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.-liL;litl_v tlisrolorcM siii'liU'c nl llic inner liiiik iiii<l rttvcrcd liv tlic f|pi- 

 (Iciiiiis. I'critlK'tiii 4-(>. clost'ly |i;irktM| mikI nii'.«ilv siincMinih-il liv a 

 lliin. il:irl\-('<)|(ii-t>(i sti'oniii, nitlit'i' liiiuc nciirlv }, nini. iliiuii.. atleniiMlrd 

 iilinvc into sli(»rl. cylindiii-iil iii-cks witli oslidla ciMivcruciil ami pcr- 

 toratcii. pici'ciiiir tlic ('iiidcnnis, luit nut risinu' alxivc it. Asci cyliii 

 drical, IS(t-J."»(> x lS-li(l // (l^<(>xls n. Sacc). slinrl->tii.itatc, willi 

 lilirui'iM paiapliyscs: ()-J^-s|i(tr(M|. Spdridia nniscriatc. nldonii-clliptical. 

 ."•.'(-l") X 1(1-1 S //, liyalini' at lii>t, licrninini:' upakc and aininst lilack. 

 '.1-1 l-M'ptafc, with a low tA' llic fclls at lirst dividi'd liy lonuitinlinal 



septa, finally deii.«ely iiiiirifoi'ni. 



(Ml deeayini!' Inanelic* i>\' (JiicfciiK (lUxi, NewfKdd. N. .1. 



When the epidermis is peeled olV. the elnstei> of peiithetia remain 

 atlat'lied to the sniTaee of the innei- liark. The spdiidia are scarcely 

 eii/istrieted at the septa. 



F. Cniiadeiisis, K. iV K. (in llerli.) 



Stroma corlieal, covered liy the epidermis, orliicular, 1-,'J mm. 

 diaiii.. Slink ill the siiiTaee ol' the inner liark which is only sliiihtly 

 rai-^ed aliove it. I'erithecia iJ-l<> in a stroma, ol' medium si/e. circinate. 

 Iiiiried in the stroma, their <lioit-cyliiidrical. roiiiided and olitiise, per- 

 rni{il<'d ostiola >lii;lilly raisiiii;' and pierciiit:' the epidermis in a com- 

 pact iascicle. JMit hardly risinu' aliove it. Asci cylindrical, p. sp. 

 l(Mi-| lo X lo /«. iirielly stipitate. -s-spored. I'araphy.-ies liliroiin. siili- 

 udatinoiis. unttiilate, indistinct. Sporidia iiiii-ieriate in M»me asci. 



i-eriate in others, aciitely-elliptical. .'t-septate, the two inner e< 



lis 



iiii>stly divided liy a lonii'itudiiial septum, hyaline at lirst. iiecomiiii! 

 olivaceoiis-lcuwii. except the suliapiciilale end cells which remain 

 hyaline, "J'J-.HO x lO-lii n. 



(Ml liark ol'dead Curpitiiis, liondon. Canada i Peiuiiess). 



The conidial sta^c is a (Uni/tiiiiin (^i>-iied in N. A. V. "I'uX as 

 (\ iii.fhofiiifiiiii, Nees.) with siilil'iisoid. (!-!l-septate <oiiidi;' eiir\e(| at 

 (lie ends. Id-liO x S-l(t it. Ipdriie on simple, stoijl hasidia 10 I ."i X I-.") n. 

 Tlie Cori/iHinn iirows iimler the epideiiiiis which is iinally perjiirated 

 and slit:iitly raised, and al'lerwards the ciide ul' peritliecia -emi ii)i 

 ilicir fistioia thi-oiiiih the same opening. 



K. lioi'in»s|ioi'ii. {\\\ '!iev. Xl\'. |i. 4S. 



I .;/>.(. "'///(i/i A;. mIiw iiir.t I'l icsl Syil N. Am, i.(Hv 

 i ,;/-.; Ai'> ;»!/,>/'.. III. 11. ,S; C. ill lltrh. 



reiithccia lew, crowded ill irre<^iilar circdes. disk erumpeiil. 

 whitish, piihcriilent. Ostiola short, siiliconiiate. Asci ample. clavate. 

 ."•poridia siilielliptical, not appi-ndiciilate. constricte(| in the n.iddl''. 

 :"i--cptate. at lentilh meiriicliyiuatic. Iirowii. hisk orhiciilar. 



On liraiiches. nelhlehein. l*a. No mea>iireiiieiit^ uiveii. 

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