:)(;7 



Aci r nihnnii, Ncwticld, N. .1. JJ. (limrostoniK. in Riiv. F. Am., is 



liihclcil ••on ('(irj)i/H/s,'' lint it is ii|i|iiii'('ntly (tn Ot<fri/(t. 



>\)vcv. (A' >Sj>/iii'ri(/ Knfj(tf/ixi/, Scliw., in llci^li. Sclix ., Miot lie 

 ijislinunislicd IVoni tliis. 



I). (■(Hisohi'iliii, Mont. Syil. ('i-y|)t. No. 747. 



Hxsicc. I'lll. >S: I'ivilit, N. A. V. Jil Scr, Ji2.s. 



IN'ritlicciii sniiill. ciowdcil in n nnn^ow, lincMr, lirown stroma, ol'tcii 

 coiilinnons for 2 ftr more I'cntimctci's, iin<l raisiny tlic epidermis into 

 |i;ir!dl('i ridii'cs split idonti' tlif top. iuid rcvcjdinir tlic lirown stromii 

 I'oiiLihfncil liy the nnn'-'rons, pMpiiliCoi^m ostiola. wliicli iirc fniidlv pcr- 

 loriitcil and siilinmliilicatc. Asci clavatc, stipitatc, ]». sp. 20-2 "> .\ .") /i. 

 Sporidia sidiliiscriatc, ailantoid. vcliowislidiyalinc. sliu'litly cni'vcd, ;'>-(; 



On dead rulms i)\ Aruii<J!ii(iria, Ijouisiana ( Lanu'lcjis). 

 I), tiiniida, K. iV K. (in llcH..) 



Dhihy/v JkihliiiiiiiiiU I'<-' Not. in I'^H. ^i Ivvrlit. N. A. F. 2tl Ser. 2525. 



Stromata pnlvinatc, oriticular ov ot)lon<>', 3-4 mm. diam., snli- 

 soriatc ami suliconlliieiit for 1-2 cm., liroad conve.\-tul)('rL'ulil'oi'm. 

 auarly black outside, wliitisli witldn, hnried helow in tlie liark and 

 circiimscrihed with a distinct l»lack line. Asci sulilanceolate, ji. sp. 

 10— ") ') X (i-7 //, with a lonj^', slender stipe. Sjioridia snliliiseriatc 

 allantoid, yellowish, sli.u'htly cui'ved, obtuse, 10-12x2^-8//. Ostiola 

 prominent but not elonu'atod, deeply (piadrisuicate-clef't. Pei'ithecia 

 with thick, Idack, coriaceous walls. 



On dead liark of elm. iiondon, Canada (Dearness). 



This seems to dilfer from IJ. Dahliniana in its sulcate ostiola 

 and somewhat smaller sporidia. The stroma also is lai-yer and more 

 jiromineiif than in the spei.'imen of that species in Ronmci^uerc's V. 

 (iailici. No. 1078. 



I). Hiilleiisis. K. iVE. (in llerli.) 



Stromata subsuperficial, oldonu^ or elliptical. 4-.") mm. in the 

 lonii'cr diameter. ])ulvinate, often conlluent for 2-^ cm. or more, car- 

 bonaceous and black outside, sr>jt:er and .s^'reenisli-yellow within. I'er- 

 ithecia burie»l in the stroma, ovate ji^lobose, \ mm. diam.. thin-walled, 

 couti'acted aliove into slendei- necks, with their larii'e, hemispherical. 

 4-r)-sulcate-clol't ostiola i'ou<>hening the surface of the stroma. Asci 

 (p. sp.) clavate, 35-40 x 5-0 '/., with a slemler stipe, 8-spored, aparajih- 

 vsate, Si)oridia biseriate altove, allantoi<l, vellowish-hvaline. sliu'htlv 

 I'urved. obtuse, 8-1 1 x 2-21 /i. 



