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Sti'diiiiitii ('|ii|ili\ lldiis. scattf'KMl (ir ii|p|ii<>.\iiiiiit(', or even tdiilliicnt. 

 liiiincidiis. (ilti'ii lliickly sciitlcrcd over iIk' ciitiix' ii|i|i('r j^iirliicf of ihc 

 Ic'iil'. Ilatlisli-|nil\ iiiJilc. or (|('|ii<'ss('(|-|iciiiis|ili»'i'i(.';il. .-iilioi'liiiMiIiH' in diit- 

 line, lijnck. liiit c(i\('n'(l liv the tliiii. iiriiy t'pidcnnis. vfrnicusc Iniin 

 tlir |ii'()ji'('liiiy' ii|ii('cs ol' till' cells, nlioiit 1 iiiiii. Iii'oiitl. Asei cvljn. 

 • Iriciil. .-iilisessile. (>(*-"<• x 8-'.) //. Sporidiii (iMi(|iiel_v iini.-eiiiitc. 

 (il)i)Vjite-elli|itie:il, ui-eeiiisli-liviiliiie. coiitiiiiioiis iit liist, Imt wlicn 

 inatiiie. with a siiiLile Iniiisverse sepfmii iieiii' tlie Kase. 10-11 \ .') n.. 



On fallen leaves of Uhmis. 



Sent to Seliweinitz liy Dr. Torrev, IVoni New York State. We 

 do not lind any utliei' relerenee tit this species as lieini:' l'i)nnil in this 

 ctiuntiT. and we have seen no American specc. 



n. riline.'i, (Sclnv.) 



Sfiluniii iiliiini. Scluv. Syii. C.ir. N'o. .'^■<. I''i . S. M. II, ]>. i,^'^. 

 i:x>kc. I-:il. N. .\. I'". i.;|7.— R.iv I''. Am. 75J,~R;iv. C.ir, 11, f.;, 



Perithecia linried in the |iarenchynia of the leal" eillier singly or 

 2-8 toi:-ethei'. stromatically connected, their liases projectinii- and roiiii- 

 iiiLi' little tnherciilirorni hea]is on the ii|iper smiace ol" the leal', ami 

 their jiapillironii ostiola ernnipent tlironuh the ruptured epidermic 

 on th(,' lower siile. Asci olilonu'-cylindrical. oo-dO \ S /x, siilises-ile. 

 8-spured. Sporidia siililiiseriate. hyaline, ovate, "-'.• .\ .'>-.">', //. linallv 

 with a se|iliini near the lower end. 



On leaves (A' Ufiinis, coniiiion. 



Found mature only after the leaves have lain on the uroniid 

 thi'oiiuh the winter. This must not lie confounded with /). 11 mi. 

 (Duv.i. which, thouiih liavinu' sporidia almost the same as this (only ;i 

 little laru-eri.dilVei's essentially in its fither characters. 'l'his(/>. iiJnicdi 

 is anomalous on account of the asciu'crous cells assumiim- the characlei 

 of ]»eritliecia as in Ho)nnst(>(ii(i Kd»py}. 



I), spliicioidfii. (Cke.) 



Dothiilia Sfilurroiili'n . Cke. Orcv. VII, p. 50. 

 Kx.'-icc. Kav. !•■. Am. ^Sj. 



Stromata scattereil, solitary, superficial, 3oO-4(K) // diani.. Iieiiii- 

 spherical. roiiiih, liiack. Ascijicrous cells innnersed in the stroma, not 

 crowded, a'lout .">0 in numlier. suli^loliose, l(H)-]5() // diam. Ostioj.-i 

 jiapillose-prominent, rouiiheiiinii' the suiface of the stroma. Asci ol'- 

 ovate. T'J-i?t> x 30-40 /z, sessile. I'araiihyscs liranched. thickened al 

 their tips. Sjioriilia crowded, ohovate, iineiiually uniseptate. 'J4-l?> x 

 20 n diam.. upjier cell of the sporidia uioliose, 20 /z diain.. lower cell 

 suliu'lolnw. 10-12 n diam., hyaline, hccominti' yellow-lirown. 



