r)!)o 



iiiiii'iii. 



'IVil l,_v 

 lice- (if 

 \\(mm|, 

 <>\' tllr 

 >('liilti'- 

 liniit J 



iimlri- 



ilirlil. 

 "■ Inlln'l. 



U. eiifeioleiica. (Ki.) 



Spluriiii enlenilfiiiii, l-r. S. M. II. p. ^''i. Soliw. Syn N Am i.ii |. 

 I'alsa itiliiolfiiia, Cke. Syii. I'Ci. 



•' ("oiiccptjiclc cnistiiccfMis. I'diiuli, nciirly Wvy. jilioiit !is liiruc iis n 

 |M';i. I'critlicciii iiiiiiutc. siiii^lnlidsc. iimiicroiis. irrciiiiliiily sciittcrcil 

 ill the wliitc sulistiuicc cil' the stioiiiii. Ostiiihi nmiMlcil. (iftcii short- 

 (■vliiidiiciil, soiiK'liiiics ('li»imiil<'<l iiml tciitiiniliir." 



On (l('i'(irli('iit('(| l»riiiu'lics. nctlilcliciii, I*!i. (Si'liw.). 



Spccc. ill llcrli. Scliw. liiivc llic stroiiiii iiiistiililoi'iii-liilM'iciiliir. 

 i'iiiiii|i(Mit. 1-1 i mill, (liiiiii.. closely cmlinH'cd iit first iiy tlic lihcrs of 

 llic wood, tlii'ii hiirc. Iiliick (wliitc inside). I'ci'itlu'ciji crowdiMJ. siiiidl. 

 iilioiit, f, iiiiii. diiiiii. Ostiolii only slightly proniinciil, riitlicr lliittcncd, 

 siilciilc. Ast'i ;")(» x 1*2-1 ') // ()t. sp.). Spoi'idiii iilliinfoid. ')-() x 1 //. 



1). pioMi III pens, (Walli.) 



Splueiia /» lint mix u^. W.illr. MS. Fr. S M. II, p. .;57. Scliw Syii. N. Am. 12.17 



I'oiitlM'ciii jil Oiosc, ii'iTii'iilarly a^ftircpitod, iiostlinu' in llic iiai'k. 

 witli sliort lUH'ks. covered aln)\'e witli a tliin, Idack sti'oiiia, eninipeiit 

 in eloniiiitcd. irre^nlar strips or si.'ries. 'I'lie ciirmnsei'iidii^' line at the 

 liase .surrounds not a sinjile disk with its sultjacent peritlieeia. lint 

 whole <>'roups of peritlieeia. 



On liranehes of /j?oi/«/«, Uethleheni. I'a. (Scliw. j. 



Asei and sporidia alioiit as in D. liliois. which this iniicli re- 

 -enililes. 



I), frhibilis, (Fr.) 



Sf>li<riiii/iiiihili.\ h'r. S. M. II, ,l6i. Hert). Sclnv. iind Scliw. Syn. N. Am 1260 

 Ihahvpe/iiahilis, Cke. Grev. XIIl, p. jS. 



Stroma \i^v\ prominont. <trl»iciilar or cllijitical, '1-A mm. liroad, 

 convex or depressed, siibjilicate. pale while within, indistinctly circiim- 

 scrilied around the l»ase. Ostiola hidden. Asei (p. sp.) 4r)-r)0 x 1(1-- 

 12 ft. Sporidia allaiitoid, not mncli curved, ^)-l \ 1^ //. 



Oil Ilex pritiokh's and VIbunmm prmiifollvin, Carolina and 

 I'diusylvania (Scliw.). 



The moasuivuienls ol' asei ami sporidia are IVoiii sjiec. in Ilcrli, 

 Sehw. 



\). iiielas|ieriiia, (Fr.) 



Spliaiia iiutaspei ma. I'V. S. M. II. p ,;S9 

 Oiatiypella melaspfima. Sacc. Syll. -f)~. 



In the yoiiiin' state the jmstulos are innate in the liark. and cir- 

 oumscril)(Ml l>y a dark line, stroma pale yellt)wisli ami without jieri- 

 tliecia. Disk erunipent, linear. Mack. When mature, pustules ellip- 



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