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."liui-idiii. Tin' Imliit is nliiKt.-t tlir smiiic a-; llmi i>\' ('<//. pr/'nri/is. Tlic 

 (li'ciiiiilii'iit u-tiolii ;irc ot'tcii I iiiiii. (ir iiinif Iuiil;-, nuil iicrliiiiilc llic 

 ('|ii(l('riiii> with m circiilni' opciiiim'. 



Til I. Iiai'ltii'ostris, (Ihiroiii). 



S/'Jiifihi IhiihiiD^tiis. Duloiir I'l. S. M. II. p. 173 

 SfiliiFiiti u(if>nii/,i, Schw. Syti. N. Am. i.vit. 

 I'll/.ut /iiM'is/iiitid, K. Si !•:. Hull. Torr. Hot. CIllli. .\ , Ji. hci. 

 Ivxsici-. i;il. N. A. I'. iS(,.— 111. 2(1 St-r. 21jj. 



I'ci'itln'ciii cirriiiiitiiii;' hi- sciittciiMl. iilmiit .', iinii. ilium.. liImIkim' 

 iiixl tiilM'i'fiilii.^c-roimiu'iMMJ, lyiiiii' (III till' sill liicr ol' the iiiiicr Imrk m 

 sliulitly ImmIiIccI ill it. tlicir loiiii' fsoiiii'tiincs iis iiincli ii> 1 iiiiiii. sN'mhi'. 

 cvliiMliMciil. iIcciiiiiIm'IiI ii<'('i<s ciiiivcroiiiii' mimI iiicrciiiLi' tlir <'|iiih'iiiiis 

 ill a siiiiill. (•(»iii|iiict rasciclc. Iiiit nut iiiiitcil in a di.-k ami only -liiilill\ 

 pi'ojectiiiu'. In llic scatlcrcil Ini'iii.- oricn (Icn.-cly liTCLiarinn-. with iln' 

 ostidia erect iiiid separate, and the peritlieeia inure ur le.-s sunk in llic 

 liai'k. Asei |t. sp. ■>'2-4<>.\ I //, elavate or clavate-cvliiidrical. Spoiiijin 

 Itiseriate. cylindrical, nearly straiii'lil, ")-(l .\ H-ii //. 



On dccayiiiL!' white oak limits lyiiiu' on the Liroiind. and on ca>t nil' 

 iimi»le hark, Newrndd, N. d. 



The ustiohi ar<' sliLiiitly swollen ahove and. except the hare. Mack 

 tips, covered with an ulive-ln'own piiliesceiice. 



(al. ciliatiila. (Fr.) 



Spluci ill iiliiitiilii. I''r. S. M. 11, p. .("'■'. 

 CiilospluDia cilialiihi, Kaist. Myc. I'tiiii II \>. 15ft. 



I'oritheeia circinate in urlticnhii- or ohiunu' i:roiips. ulohose. <A\\- 

 liroiis, hiack. nearly I mm. diam., 12-"J<t toucther, necks decnnilicnl. 

 of variahle length, converaint;' to the center with their olitiise. swollen 

 ti]is harely enmijient thronuh short, transverse cracks in tiie thick epi- 

 dermis. Asci 2r)-3() X 4 /i (p. sp.), with lonu, stoat, lanceolate parapli- 

 yses. Spuridia snliliiserinte, oldoii,u--rusoid, scarcely i-iirved. hyaline. 

 4-5 X 1 //. 



On dead larch linilis, IJetlilehem, Pa. (Schw.). Maine (Harvey), 

 Iowa (lluhvay). 



When the c])idei'inis is pecded oil', the pei'ithecia come with it. 

 The ostiula are said to \iv sumetinies I mm. loiisx. In the specc. we 

 have seen they are short. 



Cal. expei's, (Schw.) 



Sfilitoia I'xpeis, Sc 

 yalsa Ofacrospora 



Tinmersod. covered liy the epidermis. Peritlieeia .scarcely peiie 

 tratiiiii' the sulistance ol' the liark, elejiaiitlv cii'cinate, sulierect joineil 



Splueiia I'xpeis, Scluv. Syn. N'. Am. 1396. 

 yalsa Ofacrospora) lA pii s, Ckc. Syn. i.^SS. 



