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iM'ciirriiij; vhhvv siiijrly niid t|iiito cvonly scjittcnMl over tlio iiiiiti i\ ui- 

 loosoly iifrjrP'unitctl in cIiisUts oi- L'l'iMips ol" .'{-S |H'i-itli(>ciii sfjimliinr 

 side liy si<l*>, tli<>ii- Itiiscs iinitt'd in a tliin stronia of » dirty Itrow ni-h. 

 Iiliirk (Mitsidc. luid rusty-yellow witliiii. witli J-J tlicir upper |iiirt lice. 

 sulttruucate aliove, with a uiiuute. papillilorui ostioluin. Asei. ini'|ii(|. 

 iuir tiie slender liase. 1 10-1 "JO x 4 n. Sporidia uniserinte. oltjonu. pule 

 iiidwn, 1 2-nueleate, "-!• \ ;»^//. I'aiapliyses lililnnn, almndanl. 



( )\\ dead limits and ti-unks of Sassal'ias. troin New York lo KJoriilK. 

 and west to (Miio. mostly on the Itaik. Iiut also on the wood. 



H. smilaricdiiim. How«', Kull. Ton*. Itot. Oluli. VI, p. :\\. 



" Small. Itlaek. pulvinate. roundish oi- elliptiral. ineM-idai ulnn 

 eonlluent. I'eiilheeia sni»L''loliose. .\sei ey liidiical or sniielav.iic, 

 Sporidia lirowti, ^nlM■ynllli^orm. l.'i 'jOxT.l //. n-Mally with ,«c\ii;i| 

 rinelei. 



On dea<l stems oi Smiln.r. 'I'lie sporidia are I'arelv <'||iptic;il :i| 

 maturity, lint sometimes pninieij al lioth estremilies." 



H. cillllli'il'lllll. ('I\«'. (ire\ Nil, p. .'il. 



Kxsiii- K;iv I Aiti oi l<n .V l-lvilil N A I- .mI S< i .Ml') 



.■^Iruiiia convex, 'J— I mm. aeross. oliveiira\ . iIh'Ii lilark. ;tl lir-t 

 nearlv e\cii. llim inlienidose I'rom the projeetini'' perilheeia. liiially 

 deridiinns. apprariiej- lirsl as oli\f-iira\ . appre-^sed, thin. r;illier iiideli- 

 nili'JN limili'd patches "J- 1 mm. across. clal^islileJ of elosc|\ packed, 

 creel, snli^imple. Iirowiii-li h\plia' I .V-'jO \ 'i-'J.I, //, lieariu'j- al ihcir 

 lip' oliJoiMj- or ovale t'ljiptical. Ii\aline eonidia l-d \ "J -•',". Thc~c 

 patches soon liccnnie iiilicrcnlo-e Irom the scattered, incipient peri- 

 lheeia (.'» I .'• in nnmlii'i'), suon cnchiH'd in the ilall lilack -Iroma. wlm-c 

 -nrlace is lulicreiilose-ron'jhened li\ their oliliise, proji-clinir apices. 

 In tlie speeiiaens in Was. I'". .\m ."J")! . the pcrithecia are mostly soli- 

 lar\ linl still eni'lo-ed in a siiuma more nv \t'« distinct. The inner 

 ca\it\ of the perilheeia is .'(-.I mm. diam. A^ci -nlnv linilrieal. "•") 

 X.") X ^-ln « (p. sp. ). w'lh a short ~lipilale liase and witli e\ane-cenl 

 paraphyses. .'Sporidia olilonir-nav icidar or iiisoid-nav iciilar. mostly 

 olilii|ncl\ nni-eriate, 'J-.'! nnejcale, iir<iMn, l."»-|S\(; «. {{esemMes in 



some re>piMl- //. Siissilfnls. ."^ejiw. 



On deail culms oi Ariinilliiiiiln. (Jeoreia il*a\ene|i. I*'li '•' 

 (Calkinsi. Iioni-ian.i (l<amjlois). 



II. |Md>s|i(''niiiiiii. MiHil. S\ll. Crypt No. T.'.i'i 



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Stroma elVused. applaiiate. altruptly liinitel. of a pnipli>h \\\-\ 



