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J/. Ahii, Till. ilitVcj's ill il< >tntiii!i liulit-cnldri'il or yclluwi-li 

 witliiii. iuiil it^ siiiiillcr s|M»rii|i;i. 'riilii^iic ilt'sci'ilics spi'niiDuoiiiii miii| 

 |ivciiiili;i ii«s(M'iiih'il with .)/. Ahi/.\i\\l in the ^iiccc. wr liaxr ('\;iiiiiiii(|. 

 \v<' liivi' iiut yrt sfcii iIm'Iii. 



M. Kvi'i'liiirtii, K!l. Hull. T..ir. I!ui. Clnl. X. p. 117. (IMalc :{."») 



.lA'/i(H(r)HM iliisviiii t'li. \'.- K K. Jimni Myiot. II, \i ,5. 

 Mxiicc. i;il. iV I'.vrlil. N. A. !■'. 21I Scr. i.V'i, l.S^S. 



Stroiiiii sli'i'litly sunk in the siii'liicr of tlic itinor luirk. sc;iirc|\ 

 ('.\»'f'('(|in'i I mill, diiiiii., willioiit iiny liliick rirciiinscriliiiiu' line lirmi. 

 s|»lit'ri('iil oi' I'oiivcN. I'critlicciii ;}-lS in w stroniii. sninll. iiin-tiv 

 ii'iout \ mill, iliiiiii.. llii'ii' necks risiiiy toyctlicr iiml |ii<'i'ciiiL'' llir iiio-ih 

 stclliitc-clcrt ('|iii|('rniis in a nitlici' loose liiseiele, witlioiil iiiiy ili-limi 

 ilisk < )stioIii cyliinlrieal. more or less exserled, llieir lips piereeil u iili 

 a ratlier lariie. roiiinl opening. Asci oIiIoiil;- or elavate-cyliniliical 

 lOO-l'JO X 1 S-i!0 </, with parapliyses more or less distinet. .'^poriilia 

 liiseriale, oliloini-elliptieal, sliiililly (air\('i|. iiniseptate. nearly hyaline, 

 sliuiitlv or not at all eonstrieteij at llie septum, "J.'j-.'JS \ s_l 1 </. w ii|i n 

 sliu'htlv o'lliipie. stout, hyalini'. horn-sliapel appeinla'^-e. ](!--(• x .'! // at 

 eaeli end. 



On dead maple liinlis. Wot rhcster. Pa., on Ai'wl limlis oT Arir 

 il(tHif(-(irj)inii. Kansas, I Kellerimiii). 



Tl. stiola soon throw olV the epidermis, and the perilhecia them. 

 selves soon lidl (»iit. leaviiii>- liyht-coloreil, eirciilar spots markinu' the 

 place oi' their atlaciimeiit. DistiiiLiuished IVoiii .1/. Misr/ni/ //'/'. and 

 .1/ Ahti, iiy its eloiiLtated ostiola and larger sporidia. 



M. filiaeea. (Kll.) 



/)i,ili\fi lili\ii,a, Ivll. ill .Viii. Nat. Hel).. i--'St, p. lys. 

 Iv\sicc. l':il. vS: Kvilit. N. .\. K. jd Sor. 2^n . 



Pontliocia .sulu'irciiinte, \-\'l toLiethcr in the siilistance oC liic 

 inner Itark, which is a little paler, and circnmscrilied hy a more or le«s 

 ilistinct Itlnck line, u'loltose \ miii., or ovate ), x f, iiiiii. diam., necks 

 ratlier thick. ceiiientiMl toti-ether al>ovo into a slate-coloreil. lirni. wa.xy 

 mass, thronii'h which pr<)triide the' conic-cylindrical ostiola. sometimes 

 ^-1 mm. loiiu. at lenii'th irreuailarly dehiscent. Asci oIiIoiil;' or clavatc- 

 oltloiiji', p. r'p. mostly 75 -8()x l.'i //. Imt sometimes S( )-',)() x \-')-l'l n. 

 witli obscure. evan<'.sc(Mit parapliyses. Sporidia liiseriare or sometime.- 

 3-seriat,e, oldonu-cyliiidrical, straitiht or slitrhtly (Mirveil. iiniseptate and 

 sli^'Iitly coiistrict(vl at the septum, liyiiliiK!, "J'J-.iO x 7--S /<. 



On dead Tilhi. Amencnnu Ames, Iowa (Arthur). 15ellvill(', Can- 

 ada (Macoiiii). and London, Canada (I)oariiess). 



