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can 



SrroiiiM ('niiiiii('iit-sn|p('rlici:il, siil'iildlKwc. uciifnilly IVum | < cin, 

 ilium.. ilc('|i liiick-i'cil when iiiiitiirc Dl'tcii piilcr when vciiiii:-. s(p|it:ir\ 

 (II- siilicdiilliiciit. I'critlicci!! |i('i'i|ilu'iic!il in ii sinL^li- iiivcr. r^niiill. ^l|ll• 

 L:lnlin<i'. .-^livlitlv |ii(iniincnt. Asci cvlindiii';!!. s|MH('-lif;ii'inL;' |i;iit T(>- 

 s<l.\ (t-7 11.. Y\\vn\)\\\ <v< nliiinijiint. siniplc. SiKiridiii unisi'iiiilc n|i;ikc, 

 in('(|nil!it('i-iill_v clliiilic;!!. 10-12 .\ !-.'> //. 



( Jcnciiillv (in liiii'i< <il' (|c!i(l i ell trees, liiil iilsd (in (i;il<. 



Iijicli. nnd >(inie otliei' trees. 



('(ininidM tlirdnii'lidut the I'nited ."^tate- iind Caiiiidii. ;i,- we 

 Kiirope. 'I'his and the next >|ieeies are (illeii a(C(ini|ianie(i 

 alinornial iirowlh {Inst/hih' iiciirlt'(inii<\ Vv.) (•onsislini!' of a s|irea(linj 

 triiiiic 1)1' siiniewhat ll!itleiH'(|. dchraeenns (ir rust-cdhired. niore (ir le>- 

 liran(die(| [iroee^ses suri'dundinti the lia^e dl' the -trdma. and alxiiit 

 • •(inal in haiLith to its (jianietei'. and lie.ai'inu' an alumdanee ol' \i i\ 



W llldW, 



a- ni 

 i\ all 



vale, sniihvaliiie ((Uiidia. Whether this shonhl 

 lere(| the true eoiiidial stauc df the //v/(o.c///d// is ddnlitl'ii 



miniite. (Mid 



-u 



lie ('(III- 

 a- il- 



dcciirreiiee is e.\ee|illdna I. 1 he case is in Sdine r('S|ieet-; aiiald^dii^ |i 

 that i)\ Sitliii-rld Jhihcll !f'oriiils.>r\\\\. and the Xi/hif/'a trdiii w liid 



I It 



-lil'iliiis. Iiiit witii tliis ditVereiice: the ail'ecteil \i//(ir/'</ is alway- 

 aliortive. whih' the /fi//i(i.r)//(>ii -iirrdiiinh'd witli its cdnidial I'rinuc 

 matures its I'riiit. 



I(. Howeiaiiimi, I'k. 'ilth lleji. .\. V. .>^tate Mii-. p. its. 



.''Irdiiia (h'liressctl-u'hilidse. ."»-!."> mni. across, iiiiiit Inick-rcd. neai l\ 

 >m(idlii. lull |iniictate IVdiii the iiiiiuite. Idack dstidhi. Military nr -ii1m(iii- 

 Ihiciit. I'dithecia |ieri|iherical. mdiidslichdiis. minntc. dvate. ] -\ iinn. 

 hiLih. Asci (S|idre-lieariiiL!' part i 4 ")-.">(• x •")//. with a .-h'lnh'r. thread- 

 like Irise. .■»."» // hiiiii. .'-|idri(lia iiniseriate. d|iakc. siiliineijiiihiterally 

 ellijitical. (i-7 .\ .■>-.'>.', II. 



() 



II dead Inn 



li> dl' dccidlldlls tree*. .New Vdlk iTeckl. (Ill O.n// 



Vlrtjliiint. Idwa ilidlwavi. dii dead standing ^hrlllls and raUeii liinli- 

 dl' (lak. New Jersey (Kllis), dii (had lindis. Peidisylvania I Mscrhail A 

 !{aiil, ( )hi(i ( .Mdiuaii), Neliraska (Mi" L. S. I>(iiid|. 



The siili>t!ince dl' (he sti'diiia i- di a liliie-lilack cdhir. and a serlical 

 ."'I'C'tiiHi shows a radialedilii'diis stnicliire with di,c (n twd liiinl ((Hi- 



C( 



iitric /.diies. The inteiidr dl' tlie slrdina in //. <<ii<i 



III mil \> hdii.ii- 



iiciiediis in -triicliire. and dl' an even eray-lila(d< cdhir. Thai s|ie( i'- 

 is also (listiimiiislie(| rrdin thi>. Iiy it- smaller strdina rdiiLiiieiieil I'y the 

 >!iiililly |irdjectim!' [leritliecia (',-.', mm. diam.). and li\ its larn'cr a-ci 

 and s|ioridia. In the Nelnaska s|iecini( n- the |ieiitliecia are distinctly 

 |ir(iiniiieiit. Iiiit in dtlier resjiecls they do iidt dill'er Irdiii the iku 



liial 



I'orm 



H. ('Oilliniltatllin, Xitsclike. var. Ilolwavanum. ."-.A V... .Mich. I 



J). ."iTO; Sacc. S\ 1 



IMlil. 



