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*** Species h)>petfectly known. 

 En. Moi'i-i'iibiw, (Selnv.) 



Sfihtriiii A/oi I'-ruhxt, Schw. Syu. N. Am. 1302. 



Bare, rather tliiek, searcely eoncrcscent, seiiiiiiniuei'sed, soinc- 

 tiiiies oonttiient in ])ateIieH \ of an inch acrosrs. and sometimes snltsiiujilc 

 (subsolitary). Sni-faco very nneven and rongli. Ostiola snl)i)roiiii- 

 nent, perforated. Pei-itliecia rather Iar<j:e, monostichons, innnei-seil in 

 a sooty-ldack stroma, entirely black ontside. 



On decayini^ woo I of Moms ruhrd, l>eth!eliem, Pa. (Scliw.). 



Ell. eonfiisa, (Si-Iiw.) 



SplKrria confusa, Schw. 1. c. 1306. 



JJroadly et1'ii.-i(Ml, not deei)ly immei-.-^ed, coneresoent, Ithtek, irrcu- 

 idai" in outline. I'eritheeia polysticlioiis, in a lilack, icihxMiiccuiis 

 stroma, oltovate, eonti-aeted ahove into a rouiih, su!»i)yi'amidal, anii'iiiar, 

 finally perforated ostioluni. 



On hark and wooil, Jjethlelieni, Pa. (Seliw.). 



The s])e(_'. in Ilei-li. Sehw. hjuks like som(; crowded JfcldiioiiniKi. 

 l)iit old and Itroken down, spores all i>'one. 



Ell. eloii^atd-eonipiessa, (Schw.) 



Sph(Fria I'lniigalo-iom/'ussa. Scluv. 1. c. i3i)S. 



Patches ai)l)reviated, mneh elevated, at first snliinnnci'sed. com- 

 pressed, seriately confluent l()n<ritudinally, ronj>-li, iri-eu'ularly elliptical, 

 snliconically (Compressed and elevatecl in the center. Ostiola irn'ii'ulnr. 

 sliu'htly prominent, subglabrous. Perithecia u'lohose-deprc-^sed, ratiicr 

 laru'e, few, stroma very scanty and black. The wood is collicido.^i'- 

 roufi'liened, but does not tui'ii black lietween the groups of peritheciii. 



On decorticated wood, Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). 



The spec, in Herb. Schw. looks like .some ohl Diatrype, but is 

 entirely without fruit. 



Ell. (leiii^i'hta, (Schw.) 



Sfi/nn id di>ii'i;iahi, Schw. 1. c. 1307. 



Broadly effused, crust thin and black, blackening the wood. On 

 tiiis crust are seen wart-like proces,scs longitudinally elongated, lyiuL! 

 parallel and subconlluent, formed l»y a congei'ies of perithecia iui- 

 ujcrsed in them with their minute ostiola seriately erumpent and I)ut 

 slightly i»romincnt. The perithecia are white inside, depres.scd-glo- 

 Itoso, scattered in the stromatic crust. 



0;i wood of Rhododeiulvon. inaxiiiiuiit, Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). 



The spec, in Herb. Schw. i.s a mere stoi'ile crust. 



