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various size and sliapo, 3-4 nun. across or often confluontly soriiid", 

 3-4 cm. or nioi'O by |-1 cm. wide. Peritliecia in a sinulo Invcr, 

 rather large (the central cavity lieinti' aliout I nun. diani.), [(roniiiicnt. 

 1)ut mostly flattened al)0vc with a central paj^illa much as in //. (huik- 

 latum, Schw., hut not so distinctly annulate dejjressed. The speciniciw 

 were old and the asci dissolved, hut the sporidi.i wore still tolcialilv 

 abundant, ()vatc-ol)lon,t>- and sui)navicidai', ])ale brown. 6-S x 3-3,', ti. 

 rounded and obtuse at the emh. The peritliecia and sporidia were 

 rather largei' than in Saccardo's s])ecim(Mi in ^f. V. 1470, and the 

 stroma thinner, but there can hardly lie any doubt that our sjiecimeib- 

 arc correctly detennined. 



On decaying wood of C/iinis, Missouri (nemetrio), Kansas (Kel- 

 lerman), Louisiana (Langlois). 



H. coiicuiTeiis, B. & V. (Jrev. IV, j». i)3. 



Peritliecia connate, Ibrming a thin, Idack, nniform stratinn, verv 

 minutely granulated, the n])iier pai't only exposed. Ostiola miniito. 

 papillilbrm. Sporidia shortly cynibiibrm, uninucleate. (10 x 5 //, Ckc). 



Carolina (Ravenel) without habitat; on Acer ma(!roj)/i9/llu)ii, VnW- 

 fornia (Harkness). 



H. erHstaceuin, Xitschke, Pyr. (lerni, ]). 4!). 



(Sec. Cooke, not Sfiluciia cimtacca, Sow.). 

 Kxsicc. Ral). V. E. 2.(3.^. 



Stroma snpei'licial, lilackcning the wfxid ai'ound it botli on the 

 surface and within, more or less elViised, tolerably tiiick, sooty Itlack or 

 sometimes gray-pruinos(>, IbiMued appar(>ntly only by the connate ]M'ri- 

 tliecia which are about | mm. diani., gh)b()se, and cither dens<'iy 

 crowded or loosely aggregated, or even jiartially I'ree, their ronndcil 

 a))ices with distinct papillilorm ostiola free, witii oidy tlieii' luisc- 

 united; rarely j»erit(iecia occur only hall" as large as usual. .\.<ci 

 cylindrical, long i)etiicellate. with alnnidaiit, long lilifbi'ni paraphyscs. 

 Sporidia obliquely nionostichoiis, ovate, obtuse at each end, ineipii- 

 lateral or nearly straight, light brown. 8-10x4-5 //. 



On decorticated wood, i>ritish Coliniibia (Macoini). 



Macoun's specc. agree accui-ately with the aliove desi-riptioii. 

 (!xcept the peritliecia are snbl'erriigiiious-pulverideiit. and the sporidin 

 oblong-naviculai'. Asci 150 x 5 /i (p. sp. 80 x 5 ft). Clusters of coiniatc 

 ]»ei'ithecia (stroiiiata) 2-5x2-3 iiiiii., or interruptedly confluent lor 

 2 cm. long. The specimt.Mi in Halt. F. E. 2433, has the pei-ithet'la 

 more sparingly connate and black, but there is no other diiVei-ence. 



