iiiid (islidlit (lf'|»i'(.'sscMl. Tlic s)M'riiiicti> cxjiiiiiiii'il In Fries wen- old. 

 mill III) li'jicc dl' iisi'i <•!• .-iporidiii rcniiiiiicd. As liir iis niic rjiii iudi:i 

 riiiiii llic diiiuiM'^i.-'. llii.-^ iiii<l tlic prcccdiiii: species eiiii liiirdly lie 

 ilistiiK't. 



N. mi<i'0|ilii(a. (K. \ <'.) 



/''i(/i )'/>»' iiiiiiii/i/iiiii. I!. iS: C. Juutii. I.imi. Sue X, \> S^(<. 

 .■{iitliii>lii»ni iiiioii/tlin iim. Sacc. Syll. iiu. 

 .\ II III III II III I iii "lii iii/i/iiiti, Ckc. Syn. >>?7 



l%xsicc. K.iv. iMiiini *- IT. IV, ;,'!. — K;iv !•'. Am. ,^5.s.— I'.ll \. I'.vrhl N. A 1-' 2.1 Sci . i.>.S5 



Stiniiiii iiiiicii llie siiine as ]u ^W /if//i'>/i/ilii <i. (>\\)\ni\ii\. },-\ cm. 

 ;icinss or eldiiualetl l-lix i-1 cm., tliili. ciiistiH'eo-ejirlKiiiiK'eoiis. Iiliii'k. 

 (iii'/iiiatiiiir lieiicatli tlie cpidei'iiiis. liiit soon liare. siiiiace even, laiiitls 

 |iiiiictidate li'dMi tlic iiiiiiiitc (istiiila. which are mil |iriiiiiiiiciit 'Imt 

 sliLihllv dc|iressc(|. as in Xininiiiihiil'i jiiiiicliilatn. the njieiiiiii:' at (irsi 

 lillcil with while liiiiiiaceoiis iiiatler. I'crithecia ovate-iilo'insc. small 

 (less than A inin.l. iinMnisticlHUis. Asci (p. sp.) alifnit 2") x ^^ n. or with 

 the short liasi', 4")-')(t /« loiiu'. Sporidia iiniseriate. ends mosllv sli'^hllx 

 everlappini;'. siiliiiu'ipiilaterally elliptical, pale lirown. I.l-."! .\ "J-J^, n. 



( )n Snxsiif'nis ojfiiiiiiilc. South Cai'olina (Kavcnel). and nhid 

 I Miiriian and Kcllerman): on Pcrsai. Harii'n. (ia. ( K'avi'nel i. 



Sec. Ilcrkeley ^N . Iii/jx^plihi a ha» lan^vr <isliola and nai rower 

 sporidia. This is trne as to the ostiola. Init as regards the sporiilia the 

 la-c is exactly the op)iosite. 'I'he wood licncath the stroma is stained 

 with the same olive-yellow color a.- in the nc.\t species, to which thi- i> 

 rlosclv allied. Imt dilVci's as sJated. 



N. liy|K)|ilil(i'a. (K. tV Uav.) 



J'uili vlf li\fiiphlii-ii. II. iS: Kiiv. ('•nv. IV, ]). .|.^ 

 .■[iillio>li'iiiii Inf'tiplild iim. Siici'. Syll. 11,^7, 

 .\umiiiiihii ia lixf'iifilil'iii . Ckf. C.rcv XII. ]>. 7 

 I-;.\siiv. K;iv. Iiilini CiU. 1\'. ,(S.- i:il. >N: I'.vilit. N A I- nX Stl. I.S5.I. 



Stroma thin, siiliorliicnlar. ',-! cm. across, slatc-cohir, oi'ij.dnatinti 

 lii'iicalh the cuticle wlii<'h is soon tlir<iwii olV, sliLi'hlly convex, and 

 laintly papillose from the ^liLililly pro/iectiiiL; ostiola. Stains the siili 

 jaceiit wood yellowish or yidlowish-olive. I'erilhecia in a siiiiile layer. 

 ovatc-Liloliosc. small ( /. mm.), aluiipily iiintiacted almsc into a slender 

 neck piercini: the sii|icilit ial. ( iiilionaceoiis layer ot the stroma. Asci 

 -lender ( lUdx -I //), with a thread-like liasc. p. f^p. ;')')-(Hi // hmii. Spo- 

 lidia iiniseriatt', lyiiiii' mostly end to end. narrow -elliptical, pale liiown, 

 ^•iiiicleatc. alioiil 7 X liJ,-.'> //. 



N. siil>a|iiciilata. K. A; K. .loinn. Mycol. \' p. 'i:\. 



Siiliciiticiilar, enimpent. 1-- cm. aero.ss, t-onvex, I iiiiii. tlii(d<. oi 

 7!» 



