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Oil (li'iiil |ii';u;ll illll |il'llli trees. CI), iiiiinii. Alsoiit .\e\vlie|(|, \..l. 

 oil J'l/rns (H-f/itf//'ol/iL 



Viil piilclii'lloidea, (('. & E.) 



/ \!/mi /ii</./i./h>i,/,ii. C. >V !■;. C.lcv. VI, 1). 'j2. 

 Kxsicc. H\\ N. A. K. .yy^. 



I'ei'itlicciii aliniit 300 n iliiiiii., siiliLiloltose, lirouiiisli-lihick, senieil 

 Oil the sui'liice i>l' the iiiiiei" Itiirk, in loose u'roiiiis of .'>0-")0 or more, with 

 flieir Ioii<i', sh'inh'r ostiohi coiiveriiiim' jiikI eriiiii|ieiil throimh Iniue. 

 siilieireiihir o|ieiiiii;:s ill the epideriiiis. or irreniihirly sciittered iiinlci' 

 it, often in liroiiil. coiitiniioii.-. or iiiterrii|itei| strips. 'I'lie osliohi nn" 

 Vi'vy liritUe, viiriiilih- in h'li'itli. iiiostiv not (jeciiiniient. mikI their tip- 

 iire not iiniteil in ;\ disix. Asci nliiiiiiliint. "Jo-.'tO u. joiiu' liiiclii<liim' thi' 

 sh'inler iiiise). iilid iilioiit o fi thiel'C. ciiiViite :iiiil roi!!i.!<il iiliove. I'.ir- 

 iiphvses iMiiceolate, stoiil, iiiiicii longer ihiiii the ;ist.'i. S|ioriili;i alhni- 

 toid, nearly striiiLilit. hyjiliiie. ')-(! .\ 1 //. 



On lijirk ol'oiik ious and liiiilis. Newlielij, N. .1. 



Tal. asswia, (Scliw.) 



S/'luriiti assiihi. Scliw. Syii. X. Am. i''i2L'. 



Very iiiiniite, lirowii. I'eritheciii iiiotiose, eojjeeted in extensive 

 liroiips soiiK'tinies lor liali' iin iiieh iiroiind the |nistiiies of other 

 Splnfi'/iis. Ipiit sehioiii eireiiiale. Ostioia tiiiee times as ioiiu as llic 

 diameter of the peritliecia. iii(diiie(|. terete, comparatively stout. 



I'lider the epidermis of (jasfditca always associated with or siir- 

 roiiiidiiii'' tiie pustules of other S/i/to'i'/'ds, I'enusylvaiiiii (Scliw.). 



(Jooke in his Synopsis 11)01. jilacos this in his siilijreims Cif/o- 

 .•i/)/i(i'iiti. The species is not represente<l in IJerli. Scliw. Tiie de- 

 scription M|)plies very well to C jttilc/irTloidcu, C. it K., which may 

 lie the same tliillii'. 



Cal. mi.rotlnVa, (('. \ K.) 



Sp//,ri ill niiiiDl/iiiit. C. Si. Iv C.iiv. V, p. 51, :iiul VI, p. r.(. 

 I'aliis/tluriiii Diiiiiilliiiii, Saoc. Syll. 'iijS. 

 Kxsicc. VM. N. .\. V. .sSo. 



Peritliecia siiliureii'iirioiis or scattered, small (] mm. or less), 

 •••loliuse, liliick, siil»iiioinl)i"aiiuceons, covered liy the epidei'iiiis atlirsl. 

 Imt when this falls away they liecome siiperiicial. In some cases they 

 appear to have lieeii snperlicial from the first, as on wood of hleaclied 

 limits; in this eas(! the l>ase of tin? peritliecia is sliiihtly sunk in the 

 wood. Ostioia varialde, often short, redneeil to a mere siilailate point, 

 erect, or elontiated (1 iiini.j ami decuinhent, directed towards some 

 opening- in the e]iidermis. A.-ci clavate, stipitate, 22-2') (p. sp. 1 ")-]S) 

 X (') « (2r)xl0 //. Cke.), raceniose-faseiculate, soon triincutc above. 



