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** Si>(H'lili<l hvroniiiHl lirmrn [ Mdiiiiroiinlhl]. 



M. n«i'0('.< stjs. (I'k.) 



/ \ll.ui i<i)/ii l,i//.>, I'k. .W\ kcp. )). .M, I>1. 2. li}JS. IC/-32. 



Aft /it 11(1111 i.\ hiiimnlii. V.. iSt K. Hull. Tcirr. Rut. Chili, X. )i. iis. 

 Afi/ii>iii)iiii//ii iiin'iy\/is, Sncc. Syll. W>js. 



IN'rilliccia rirciiiiifc, (1-1*2 toyctlicr (tii the siiiliicc dl' tlic inner 

 liiirk. siiliuloliusc, ^-^ mill, (liiiiii.. ciivcloiicil in jiiid i'ovcihmI nliovf li\ 

 !i y('ll<t\visli-;i'niy. iiitcrwnvcn. rcit-Iikc liiycr: ollcii (•oliiipsinu', linii 

 short, ntiiml or siilM|Uii(lriit('. olitiisr. lijiick ostiolii cnuniK'Ht in ,i 

 lii'owiiisii (li.<k liiiistiiiii' tliroii^li tiic Irjinsscrsclv li«:siiic(| or siilirinli- 

 iitclv-iiertciiidcniiis. wliicli i,-; r^Ii,L;lill_v riiiscd. Asci r.»0-'J(M»\ U '>-;{( i ,/. 



'tl|)ltilt(', S-HporCM 



■^ixtnuiii <»i>ioiiii-('lli|itii'!il, iiiiisc|)tiit('. soon iiccoiii- 



iiiir i)i'o\vii iiiiil witli ii short, hyiiiiiic. IhoikI. siilitniiicntr ii|>|>('iMhiuv iit 

 ciK'h oikI, 'd')-i'A) x I .Vl'.t // (without the !t|iii('iidiii!cs). 



On (h'iid linilis of liirch. IMiiinlifld. \. .1. (Mcschiitt), on /icfn/d 

 lentil. (Jivciilmsh. X. V. (Peck). 



Thf H'itdikf covcrinii' of the |ii'i'ifli('ci!i was !if lirst overlooked. 

 Init ill lioth the New .lersey iiiid New Vofk sjieee. tliis loniis :in iiii- 

 |iortiilit eh!ii'iiet''f. Vfil.sii iicrocj/Ktls. I'k.. iiiid .)[vl(iiitint!s himtsatn. 

 !•]. \' Iv, were |iiiliiisiied nt aliout the siiiiie time. 



M. Mesdiiittii, E. & E. IJnll. 'IWr. l!ot. Chii.. X. |.. 117. 



Piatiypc uigtiispoia. I'k. 3;,il Kcj). j). ,^,s. . 



MilaiicoiiitUu Mi'ichiiltii. Sacc. Syll. 6629. 



Porithecia l(>-*2t), siili,iiloli(».<e, |-f, mm. diam. (mostly loss than ^). 

 .«cated on the suiface of the inner liaik, in a thin, <lark-coloi('d, orln'cii- 

 lar stroma U-2 mm. diam. ( (stiola risiiiu- toii'efher in a laterally 

 foin]»ressed tiil't, uiiit<:'d in a dirty-lii'owii or u'rayish disk eriim|ieiit 

 thronirh short. transvorsoVracks in the e|iidermis, their tips siiheonieal 

 and, in well developed speee., distinetly (inadrisiilcat*'. Asei ji. sp. 

 aliout Tax 1*2-15 /i, sidisessile, oliseiiri'Iy jiaraphysate. Sporidia 

 liiseriate, olilonii'-elliptieal. very sliiihtly eiirved, iiniseptate and eon 

 strieted, siilihyaline at lirst with a Caiiit, liorn-shaped, liyalii,e a|ipeii(l- 

 auc at eaeh end, Init these are soon alisorlied and the sporidia lieeome 

 lirowii, 14-10 x »)-«'^'//. 



On dead limlis ol' l.ireli, I'lainlidd. N. .1. (Meseliiitt). 



(ichitinospdriinii hcfiiliiiinii, i'k.. occurs on the same liranehes. 

 Where the epidermis is thinner, the appearance of the stroma is dif- 

 ferent, it liein^- more prominent with the epidermis siililaeiniately elelt 

 around the erum]ieiit disk. 'I'lie peritheeia sometimes collapse so that 

 on strippinjr olV the epidermis, tlieii' position is indicated liy little 

 circular concavities around the margin ol' the stroma. PilVers trom 



