563 



Small, sciirculy 2 iiiiii. liroiid, pulviiiatc luit lint, nist-folorod.sonic- 

 tiiii('> (I'iiiisvorso, stu(l(l('(l witli tlic lilack, ])roiiiiii('nt ostiola. wliicli ni'c 

 lici'Hii'ated ill tlic cciilci'. S|i()riiliii iiiiiso|itnU'. lirowii. l(»-12xfi /i. 



(hi lii'niK'lics (•!' L!(/iii(hiiiif><ii\ Soutli Carolina (Ravciicl). 



V. Bi^noiihp, (Scliw.) 



Splia>ia JlifinmiiiT, Scluv. Syii. N. Am. i,-?to. 



I'a/itiiiti Jliiiiioiiiir. Ckc. Ciev. Kill, p. ,^i), Sacc. Syll. .4191. 



\'<'iT varialtlo. When yomiu', piistiiliforin, biai-k, small, rorniiiiu'. 

 like some of ih<? otlior spt'cics a coiicoptaclo suliimmorscd in the 

 liliroiis liark. Ostiola iiinl)ili('ali', promim^iit, cvlindrical. Finally the 

 stioiiiala liccomo conllucnt lor one or two inclK's in lenutli, Iturstinii' 

 out tliroiiu'li lonu-itndinal cracks in the hark, tlic apex of the concc'ii- 

 taclcs Iriincatc aliovc. and on this truncate surt'acc are seen the shoi't. 

 thick, irreirnlar ostiola. I'erithecia ol' mediiim size, innner.'sod in a 

 cinereous llesh-colored stroma'. 



On dead limlis of B/'r/nonia. Carolina (Scliw.j. 



Sporidia (lide Cke. (ii'cv. 1. c.) olive-lirown, unisoptiite, 15 xS //. 



V. Plioiadendii (B. & C.) 



Af,/(/j:iamma J'/ionuhiidii, li. Jt C. in Curt. Cat. p. 143 and Grev XIII, p. 103. 

 I'iihiuia IVioiadnuiyi, Sacc. Syll. f^fMS. 



IVrilhecia ureu'arioiis, covered, at leiiirth orumpent throujiii the 



(issiii'cil liark. Itlack. olitiis( 



isci siihcv 



liiid 



rical 



Doridia sniiellii)- 



Hi 



(iciil, uiiiseptate. sliuiitly constricted, lirowii, 28-30 x l(t-12 //. 



(Ml liark of Phoiddendron flavescens, .'^ealioard of Carolina 

 (Curtis). 



V. collciiiatoidt^s, (B. & Kav.) 



lioiiyosfilKCiia collrmatoidi's, H. 6t Rav. (iicv. XIII. p. iu2 

 I'lilsaita collfmaloiilis, Hull iSi Vojfl. in Sacc. ^y\\. Add. 1, p. 131 



Stroma eil'u.sed, thin. Itlack. Perithecia small, oval, crowded, al 

 lenuth flattened at the apex, opake, at Icnji'th liotrvoid-au'ii'i'eu'ated, suh- 

 «M)iillueiit. Asci cylindrical, 8-s|iored. Sporidia elliptical, uni,«ef)tate. 

 >;carcely constricted, brown. 15 x 7 //. 



On iiark. United States ((.'ooke. 1. c). 



lias the lialiit of Boti'noHphu'v'iK. with the liiiit of VaJsaria. in 

 Orcv. XIII. ]i KKS, this is placeil in a section Iiavinu' hyaline sjioridia. 

 •Not havinu seen a spec., we cannot say which is riulit. 



V. p'aiidiiiea. Berk. (Jiev. XIII. j.. 103. 



Mil(i:itat>i)ini iiisii/< lit. iifrk. in ('.rev. IV. p. jy, (ncit Scluv., and uol/)>a/i\fir 



giii)nlhi(H. H. ^t Kav. Grc'V. IV, p. 93;. 

 I'liisiii hi xiiiiniiiiia. Sacc. Syll. f>(i.i4. 



