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P, H 



m-V 



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G()4 



XVLARIA Hill. 



Hist, I'laiit. p. 62 and Cit,, 



Stroma oivct or ascoiulin<r, fvliiidricMl. davatc. fililoim. (iKci, 

 t'oiiiprcfsjetl, simple or bi-aiidied. of a corky. lea tin.' it or llesliy cnnsist 

 once, Idac'k outside, mostly wliite within. Peritlieeia siiidc in the 

 stroma laitmore or less prominent, u'loliose or ovate, with a short neck- 

 ami a papillilbrm ostiolnm. Asei eylindi'ieiil. 8-spored. S|i(tri(li;i 

 elli])tieal orfusoid, continnous, hlaek, mostly iiuMjuilatei-al. 



A. Head fei-file throiujhoiit. {Xylotjlo^ttu.) 



* Head clavate; .stipe slender, eloiiyated. 



X. eii^lossa, Vv. Nov. Synii>. p. VIA. 



Stroma elavate, Ware, thickened aliove. olituse, smooth, ainilhi- 

 ceoiis. lilaek-jtnnctate IVom the minute ostiola. liulit-einereons in the 

 center, dai'ker towards the snrlaee. rei-ithecia entirely immer.sod. 

 sultiiloliose. Itlack. Stij)e slendei' eIoi),ii"ate(l. smooth. liecomin<>' lihick. 

 Asei lineal'. Sporidia ohlouu', brown. 



in Costa Rica (Oersced). 



Has the form of GeoyloxKum dijj'onne, liut lai'jzer, '■^ inches or 

 MK)i'e liiii-li: when dry, often arcuate-incurved or twisted, and very hard, 

 almost like stone, louiiituilinally rnudse when dry. in the I'orm and 

 color ol' the clul» (which is ol'a dirty pallid hue) it resemliles Cfunir/d 

 Htjnla. thickened aliove and olituse, properly lihick, liiit a]»pai'ently 

 siiicai'ed over with ahitaceous-elay color, sulidistinct from the stipe, 

 Sporidia uniseriate. suliaeute at the ends, occasionally cui'ved. 



X. ohWwiplia. Bei'k. (in iierli. Ivew). Cke. in (Jrev. XI, p. 84. 



Stronui erect, (davate, ruloiis, attenuated iielow into a slioit, .-leii 

 der, li'lalirous, eipial stipe. I'erithecia uioliose, liiai:k. Ostiola papilli- 

 lbrm, liatteiied. Asei cylindrical, stipilaie. Sp<iridia lanceolate, 

 straight or curved, lirown. 2(t-22x SJ /z. 



On trunks. Urazil and ,Me.\ico. 



X. I'liopniode.s, (Kuiize). 



Sphioia I ltiipaliidf.s. Kze, Kxs, 



.\yiuna ihnlialthles. Mont, Ann, Sci. Nnt I^55, III, p, >w, Sacc. Syll U34. 



This is said to lie Ibuinl in Mexico, C^arolina and Te.xas. imt no 

 desci'iption is jiiveii except that the asei are cylindrical, short-stipitate, 

 8-sporcd. .'■^poi'idia 8-10 ft lon;^'. 



X. pi'otea, Kr. Nov. Syndi. p. 125. 



Stroma suliorose-indurated, lanceolate, olituse, corruuated, liarc 



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