Stioiuiitii scattei'cd, iiiiiato, iiiiiiiliiu'ciious, oi'liiciilar. alioiit I nun. 

 (liiuii.. Itliick. siii'liice convex ami sli^litly iiaiiillusc, sliulitly proininrnt. 

 Asci stipitatr, |»ara|)liysat(\ clavato. p. sp. T-VKK) x lS-2(> //. ^l-sp(t|■('(l. 

 SpDi'iilia ()l>li(|iH'ly iinis-'riate or l»isci'iat(\ elliptical, acutely so at first, 

 lint linally more olttnse. grc.'enisli-uTiuinlar, I'j-'J'J x !)-li> /t. 



On l(>a\'es oi r/on/u/n/a, Xicarau'ua (Wriiilit). 



A lew sporiilia were seen witli the emlroclirome ilivided in tin- 

 niJiMIc Descrilieil from specc. collected Ity Wriu'Iit in Xicaraii'na. 



** Oit t/io}KOCOtyl(;do/ioi(s jihiiifs. 

 I'll. ^Jiamiiiis. (IVis.) (Plate 40) 



S/'li,cii,i C'xtiniiiis, I'ers. Syn. p. 30. 

 Dnlliiiii-a ii'iiinihiis. \>r. Suniina, p. 3S;. 

 I'hylhichoia (hann'ms. I''ckl. SymU. p. 216. 



/fyfii'/'/riis I.ii-.uhr, Kab. in Had. Krypt. j.^S- 

 riiyltaihiiia lliumi, Kckl. Syinb. p. 216. 



ICxsicc. 1-ckl. 



Rh. loi*', 22f>4.— Kzc. K. Scl. 2(Hj, ,vii.— Rail. 1". I-: 



-Rehiii .^sc. 



Tlium. I-'. Austr. 176.— Sydow, M. March, S4, S6, 254.— Dcsni. PI. Cr. Kd. I, 96s.- id. 

 ;i';d. II. 2{,s.— CkL'. F. Hiit. Ser. I, 67S,— Kll. N. A. K. 4S.1. 



Stromata scatteriMl (»r eonflnenr. penetratinii' the leal and more or 

 less prominent on lioth sides, covered liy the adnat(\ i)lack and sliiniiiir 

 epidermis, of various lornis, mostly ohlonu' or lanceolate, hlack, uneven, 

 riiii'nlose, al)out 1 mm. lonjj:. Asciu'i'rons cells sul)seriate. Ostiola 

 oliscnre. Asci short-stipitat<', cylindrical, 75-80x7-8 //, 8-.spored. 

 paraphysate. Sporidia (ddiipiely uniseriate, ovate, simple, t>'<Miernlly 

 with one hir^e nucleus, hyaline, (5-12x4-5 /i. Sj)erniatia (in the 

 young colls) sultlhlcate. Ifix U-2 //, pluriuMittulnte. 



On liviriu' leaves of vari<ius ti'i'asses; common. 



IMi. ('aiicis, (Fr.) 



Piithidia i\i> Ill's. Fr. Siimnia Veg. Sc. p. v)7. 

 I'livlliichoia I'ditn.s, Sacc. Syll. ,S242. 



C()vei('(l. uneven, coidluent, Idack, tuberculose from the astonious. 

 prominent perithecia. Alli<'(| to /*. (ji-aminis. hut immersed in the 

 unclian<^od ])arenchynia of the leaf, the ]ironiinent perithecia (cells) dis- 

 tinct, hut covered iiy the Itlnckened epiijernds. 



(.)n leaves o\' Carex Pcinist/lvaiuai, Albany, X. V. (Peek). 



Cooke in (iri'v. X 111. ]). (!3, states tliat the asci are clavate and 

 the sporidia elliptical, continuous and hyaline. 



Ph. Cynodontis, Xiessl, Xot. Pyr. p. 74. 



Ivvsicc. Reliui Asc. 



Rah. !■". K. 22)1. -'I'liuiu. M. V. [067. 



Str(Miiata scattered, suhorliicular or suhelonjiated, small, mostly 

 not over I mm., not stroniily prominent, black, ast;igerous cells .small. 



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