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On liiii'k dl' Si/r/iiijn viih/uris. I'riiiisvlv;iiii;i (Scliw.), New Vdik 

 ((loranl), N<'\v Jersey ( Kllisi. 



Till' |icritli('ciii iii'c siiiiill. only a little liirifcf tliiiii those of /fi/.s. 

 (criiiiii J'fitsO'i. hilliy. wliicli tliey liiiu'li fesenilije. 'I'lie sjiecc. in 

 Herli. Seliw. are without IVnit. 'I'lie aliove diaiinosis is IVoni specc. 

 sent liy (Jei'ai'd. Cooke's liu'iire in (!re\illea i'e|ii'esents the asci ami 

 sporiilia very aecnralely. 



H. toimosiim. (Cke.) 



//\ileiiii»i /(imiiisiiiii, Cke. Crev. VI:, p. ,^. 

 J/\slei<i\;iapliinm/iiimi>sii»i. Sacc. SyU. ,S7*<o. 

 Exsicc. Ell. & Kvrlit. N. A. I". jclSei. 21^2. 



Perithecia seatteicil, |ironiiiient. 1-1 J, mm. lonir ami |»i'o|iorlioiiiil- 

 ly ratlier iu'oad, not ilepressed aliove. lilack and shininn', striate, ii|i.- 

 closed. Asei eyiindrieal. 80-i)0x 10 // with alMimlant parapliys<'s, s- 

 spored. Sporiilia uni.seriate. oldonLi'-elliptical, JJ-.-iejitate ami linntly 

 muril'orm. lirowii. sliuhtly eonslricteii iit the middle spptiim. 1S--22.N 

 T-S ti. 



On dead limits of 7*/m?/.s ionfortu and 'lit/iij)ef'iis occideutuViK. 

 Sierra Nevada Mts., ('alifoiiiia (llarkness). 



H. siibru^osuin, (C. & E.) 



H\sleriu»i siihrufrosiim, C. it K. Crev. V, p. s-l, I'l. Hi, fijr. i. 

 Hyslf'iuni ai iimimiliini, Vr. in Herb. .Scliw. 

 //\sti'>oi;iaphiiiiii Mihj iigmum, Sacc. Syll. ,S770. 

 p;xsicc. Ell. N. A. V. 45y. 



Perithecia scattered, ol»lon2:"elli[itical. faintly transversely suh- 

 rugose, black, not striate, about 1 mm. long, often sliulitly curved: lips 

 incurved, open so as to e.\p(»se a narrow stri)» of the black disk. Asii 

 oblong-cylindrical, sessile, ]»aiaphysato. rounded at the ape.\, T')-SO.\ 

 20 ft. Sjtoridia inordinate, ovate-oblong, olttuse. slightly curved, 5-7- 

 septate, with one or two jjaitial longitudinal septa, 20-2r) x 10 // (40- 

 4o n long, sec. Cooke). 



On dry haid wood of decaying oak stumps. Newlield, X. J. 



The substance of the perithecia, when crushed under the niicro- 

 scojie, has ii retldish tinge. The spec, in Herb, Schw. labeled Ili/stc- 

 t'iiwi aciiiiihiafit/ii, Vr.. is certainly the same as //. ,sii/)r>i(/o,'<)i/ii, C. A 

 K. and very ditVerent from //. avuininatiiin, Yv. The sporidia in all 

 the sfiecc. examined are much smaller than stated in (Jrevillea. 



H. Nova-Cjpsaiieiise, (Ell.) 



Hystetium .Vova-Casariense. EU. Hull. Torr, Hot. Club, VI, p. 133. 

 Mylilidion .\ova-Casa> tense. Sacc. Syll. II, p. 764. 

 Exsicc. Relim Asc. 313.— Roum. F. Gall. 4S.S4.— EU. N. A. F. 152. 



