

mm 





560 



oi'ltictilar or oval liase. hrowii inside, with an I'liiptifal or suhfjrliiciiliu' 

 (li.sk, at lirst hi'own, at loii,<rtli I)lack (I'roni tlio disfliariicil s]K)i'iili;i). 

 enunpciit, ruu'iilosc. PcM'itliocia 10-40 in a stroma, sunk to the liolidin 

 of the sti'oina. inoi-dinato, densely crowded, swltji'lohose or aiijiular 

 ironi conijtression, hlaek. 000-700 // diani. Ostiola very lona', thick, 

 ruii'ose-tulicrcnlose. thickened at the ajiex. vei-y hlack, ])ierciim- the 

 disk and exserted 1 nun. al)ovo it. Asci cylindrical, very loni;-sti|ii- 

 tate, 8-spoi'cd, p. sp. 70-90 x (!-7 //. Pai^ajiliyses (ililorni, very slender. 

 giittulato. Sjtoridia nnisei-iate, oblonu', rounded at the ends, straiulit 

 or curved. se])tate in the middle, not constricted at the septum, pale 

 lirownisli-l)liick, 8-15x4—5 fi. 



On dead white hircli, New Yoik State (Peckj. 



We have seen no specimens and take the above diagnosis lidm 

 Sacc. Syll. 



V. Robiiii^p, (Schw.) 



Spliaiia Kobhiicc, Scluv. Syn. Car. 6i, Hr. S. M. II, p. 352. 



Forming tubercles an inch long and \ of an inch aei'oss, sunk t(» 

 the wood, the upper part narrowed, erunipent. Ilattish, opake. I'eri- 

 tliecia suid< to the l)ottoin ol' the stroma, crowded, ovate-ohlong. rather 

 small, shining, the long necks rising to the surface and ternnnating in 

 .•smooth, uniltonate. distant ostiola either short oi' \-'l lines long. Sjio- 

 ridia (sec. Cke. (Jrev. XIII. p. ^57) elliptical, uniseptate. brown. 20 // 



loUii', 



On dead lind»s iA' liohinhi pneinlucacid. Carolina (Schw.). 

 V. iiielasti'oiiia, (Fr.) 



spina ill iiielastroHi., l''r. S. M. II. ]). .wy, Sclnv, Syn. N. .\iii. 135.*^. 

 Exsicc. Fr. Scl. Siiec. No. .23. 



Has the habit i)\' DiatrypvUti vcriucfrforfii/'s. I>nt lesss pi'ominent. 

 and conceptacle entirely cortical. Perithecia about 7. suheicct. 

 crowded, deej)ly immersed, veitically colla])sing. Disk eiumpt'ut 

 through the angularly cleft ejtidermis, ibiined from Ihe inner bark. Iiut 

 the suifaco smooth, oi»ake. blackened. The ostiola niei'ce the disk but 



■liw. 



^poi'idia (sec. Cke.) ellip- 



are not exserted. 



On bark of UfmiiK. (.'arolina I 

 tical, i)rown, unisejttate, 22 x 14 //. 



V. salicilia, E. cV E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. Pa. .July, 18!»0. 

 p. 23(). 



Stroma subovate, 2-2| nnn. diam.. buried in the bark, the upjier 

 part light-colored within, and piojecting so as to Ibrni a brownish-black. 



