6G7 



lilafk. Stij)C cylindrical, jialo yellow, linontc-niuoso. Sj)ori(lia oh- 

 loiig, 7J // long'." 



Oil rotten wood, Cuba and Alabama. 



*** Head snhgJobosc. 



X. ciulonia, B. & C. 1. c. 



Slightly laccate, sliining; stem \ an inch long, nearly 2 line? thick 

 above. Head semiglol)ose, Hve-twelfths^ of an inch aero??', slightly 

 jiajtillose from the jirqjecting perithecia. Ostiola very small. 



On a dead ti-ee, Santee canal, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



X^ cliiviiliis, B. & (!. Grev. lY, p. 47. 



" Gregarious, seriate. A miniature of the preceding. Stem with 

 the head about 1 line high, not laccate, rather thick for the size of the 

 jilant, penetrating the convex, papillate head. A very curious little 

 species.'- 



On the dead stem of some grass, Texas (Wright). 



B. Head fertile throughout^ stipe villous (Xylocoryve), 

 * Head clavate, stijte slender^ elongated. 

 X. (leoj^lossnm, (Schw.) 



SplicPtia Geog/iisstim, Schw. in Joiirii. Phil. Acad. V, lab. i, fig. 4. 

 .\yi<tiia Gcoslassum, Sacc. Syll. 1245, Cke. Syn. 691. 



Carnose-sul)erose, simple, very l)lack. Head tongue-shajted, com- 

 pressed, somewhat furrowed, falcate, obtuse at the aj)ex. Perithecia 

 oldoiig, black, subprominent, white inside. Ostiola minute, .scarcely 

 prominent. Stipe three times longer than the heat), vS<|uamulose, suli- 

 hirsute at the Itase, slender, suberose, black outside, white within. 

 About an inch high. Resembles a Geoglossum, 



Sent from New York by Dr. Torrey. No habitat given. 



X. miiltifida, (Kuiize). 



Spli(cn\i iniillifida, Kze. sec. I.eveiUe in Ann Sci. Nat. 1S45, III, p. 45. 

 Xylaiia miiliijicia, Cke. Grev. XI, p. 85. 



Conidial stroma erect, furcately and palmately divided, whitish. 

 Ascigerous stroma simple, erect, black, clavate. Stipe as long as the 

 head, slender, black, (glabrous)? Perithecia globose, black, subpromi- 

 nent. Asci cylindrical, stipitate, Sfwridia fu,siform, obtuse, inequi- 

 latei-al, brown, 10-12 x 4-5 //. 



On trunks, Java and Central America. 



Gi-eatly resembles X. Hypoxylon, of which it may be a variety. 



