4!t') 

 •III N/.swV'/'"."', ('Mrnliliii (Si'llW.), nil lirillirllt'< i)[ liliKx rciK'/KtfU, Nuw 



.),.i<.-y (Kllis). 



Kii. jii^laiulicola, (Scliw.) 



S/>/i<n III /ii,i;liiii(liii)/ii. Sclnv. Syn N. Am i,u"<- 

 I'iilMi /iit;/iiii(lni>/ii. Stevenson, 1 c 



■ liiiiiitr. proiuiiiciit, |Mistiil('s in conlliicii) |);ir!ill('l scries, stnuiin 

 corliciil, ciri'iiiii^^frilKMl; ciisily rccou'iii/.cij iViiiii its iiiiiiiiici' of uTowtii. 

 Iniii:itii<liii;ill.v ('riiiii|M'iit mikI coiilliiciit ; even tlic pcrifliccia in the 

 |iiisliik'S .serin tcly ili'mimed. Coneeiitiicle olilitcriited. 



On liiiiiirlies {)[' JiKihiiiK nllti'. Ciiroliiiii." (Scliw.). 



S|ieiiiiieiis sent iimler this inline l»y IVek Croin Troy. N. V.. nii 

 JiKiliins. Muree witii tlie diiiiiiiosis of Scliweinil/, (jiioteil iiiiove, only 

 ilie iK'iitlieciii iire iiol seriiilely arruiiu'eii in tiie ]»iistiiles, lint irrcLiU- 

 hiiiv cireiinile. iiml there is no diseohiriition ol' the liiirl< or iiiiy eireiiin- 

 -ciiliiiii;' line. 'I'he prrithecia in the Troy s|M!ciiiiens lire iiiiineroiis, 

 1(»-1() in 11 |instiile. siiiiiil ({ iniii.). Ostiohi short, olitiise, heiiiispiierieal, 

 -ideate, eriiiuiieiit in siiiali. seriate raseieies risiiitz' Init little aliovc the 



■|pideriiiis. which is raised into little seriate pustules so close touvtl 



ler 



as to forin almost contiiuioiis. clorte-lyiiiii', lonu'ltiidiiial riduc^. Asci 

 chivate. aiioiit 4()x() a. Sporidia crowded-liiseriato. ahoiit 7 .\ \},-'l n.. 



Xotwithstandiim' the sliL;lit discrepancies, this seems to he the 

 species descriiied l»y Schweinitz. 



Var. jiif/h/itd/'iKf {VaJxn j>tf/hnul//i(t, C. it ]•]. (!rev. V, p. !)'Ji. 

 ditVors only in the pustules liein.ii' scattered ^n■ only siilisoriate. and 

 perithecia mostly oiilv 3-8 in a pustule. We make tlio .sporidia (l-S x 

 l.i-2/Ml<)-ir)x3//,'(^ke.). 



Eh. scopai'in, (Scliw.) 



Spliifiia .scopaiia, Schw. Syn. Car. loi. id Syn N Am i.^iS. 



Valsa itii/iiii III. SlcVLiison, 1. c. 

 I\nl\pi-lla Umiiiynslris, I'k. 

 I-;.\sicc. i;il. iS: Ivvrht. N. A. !•. 2(1 Ser. 251 



■^troiiiatii cortical, oi 



•liiciil 



ir. _— i mill, iliam.. olteii c'ou 



illiient. 



-Ill- 



roll 



II- 



iidcd liy a thin, hlack stratum, slio\viii«>' a distinct, iilack. circiii 

 scriliiiiti' line on a horizontal section, raisinu' the hark lait slinhtlv. 

 Pi'rithecia o-l'i in a stroma, Imrieil in the .scarcely altered siilistaiice 

 of tin' Iiark. u'loliose, al>oiit \ mm. diani., Idack and polished inside, 

 with coriaceous walls, contracted aliove into slender necks terminatinn 

 ill a close liL^ciclo ol'iiiore or less (doii^'ated, cylindrical, deeply 4-r)-clort 

 ostiola. Asci clavate. p. sp. 18-'J"J x 4 n. Sporidia crowded, allantoid. 

 iiiiiiute, stroiiiiiy ciirveil. yellowishdiyaline, 4 X 1 //.with a nucleus in 



ciUlll 011(1. 



On dead (dm liraiichos, Canada to iIis.souri. 

 Agrees with specinioiis in Heri). Sclnv. 



M 



