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Sti'oiiiatii i^olitaiT ami scattcMrd or 2-3 siil)soriately aitju'oxiiiiiitr, 

 (MiiiiiiKMit and liorderod Ity the i-u|ituroil oj»itk'nni<, ()rl>it'ular-]nilviii;itc 

 ni' more or less cloniiiitcd. i-cai'liinti' as imicli as ;') iiiiii. loiiii', lailin 

 lliitti'iu'd aliovo and ol'k'ii dcjtrossod in the fontei-, Itlafk-piiintiilc 

 IVoni tlic iH'dji'ftinii- (tstiola. Pcritliccia mnneroiis, sultii'loliosi', 240- 

 2()(> // tliani.. iianowcd aliovc into tlic ostiola. Asci cylindrical, stijii- 

 tatt', ii'iadnally nairowcd aliovc, S-sporctl, 50-00x8-11/^. Sporidia 

 Itiscriatc. nanow-clavate. sul»ine<niilatcral,iinisejitatc l»clo\v the middle, 

 liyalinc, 17-20x4-4^ //. 



On dead stems ol Ikrbrris, New Knjiland. 



\). Miihlnibei'sia', Ell. IJnll. Toir. IJot. Clnl., VI I J. p. 74. 



Hxsicc. I'M. N. A. V. 4S2, 



Stroniata scatteicMl or yreyarions and sniiconlluent. snlieloiiuatcd- 



{\-'\ mm.), not penetratiim 



tnlieiTuliloiin. oi- liysteriiioini, minnte 

 deeply, covered ity the idackened epidermis which ojtens with a 

 narrow, loniiitndinal (delt oi' is pierced liy the short, acute ostinla. 

 Asciuerons cells few, l;")0-200 ji diani., otten Imt one in the smaller 

 sti'omata, 2-4 in the larjiicr, white inside. Asci «davate, rounded 

 aliove, paraphysate, 8-spored, ")0-7 5 x l;")-20 it, narrowed iielow into a 

 stipedike liase. Sporidia hiseriate or inordinate, oiilongd'usoid. hya- 

 line and uranular at first, itecominu' yellowish and uniseptale, sliuhtlv 

 constricted at the septum, narroweil ami suliacnte at the ends, sliiiiillx 

 curved, ir)-20 x 4-(! /i. 



On (load cidnis ol }fiild(>)ibef(j!>i, Ncwiield, N. .1. 



Prof. NiessI in IltMlwiiiia, May, 188.'}, refers this to Li'jttoxp/id rni 

 and finds the sporidia 20-2') x (1-S /i. 4-r)-c<dled ami hyaline. Imt after 

 liavim;' carelully reexamineil aliundaid and irood material, we timl tin' 

 sporidia as heie noted, and ihouiih the scanty strouia often uives llie 

 appearance of ]ierilliecia, a section shows the li'cnnine asci<icrnus eell> 

 characteristic of the J)(>fhith-(ivv(i'. 



h. coi'vliiia, Ck. \ Haik. (Jrev. IX. p. s7. 



"Krnnipent. orhicnlar. ilepresseil. lilack. same c(dor inside. A^ri 

 ample, clavate. Sporidia olduse, lanceolate, constricted in the miilille. 

 l-3-septate. lu'own, 50 x 15 /i." 



On twiiis of Cort/liis fOHtnita, California ( Ilarkness). 



8j)ectcn iiii]}(!rfvvthj knmi'ii and ihnihtfiil. 

 I). liiiideiw, iWv. Hidl. Torr. T.ot. C'lul.. V. p. 40. 



Ivxsicc. i;n. iV Kvrlit. N. A. I'. 2il Ser. .•126. 



"Stronui Idack, erumpent, roundish or oldon^i', often conlluent. 



