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A. Stroma i'lqhuhdjml or toncace. 

 X. (liscirta, (Si'lnv.) (IMate ;{!l) 



S/>/iirnii liisciiiaihi, Scliw. Syii. Ciir. N<i. ('3. 

 Sfiluena itisiit/u, Schw. Syii. N. Am. u^y. 

 Sfi/uniii It (-07(1/(1, Soliw. 1. c. IJ50, (HOC. sptc. in Ilcrl). Schw.). 

 .Xiimniiilai hi diioflii. Till St-1. Ciirp. II, |i. .15. 

 Kxsicc. Kav. Huiini Car. II, No. s;.— Kll. N. A. F. 4S.^. 



Stroiiiii ('iiiiii|i('iit. (tiliictiliir, 'J-4 nun. diiiin.. i'ii|i-.<Iin|if'(|. witli a 

 tliick. rniscil niiiriiiii. dirty ciiicn'oiis, tlicn Mark, the connive <iii'racc 

 lit liivt wliitc-piiiM'liitc f'roni tlic iniiiiitt'. |iiiiictiloiin ustictla wliicli. in 

 till' niiitiirt' sliiti'. arc scarcely visiiilc. 'I'lie \v(i(nl lieiicatli llie sfiiiiiiM 

 i.-i inaikcd with a Mack, circiiiiiscriliiii<>' line. I'eritliecia in()nosticli(iii>. 

 nvate-i-ylindrical. nearly 1 nun. loiiii'. rallier alirii|itly contracted almvi' 

 into a short neck, their rounded liases |ienetralinii' to the liottoni ol' the 

 stroma. Asci cylindrical. 1 10-1-0 .\ U)-!'^ «, with lonir, lilirorin par- 

 apliyses. Sporidia siiliuioliose, nearly hyaline at first, linally opakc. 

 10-12 // diam. 



On dead Itranches and trunks of /*///v/,s J/r//».s and Anichinchicr 

 CdiKKlcnsiK. Newlield, N. .1.; on tlx; lirst-nanied host, New Kiiiilaiid 

 (Farlow), New York (I'eck): on (I'fcdif.si/u'a trincuntliox. Ohio (.Mm- 

 li'aii), toiiiid also (sec. Sacc. in Syll.) on Sorbui^, Cl/tnis, Cerr/'s, and 

 M(ir/nol/o. 



Sec. Cooke (Jrev. XII, p. (», the specimen n\' Sphn'ria d Isclmohi. 

 Schw., in the Kew llerliariuni, liiiiircd liy Ciirrey in Linn. Tiaii.-. 

 ISoS, I'l. 47, fitr. 10"), docs not dilVer Ironi 6\ dincrvtu, Schw. 



X. repaiida, (Kr.) 



S/>/i,rii:t ii/xnida. I'r. S. M. 11, ]). ;,i(', Oh^. Mycol. I, p. lf)^, 

 Hyfi.'yylun icpaii.liim, Kr. Siiiiiiiiii W)i. Sc. p. ,<\<. 

 .\'iimiiiii/(in\i />cci:,iii/is, Iv. S: H. Hull. Torr. Iliit. Cliil), .\I, p 74. 

 .\'iii)t»iii/(i> Id iif>aii(l(i. Nllscli. I'yr. Cii'iiii. p. 57. 

 Kx-iicc. Kckl. H. Rh 217-'.— Tluini. M, V. i.)f>o. 



Stroma eriiiiipent-siiperlicial, orlticiilar. or siiludliptical. ^-1 cm. 

 diam., concave, and olteii with a thin, erect, rather liroad iiiar.Lnn. rul'ii 

 cinereous at first, linally Itlack : disk niammillose Irom the projectini: 

 ostiola. I'erithecia monostichoiis, imniersed. o\ate-oldont;. \-i^ // loiiu' 

 crowiled. often siihaniiular from mntiial pressure. Asci cylindrical 

 sii'o.^essile, 8-spore<l, 110-120x8 //. with lonu'. filiform parapi ;..-c-. 

 Sporidia oldiiiiiely uniseriate, narrow ovate, ohtiise, siiliiiie<|iiilateral. 

 dark hrowii. 11-14x4-5 /i (Io-K; x (;-7 //. Sacc. in Syll.). I»i>- 

 tintrnished from N. discveta l»y its maiiimillosc <lisk and dilVeieiitl.v 

 shaped sfioridia. 



