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.1/. I)iii>r<iviisls ill its siiinllt'i' iicritlicciii :iiiil !i|i|H'iiiliciiliitc -|Mifi(liji. 

 S|)('ci'. •>!' Dloti'ijpc iiiiir<t/*innti, |'|<. (I'roiii IN'ck i, iiic ccrlMiiily tin' 

 siiiiic lis tliis. Kiiiiit tnifcs ul' tin- !i|i|it'iiiliiu('S Wfic still visililr on tln' 

 • |iiii'i<li:i iiiiitc lis distinct iis lliry now iiic in oiir spccc. ul' J/. J/c.s- 

 iliiiltH. Ill tlic (l('St'ri|)ti(tii of J). n/'(/rofi/)oru tlic iiciitlicciii arc siiiil 

 to Ik' ■•Slink to the wood," liiit in flu' simtc. Ironi Mr. IN-ck we (ind tlic 

 Iiciitlicciii cii(doscd in ;i siniill, Icniiciilnr stronui seated on llic siirliicc 

 (if the inner l»ark. 'I'lie s|ioiidia arc siinoiinded w itii a lliiii. liyaliiie 

 ciivelo|ic, wliicli imlicMtes a Mthdnoiiis I'atlier tliaii a ]'n/s(ti/'ii. 



M. cliiysostioin!!, (Fi.) 



I'ii/.\4i iliiwoslii'iiiti. Kr. Siimiiin \v\i. Sc. p. ti'. 

 .Sf>h,r>iii xaiilliiisliiiiihi. MdiiI. Ann Sci. Nal. Scr. II, Idhi. I. j). .?oi. 

 I'alsa l^llll/lll^hu>llll, Till. 1. c, Scr. IV, toni. V, ]>. 117. 



A/,,',tni('iii.\ (/ii H'lstiiiiiht. Till. Stl. C.-ir]). II, p.iJS, lab. XXIV. t\n^ 1.1-30. 

 .\/i/(ini(»iii'//ii I /nviiiiti 1)111,1, Sacc. Syll. jSi/i. 

 MilaiiiKiih i/ii V'ii)tii»ii,i, Cki'. Syn. n^M. 

 Kx-iicf. Hckl. I-'. Kh. I7.;j.-lvll. Nc ICvrlil. N. .\. !•'. 2(1 St-r. i.sfi.v 



I'eritliccia circiiiale. d-l') toucllicr. deciiinlieiit. tliiii-walled. col- 

 la|isinj^, sliiilitly sunk in llie siirlia'c ol' the inner liark, a'loiit I iiini. 

 iliani.. covered with ti'rceiiish-ycdlow, |iiilvenilent inatter, with short, 

 coiiveriiviit, >iililatcral necks and siilihciiiisiilicrical, lilack, prominent 

 ustiola criiiiipcnt in a small. Iiilierciilirorm, yellowish (liccomiii.i;' lirown) 

 disk which pierces the epidermis and rises aliove it. The dusters of 

 perithecia are scriatcdy placed and raise the epidermis into sliuiit. 

 Il;iltisli pustules. The epidermis is not ruptured, lait simply pierced. 

 and wlii'ii peeled oil', the perithecia mostly adhere to it. Asci elavate- 

 cylindrical, TO-";") .\ 12 //. Sporidia l»i.-;eriate, narrow-elliptical, uiii- 

 septate and constricted, straiuht or nearly .<o, yellowish-hyaline. lo-'JO 

 .\ ."»-() It, with a hyaline envelope and a short, hyaline appcndau'c at each 

 end. 



On C<ifj)/iiifs Anieficifna, West Chester, Pa, (Haines A- Ever- 



t. 



The aWove diati'iiosis is from the spece. in X. A. F. I. c. (»r rather 

 I'roni spece. I'rom the same locality since i'oiind in better condition. 

 Whether this is really the J/. c/iri/sosffoi/K/, Till., is not eiitiridy cer- 

 tain. Saccardo and Fiickel (hscrilie the sporidia as hron'ii, Itiit th»; 

 spece. distriliidi'd in M. .March. Kioli (on Fikjiis sijlviitira), 17-3 on 

 {Cdtp/'iiiis Bc(iihi) ami in liinhart's Fiiim'i 'JiUi. on the last-named liost, 

 have the sporidia y(dlowish-liyaline. No. 3')0, Kze. F. Sel. hdieled 

 DUiporthi'. siilplnn'cii. Fckl., is in ilo way distiniiiiishalde I'rom the 

 altovo iiMMitioned spece.. and we lielieve they are all the same species 

 which, on account of the hyaline envtdopc ol' the sporidia, may well lie 

 considered as a Jlelaiicoiii.s. I>r. Winter who examined the N. A. F. 

 spece. said: "This ouiiht |)roperly to \)C 2Ichinvon in chrysosti'mmi, 

 tliouiih I find only hyaline sporidia. It is also very similar to Did- 



hart). 



