651 



lidiii uniseriate, acutely elliptical or aliuond-sliaiieil, opake, 25-30 x 

 10-12 /i. 



On (lead trunks of oak, i'loni New York to Floi'ida. 



Accordiiifi' to Scliweinitz this Hpecie^^ is sometimes interruptedly 

 coutinuous for 20 leet along' the standing trunks ol' oak {Q. falcata), 

 which arc also nearly suri'ounded by it. 



H. crocopepliim, B. & ('. Giev. IV, p. 49. 



Nearly h inch l)road, irregular, depressed, clothed with a dense 

 coat of red ferruiiinous powder. Perithecia rather i)ronn*nent, with a 

 minute ostiolum. Sporidia dark, shortly cyndiiforni, 13-14x8 /i, (sec. 

 (k)oke, 1. c). 



On decayed liark. South Carolina (Ravencl). 



H. florideiim, B. & ('. Grev. IV, p. 50. 



Kil'used lor many inches, undulate, wine-colored, pulverulent. 

 Perithecia hidden. Sporidia cyudtilbrm, uninucleate, 9-10x3^ fi. 

 Asci linear. 



On Acer rubrnm, Carolina (Ravenel). 



■•* Exter7}aUy hhtck. 



H. sti^iiiateiiiii, (ke. (Jrev. VII, p. 4. 



Kxsicc. Knv. F. Am. (^t). 



Kfl'uscd, lilack, crustaceous, thin (1-1^ nun.), ])apillose from the 

 prominent ostiola, 3-5 or more cm. Iiroad. originating lieneath the 

 cuticle of the hark whicii it throws olV in the same manner as Ntirnmv- 

 laria Bnlliard/. T\i\., which it much resembles. Asci linear cylin- 

 drical. Sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, with the ends sul)acute, some- 

 times navicular, dark, 28 x S // (sec. C^ke.): 20-23 x 10-12 ,« in the 

 Louisiana s])ecc.: 20-25 x 10-12 // in the F. Am. sj)ecc. 



On an old log, Louisiana (Laiiglois),on fallen logs, South Carolina 

 (Havenel), on liark of dead oak, California (Ilarkness), on beech hark. 

 Ohio (Morgan). 



H. epiiTliodiiiiii, B. & Rav. Orev. IV, p. 51. 



ElVused. thin, forming small black patches altout two lines across, 

 papillose irom the slightly pi'ominent ostiola. Asci linear. Sporidia 

 uniseriate, elliptical. Sporidia sec. Cke. 1. c. J)x3| /i. 



On branches of rose. South Carolina (Ravencl). 



H. etfiiKiim, Nitsclike, Pyi-, (Jerm. p. 48. 



Kx.sicc. KU. & Uvrht. N. A. K. Jil Ser. 2ii.(.— Sacc. M. Veiiet.n, 1470. 



Stroma superlicial, thin, forming Idack, crust-like patches of 



