TO!) 



Pcritliocia lincnr, mostly lyiiiu' parallel, straiirlit or suliflexuons. 

 flattoiicd above, iiiinierfied in tlio Avood with the flattened apex exjiosed 

 and sliirhtly jtroniinent ; lips inonrvcd, leavin<r a narrow crevice or 

 furrow Ix'tween them, 1^-2^ mm. lon^'. Asci clavate-oltlonu-. fio-TO x 

 1;> //. 8-spored, suhsepsile, overtopped l>y the abundant, filiform par- 

 aphyses. which are blackened and irlued toirether at their tips. Spo- 

 lidia subbiseriate, ovate-elliptical or subdavate. often a little curved. 

 ,")_7.septate and muriform, yellowish-hyaline. 20-22x8-10 //. ITyx- 

 fcrinni Verhasci, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 20!)3, has the sporidia a little 

 more attenuated below and the lijts of the j)erithecia rather more dis- 

 tinctly closed, j»crhai)s because the sjiecc. arc not as old. 



On weather-beaten wood, Carolina and Pennsylvania (Schw.). 

 Ohio (M(»ri>:aii), on wood of Querent and Persva, Texas and Florida 

 ( Havenel ), on old stems of VcrhaKvmn Thapms, Bethlehem. Pa. (Schw. ). 



Without a microscopical examination, the specc. of /^. Vvrbusvi 

 ami //. piHvIonyiun, in IJerb. Schw. cau not readily l»e distiniiuislied 

 from (ih»uiiiii li)i('<ir(\ Fr. It is doiilitfid whether //. Vcrhax.i'1 

 should be seiiarateil froiu //. prd'h/if/inii. {"von as a variety; it cer- 

 tainly can not Ite specifically distinct. The ii])cw. issued in N. A. F. 

 U521. as Hysfprluii) liiicoJdtuni, ('k(\, are mostly (jlonicUa CurtiHii. 

 (Duliy). but//, lineohttum al.-io occurs on several of them. 



H. Lonieei'iP, (Phil. & Hark.) 



Hystin'iiiii l.ouiceur, rliil. & Hnrk. Orev. XIII, p. 23. 

 (t'/iiniofisii /.onKctcs, lierl. & Vogl. Add. S.icc. Syll. I, p. 270. 



Scattered or jiretiarions, elliptical or ol»lonir-lanceolate, ;")00- 

 1200 ft lonsi', parallel, siil)prominent, striate or smooth: lips sul)promi- 

 iK-nt, open at maturity. Asci cylindric-clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia 

 elliptical or subpyriform, muriform, hyaline, mostly with a uelatinous 

 coat, 20-30x7-11 //, with indistinct ))araphyses. 



On decorticated branches (A' Loniceru, California (IJarknoss). 



H. iiisiffiiis, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 10. 



lV>rithecia •jjre;farious, erumpent, oval or elliptical, ^-1 mm. lonu. 

 Iilack, subshiniuj^; lips clo.-'ely approximated. Asci clavate. S-spored. 

 Sporidia lanceolate, acuminate at the ends, constricted in the middle. 

 ')-7 -septate and mtiriform, hyaline, 20 x 10 fi. 



On wood of Amcki, California (Ilarkness). 



H. Smilacis, (Schw.) 



Hvslfrium Smilacis, Schw. Syn. C.ir. 2.(1. Syu. N. Am. 2oi)6. 

 //yfxidfi ma Smilacis, Sacc. SyU. .sSoi. 

 Kxsicc. KlI. Jt Isvrlit. N. A. V. jdS.'r. 2,175.— Reliin Asc. 31S.— Tliiim. M. V. 662. 



Perithecia erumpent, surrounded at base l)y the ruptured epi- 



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