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.J5)4 



r». ii'i'e«ulai'is, T. it K. Ciw. VI. |.. :i2. 



StvniiKita \v;irl-lil<t'. '2-',> iiiiii. dijuii.. rluscly t'ovci'i'd liy ilic ciii. 

 ilcriiiis. wliifli is [(icrccil liy the iipcx ol' the slrinnii, ol'tfii fdiilliirm. 

 lonniiiii' ii Hill Idistcr-likc swcllinu' 1 i-in. Iii'onil. iiiid ciitii-clv conciviI liy 

 flic <'|iii|i'iiiiis. "xrc)tt wlii'ir it is |ti('rc('(l liy the siiuill. Miick ii|iici- df 

 rlic si'|»iii'iilt' slroiiiiilii. ciiii'i'cotis iiisidt', ni»t |H'ii<'ti;iliim' to llif \vii>m|, 

 :iiiii ii<»t (•irciiiiiscrjlM'd: otiicf struniMf!! nii m dcrdi'ticiitcd [liiit nl' tlic 

 siiiut' liiiil>. aic sciilcd (111 the wood : tlirsr iii'c oMoim' and suliscijiitc- 

 coulliiciit,. I'ciillu'cia N-lli in a siiiu'lc stioiiia. (ivatc. Idack, aliuiii J 

 nun. diaiii.. necks slnirt. with tlicir olduscly cdiucal. soiiictinics ijiiadii- 

 sidcatf, and liiially irrciiidarly dcliiscciil ostiola sliu'litly pioiiiiiicnt. 

 Asci oltloii'jr-idavatc, stipitatc. 100-1 1') .x 10-12 u (p. sp. 40-.")0/< loii'i), 

 |iolysp()i'uiis. 



On ilcail \\n\U< n\' /*//rt/s coitnutinis. Xc\vli(di|. X. .1. 



Oui' spocinii'u is not well niatni'cd, and the spoi'idia rcliisc in 

 seiHiratc and leave the asci. Sec. Cuuke tlicv are S u lonti". 'i'liis 

 seems nioic closely allieil to /). r^'rriicd'f'nnitis than to I), i/iicri'iini. 

 and we are inclined to reuard it as only a var. of that species. 



I). siibCiilva, (B. <!^ ('.) 



Diatiype suh/iilva, II. .St C. Ciixv. IV, ]>. y7. 

 />ia/i v/>e o/iTtiiYti, C. .S: }•;. Crcv, VI, p. '). 

 />i(i/>y/><l/a siib/ii/7'a. S.'\cc. Syll. 764. 



•■ Hriniipent. convex, at iii'sl olivaceous, then iilack. Perithelia 

 larye. H'w. Ostiola oiitiise. Asci clavate. siilisessile. Sp(»ridia iiii- 

 nierons. yellow, lineai". olitiise, sli^'lilly curved, 10-12 // lonii'." 



On ilead liniiis ol' iV^.sw/. Carolina and New .lersey. 



Our specc. of Z>. oliramf, (J. iV 10.. are without Iriiit. The 

 species is now considered liv (Jook(> as svnonviiioiis with D. stihf'iifrit. 

 B. A- C. 



D. aiiiiiilaiis, (Sciiw.) 



Spliigi hi uniiiilints, ricluv. Syll. N. Am. IJ70, 

 Diairypr aniiulans. Cke. Cirev. XIII. p. .^S, 



Stroniata conic-tnliei-cnliiorMi. trnncate above, \-\\ mm. diaiii.. 

 .seriate-siiliconlhient in rinirs snrronndini:' the liinl) or extendinir loiii-d- 

 tiidinally. white inside, rarely solitary. Ostiola prominent on the 

 tnincato apex of the stroma. (|iiadrisuleato, stout and short. Pcrithecia 

 (4—0 in a stroma), contracted into short, idack necks al)ove. Asci 

 ()(. sp.) 4 ')-")0 X l.")-20 n. with a slender liase. Sporidia yellow in the 

 mass, nearly hyaline when siuii'le, allantoid. (5-7 x 1.^-1^ /i. 



On decorticated l)ranelies of various kinds of soft wood, ('aroliiia 

 and Pennsylvania (Sehw.). 



Measurements from sp<!c. in llerl». Schw. 



ii i ; 



