h '. 



()50 



H. Jecoi'iiiiim, B. & Rav. fiiev. lA^ p. 50. 



Eiriisod, an inch or more lonj^ and ]>roail, at (irst covered with a 

 tawny yellow i)OAvdor, tlion liver-colored, dotted with the dark o^^tiola. 

 Sporidia (?ec. Cooke I.e.) i)x4 ii. The specimen? in Rav. Funui Car. 

 IV, 37, have the stroma sul)elli))tical, 1-2x1 cm. and sporidia 7-s x 

 3-4 /i. Florida sijecimens, collected by Col. Calkins dni-inu' tlie 

 winter ol' 1887, have the stroma l^-3x 2-2| cm. 



Ravenel's s])ecimens are on bark of Aref nibruin, and the Florida 

 s])ecimens are also on l>ark of s(»me dccidnoiis tree. 



The )»erithecia form a sinu'le layer on the sniface of the lilack 

 cai'lionaccons, 1 nnn. thick stroma, and are oval in shape and closely 

 packed, about \ nnii. liiuh, with thcii- apices sliu'htly projectinti', tlm- 

 making' the surface of the stroma finely pa])illose. 



H. iiiiifliiiiiini, (ke. (Jrev. XI. ]). 132. 



Stromata thin, elliptical, subconfluent, 1-2 x \-\ nun., u'rayish or 

 I'inereous, Hat, surliu'(> ])a])illose from the sli^'htly projcctinii' apices oi 

 the crowded perithccia. which lie in a sinj>le layer and are very small. 

 less than ^ mm. liit>h, jieuetratinjr to the wood an<l only slii^htly cov- 

 ered liy the scanty stroma. Ostiola minute, pa))illiform. Asci cylin- 

 drical. SjHJi-idia elli]ttical, obtuse, brown, 12-1(5x4-') //. 



On decaying wood, Canada (Macoun), Louisiana (Langlois), Caro- 

 lina (Ravenel), New York ((). F. Cookj. 



The Canada and Louisiana specimens have Iteen submitted to 

 Dr. Cook(! for examination, and he pronounces them to be //. imilhi 

 mini, Cke., of which tli(! original was collected in I'otsdam. N. Y.. 

 many years ago. The name is badly chosen and misleading, for the 

 surface of the stroma in all the specimens (unless it l)e the Potsdam 

 specimen, which is now lost or mislaid) is of a glaucous or grayish- 

 white, al)out the same as in //. iilrnpiiii<'f(ifn)ii.{y^i-h\\.). or //. priumi- 

 fiDii, (Kl.). without any purplish shade whatever. The description 

 above (pioted applies in other lespects tol(M'al>ly w(dl. 



H. (iti'o|iuii('tatiiiii, (Srinv.) 



Sl>hceiia utio/mm/ithi, Sclnv. Syii. Car. No. .(.(. 

 Anihnsloma iihopiiiictatiitii, Sacc, Syll. \\'i2. 

 Hypit.iylini aliopiiiutaliim. Cke. Syti. 977. 

 Kxsicc. V,\\. N. A. F. 57(1.— Kal). V. K. 3151J. 



Broadly cH'used, smooth, white, dotted with tlit> smooth, convex, 

 black ostiola, and sui-rounded with a lilack, sterile margin, substance 

 very hanl and rigid, black inside. I'erithecia in a single layer, imt 

 crowded, ovate, about ^ nun. high. Asci cylindrical, abruptly cnii- 

 tracted below into a short sti])itate base, about 150 x 10-12//. Spo- 



