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.-iililu'iiiisplitM'ic'iil tiilicirlc. 1-2 iiiiii. aci'dss. ami less tlinii 1 nun. Iiiiili. 

 MiiMiitciy ])ii])iII()S(' aliovc IVoni tlic slijiiitly projcctinti' or^titila. Tlic 

 ii|i|i('i'. |)r()jccting' pai't of the stroma, is of a li.u'Iit lioi'n-color inside, 

 rciitliecia 10-20 irreji'ularly cfowdt'd in tlic iMittoiu of tlie stroma, 

 (ivato-u'loltosc, with thick, coriaccons walls, contracted aliove into slen- 

 der necks 1 mm. or more lonii', terminatinu' aliove in the papilliform 

 ostiola. Asci slender. 7a-8() x ")-()//()». sj).). I'ai'ajiliyses aliumlant. 

 lon^fer than the asci. Sjuii'ldia ol)li(jiiely unisoriate, olilonu', crowded, 

 cylindrical. 2-nucleate. Iirown. nnise}itate. 10-12 x 3^ //. Allied to 

 T'^. iinthostninoidc's, Sacc. 



On deail limits oY ISah'x. iiondon, Canada (Deaniess). 



V. majusiiila, I'ke. & Haik. (Jrev. Xlll. p. 17. 



Covered. J'ustides scattered, scarcely jtronnnent, comjtosed of 

 (i-lO ])ei'itliecia, at lenu'th peiibratinu' the cuticle. Ostiola short and 

 olituse. Asci amjde. Sporidia elli|)tical, constricted in the middle, 

 ends I'ouiided, uniseptate. i»ro\vn. 50 x 25 //. 



On In-anches oi SdJix, Calilbrina (Harkncss). 



Son.etimes the laruc sporidia are exti'nded and form blackened 

 spots around the ostiola as in Jfifisdi'/'a, but this is not a constant 

 leatiire. The absence ol' any hudine investment of the spoi'idia also 

 conlirnis this as a Ynhiirlu rather than a .lf/Kf<(n /'a. 



V. (eltidis, (Cke.) 



I'tilsii Cil/ii/is, Ckc. (Vrcv. V, p. 55 tab. Si, fig. y,. 

 I'alsatia C<i/it/if. Sacc. Syll. 2S0S, Ckc. Syii. 2070. 



i'ei'itheeia iri'eti'ularly circinate. subimmersed. Ostiola black, 

 eiiierii'ent in a brown, prninose disk. Asci cylindi'ical. attenuated 

 below. 8-spore(l. Sporidia niiiseriate. elli]ttical. unisej)tate. bi'own. 

 constricted. 20 x 10 //. 



V. t'lilvopruiiiata, (Berk.) 



Sphirria/iilviipniiiialii. Hcrk. Hook. I,ond. Jouni. But lA'. p. t,\ 



I \i/.\cii ill /iilvci/ii tii)i(t/a. S.-icc. Syll. 3~<,(i. Ckc. Syii. a)Si, 



'orniiiiL 



-iihanunlar iiiisin 



les aliont 2 mm. br( 



)a(i. ra 



tlier ell'u^' 



at iiase 



as seen tlirouii'li the 



tl 



nil 



•iiticlc. Disk anii'ulai'. fawny, pul- 

 verulent, ]>ierced l>y the Idack. anuiilar. ]niiictilbrm ostiola. Stroma 



Asci linear. Sjioridia 



tawny like the disk. I'erithc^cia ijloliose 



elliptical, uniseiitate, with a sinale s^'lobose nucleus in each cell, end,- 



subacute, liecoi'dni:' dai'k brown, 15-lS ti lonu'. 



On branches of P/nfinnis. Ohio CLea). Carolina (Curtis), Con- 

 necticut (Writi'ht). 

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