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II' /'///' mi- 

 \ ri||liii||;|. 

 ol'r cln-i'K 

 lli-lni|<' llii' 

 I illllMlMli' 



l\ (lilViiM.,! 

 mil III i||i> 



:otli iiviiiin. 



xiril jihit III, 

 ( ilniini III, 



. \cl III III III, 



AlKjdiii'l, 



(iliiliii Ihi. 

 J)lcliii nil, 



l(>ii/niisis). 



)Oiliriiii 



VI 



idi'i'iiiiii III, 

 TjOplihiiii. 



f)sf rniiii. 



fi/hl 111 iiiiii, 

 Lcviljosin], 



fysirviiiiii. 

 /hlididl'i). 



I'riiliirciii nilicliirnllii. 



siiliciil'liiiliiiccnii-., -.tiijiti 

 •::••::••:;• S/i(in'i/iii nnirifunn, 



l't'lilln'('iil ClII'lKlllilcrdllS. 



M iltiliiVnui 



(tut II inn. 



- Jfjistt'inijiiliiliiiiin, 



SIIIIZOTIIVKII M. Desm. 



Ann. Sci. N'.it. \I, \>. ,V'm. 

 I'l'lilln'ciil >ilu|ilr. -Illi,-ll|irl liriiil. Slllirii |li<iiia('<'(Hl<. Ilntlriicil or 



-(iiiicw hut ciiiiM'S. ii|i('iiiiiL;' w itii ii loiiiiilmliiiiil ciiu'k oi' liiriow. Asci 

 ^•-|iiin'i|. S|iori(li;i (i\oii| fir siilifiisoid. siililiynlini'. 



'I'lic AiMi'riciiii i('|ii('S('iitiiti\('s (if this t><'nu> arc not wrll known. 



W'r hll\r no iiMlhrntic S|irn', of iillV of thr S|ircirv ami take llic i\\;\)S 



i;o.-('> IVoin nnliy'.-; ••.Mcnioiic <\\v hi 'I'rilm l>i'> I iN-haincs." 

 S. Wi'lii'jsci. (Sclhv.) 



/Iv.^li'i tiiin I I'l l'ii.\ii. Sv'inv. in l)iili\' Ily-I. \>. ; ,. luil I h^lri iiiiii I'fi/'iiMi. Sr'"\ 



Syn. N. Am. .^n.j ;. 

 Siiii:iilliri nun \'i'ihiisii, Siioc. Syll. .S.S.=;^. 



I';niiii|i('iit, -rattcii'il. slraiijiil. lihirk. linear, narrow, acute at each 

 chil: lips swollen, narrow, olitiisc. smooth, only sliiihtly scjiaratcd. 

 |ca\iiiu' a i|cc)i lint narrow o|i('ninL:' lictwccn thcni. Asci chivatc. 

 ,'liortcr lliiui the iilirorni |)ai'a|ihyse>. Sporiilia lii~ei'iate. <'lli|isoi(!. 

 Iiyalinc. contiiiiioiis. with L!raiin!ar contents. 



On stems (tf Vfi'luixcinii. Carolina (Schw.). 



'I'liis is a \ery ilill'erent tliinu' rnmi l\\c /fi/sfcrinin Vcfhu.sci \\t 

 llcjli. Schw.. which i> a //i/.^/cri)(/n//)/iniiii id'Jniiioiiy/s). I'ossilily 

 l>iiliy'> s|M'cimens wci'e iiumatiiic. the sjioriilia not liavinu' yet Ik'I'ouk' 

 se|itat<'. 



S. ciiu'rasceiis, (Scliu. \ Diilty). 



Ifyslri linii I iihiiiSLtiis. rtiiiu. in Diiliy Miin ile> lly.-.!. ]i. ',.', t;ili. i, lij;. 15 

 Hi'iii iqiii'^iii ciiiiiMsifin. Sacc. Syll. .^5^,^. 



Mrnmpont. at leuii'th iiiiiate-sii|ierticial. i>reu'!irions or crowdeil. 

 Iilack. elonii'iited-linear. acuminate at the ends: Ii|is swollen, olitiise. 

 not striiite. l>ut. faintly riiunlose. sometimes riniose. leaviiiii' a linear, 

 more or less narrow and dee|i. slrsiiuht. or sulillexuoiis o]ieiiinu' li<'tween 

 lliem. Asci ovat.e-(davat<'. with shoitei'. filiform |iaia|iliyses. Sporidia 

 liiscriate. ovoid, continuous, hyaline, ui'anular. 



On ileiinded. dccayinu' wood. Carolina? (Schw.). 



'I'liis. too, is very ditVeiciit from the JI yslvr'nnn (•/.iici'iit'cejis. in 

 llerli. Sch.w.. which has hyaline, iiiiirifoi'iii sporidia. 



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