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iiiu (iltcii I'di- Ht'vci'iil iiiclics. willi the siii'dicc colliciildsc iiinl iiiicvni. 

 iiiniiy stiiK'i'ficiMl (ir soiiictiiiic." sunk in tlic wnml ov \)i\rk uiul <inly 

 ,-liLilitly prnniincnt. sniiiicc liliick. yellow or urccnisli-yellow- witliin. 

 I'ciillii'ciii iiTctiiiliiily niondsticlions. uloliosc. small, with very short 

 nci'ks, iinil sniiill, olitiisc wrinkhMl. conical, not siih-atc ostiola. Asci 

 cvlindi'ic-clavatc. lon,L!-sti|iitalc, Ss|miic(1. p. sp. ."JO-.lOx l2-3 /i. 



On (Iccoi'ticatcil limits, Lymlonvillc. X. >'. (Fairman), Carolina 

 (Havcncli. 



I'roiialily not uncommon. Imt the spccc. <|Mot('(| nrc the only (Mies 

 wc have seen. 



Kii. iiiaiiia, (Fi.) 



S/ilurihi imtiiia, I-'r. in Kzc. ami Sclim. Mycol Ilefti., 11, ]>. 50. 

 J\iil\/>it miuira, Siicc. Syll. ('2~. 



Stroma widely elVnseil. deeply immersed in the wood which i- 

 Miorc oi' less eleviited and Mackeiied within and witliont. the siii-IJice 

 ,-niooth anil at length paler, densely lilack-pnnclate I'rom the nnnieroa.- 

 ortiola. Perithecia deeidy Imried. monostichons. u'loliose. rather lariic 

 Liciierally crttwded. with rather lonii'. thick necks. Ostiola not thick- 

 ened, hemispherical or suhu'loliose. I'iirely much exserted, hut then 

 suliconical, wvy Idack, smooth, shininii'. at len,<:'th sliu'htly quadri- 

 sulcate. Asci nari'ow-clavafe. very lonu-stipitate, 8-spored, 3()x5-(!// 

 (p sp.) Sporidia sul)liiseriate. alhuitoid. somewhat curved, yellowish. 

 s-10x2//. 



On decorticated limits. Pennsylvania. ('re(|uent (sec. Selnv.). 



Ku. leioplacn, (Fi'.) 



Sfi/uri ill l,-i(if'!acii, V\\ S. M. II, p. 3711. 

 Dialiype Icioftlaca. \'r. Suinina, VeK- Sc. ]). 3\=i 

 I'alMi leiiipltifii. Nits. I'yr. (■.(.riii. p. 151. 

 Eulyt'U /rioplitca,-C\iu. Iliullik. II, p. Soo, 

 ICxsicc, Cke. HuiiKi, Brit. Ser. I. 366. — Sydow, M. Marcli, 1727, 1^27. 



Stroma widely etl'u.sed or interi'upted ami maculifonn, very thin, 

 iiiimerse(l in the wood and not at all or only sliuiitly raised al»ove it, 

 smooth and ]>ale hrown at first, liecominjr at leii.uth dirty Idack. 

 Perithecia mouostiehous, si-lohose. very small, densely crowded, sunk 

 dee]ily in the wood which Itecomes hlackened. suddenly coiitractiMJ 

 into a toleraltlv lonu'. slender neck, with the very small, iiuiictirorm 

 ostioluiii scarcely exserted. Asci davate. lonu'-stipitate. p. sp. 3(i-4(> \ 

 iVO //, 8-spored. Sporiilia hiseriate, allantoid, slightly curved, yel 

 lowish, (i-l (') x U-8 /i (mostly 8-1 2 x 2 ii). 



On decorticated wood, Carolina and New Jersey (sec. Berk. A 

 Schw.). 



We have seen no American s]»eeiniens. 

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