiiraced l>y the 

 perforated epidermis. Asci aliout 25-30 x 5 // (p. sp.). Sporidia siili- 

 Mseriate, allantoid. yellowish, not sti-onuly curved, 7-I> x 2 //. 



On various liraiiches. Carolina (('iirtis), on the younjicr lirauchc!^ 



