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witli al»uii(liint pai'!»]tIiyso?;. Sjjoridia iiTcu-iilnrly ci'owdcil, IhojkI. 

 Iiisoid-dhlonu'. slightly curvod oi- a little hiiluiiiii' on (tiic side, iiciirlv 

 liyaliiic and nnis(']i(!it<_' at lir?;t. hccctniinu' docp, clear l>i'o\vn and T-scp- 

 tiito, tlirot! of the septa elose to eaeli end, TjO-OOx 1 ")-"J(> n. 



On a dead hickory lind), l'ou<ihkeepsie, N. Y. ((ierard), on dry. 

 ili'cayinu' oak \v(jod, Newiield, X. .1. 



The u'enei-al asjiect is the same as that //. ri(h'(/fui». Scliw., or 

 //. lliieohitiim. Cke.. Iiiit the sporidia are dill'erent. (ierard (1. c.) 

 Iit:iires the sporidia as Mnis(M'iate with the septa at equal distances, lnit 

 ill the s})ecc. sent l>y him they are as stated aliove. 



H. eiinioi'pliiiiii, Saco. .Mich. IJ. p. 40. 



I'erithecia loosely j>'re<rarious, decidedly superficial, so that the 

 liase is not entirely adiiate, regulai-ly navicular, straiulit. acute at each 

 end. U X J mm., liecominu' Idack. dehiscinii- with a lanceolate o|ieninu: 

 mid e.\iK)siu<r the reddish disk: lips smooth, olttu.>ie. Asci cvlindrical. 



SI 



,('ry short-stipitate, I.IO-KIO x 1 '> /<, rounded at the a])ex, 8-spoi'ed. 

 irrouuded witli conii'liitinated, lilirorm jiaraphyses with dark-colore(l 

 tips. Sporidia ol)li<|uely uniseriate, liisoid-oldonu', suliohtuse at tiie 

 I'lids, mostly curved. 80-^)8 x 11-14 n., with three liroad s(>pta, not coii- 

 stricteil, uuttulate, dark Itrown, liecominji- nearly Itlack. 



On bark, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



At^recs (sec. Cooke) with specc. o{ Hysterimu bifonnt'. Vv. Scler. 

 Suec. (not Diiliy), luit not with the diau'iiosis of //. 6//b/v//(' as yiveii 

 liy Fries. We have not seen this, hut the description tallies well with 

 that of Tryhlidlum rnfulnm, (Sj)rengel.) 



H. thujai'iim, i\ & P. Cke. Disc, of the l'. S. p. 33. 



Sultgregai'ious, superficial. Peritliecia elliptical, acuminate, ele- 

 vated, almost naviculoid, longitudinally striate, black: lips |)rominent. 



•loselv connivent. Asci cvlindrical. 



poridia broadlv lanceolate 



obtuse, S-o-septate, bi-own, 38-40 x 10-12 //. 

 On ThuJK, New York (Peck). 



H. depressHiii, B.& C. Cke. Disc, of I'. S. j.. 34, (irev. lY. p. 10. 



Elongated, rough with little granules, depressed, disk extremely 

 narrow. Asci clavate. Sporidia cyndtilbrm, with altout ."> septa, .sonie- 

 tiuies bulging in the center on the convex side, 30 // long. 



On dry wood, Carolina (Curtis). 



H. vei'sisp(H'Hm, Her. Hull. 'Jorr. Hot. Club, Yi, p. 78. 

 Peritliecia .scattered, minute, black, smooth and shining, elliptical; 



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