7!;i 



H. Desmazitrii, Diihy. Flyst. ).. 42. tali. II. lin. >J2. 



Ainpliijiciioiis. scattcird, iiniiitc. ovate, convex, loiitiitndinallv 

 filiinte, very Itlaek and sliiiiin^. covered ity the thin epidciiiiis to wliicli 

 it i> closely adnate: lips closed so as to leave a scaicely discei iiilile 

 device lietweeu Iheiu. Asci hidatl-clavate. sessile, paia|iliysate. 

 ^•spo^ed. ."^poi'idia inoi'dinate. oMonii' oi- clavate-olilonir. hyaline, con- 

 liiiiioiis, lo-lili X 2.\-3 //. rather narrower and more acute l>elo\v. 



On leaves o\' Piinix iSfi-nhiix, LfHidon. Canada (I>earness). on j)ine 

 leaves. New York ( Peck iV (Jerard). 



H. (•oni^ciiiim, (IVrs.) * 



JtysUniim ciinii;tiiiim. I'crs. Syn. p. I02 

 Hypodei ma i<inif;f>iii»i. Ckc. Hiidlik. 11, )) -(^2. 



Peritliecia eiunipent, small, shiniiiii'. elliptical or eloni:ated. thin: 

 lips wliiteninu' out, itroadly open. Asci clavate. rather lon<i-stipitate. 

 11(1-100x12-14 //, with lililorni paraphyses curved aliove. S-spored. 

 ."^poridia liacillary-iiisoid. often curved. 20-22 x2^,-o /i. pliiriuuttulate. 

 hyaline. 



leather rare, on con<'s ol' pine trees, Bethlehem. l*a. (Schw.;. 



tSpecicH i)i)perfecth/ knoicii, 

 H. phiiitai'iiiii. (Scliw.) 



//V5t<-niim /i/anlaniin, Schw. Syii. Car. 253. 

 Ilypodi'i Dill fiUiiiliti Hill, Sacc. Syll. 5V)5. 



lunate, linear, smooth. i>ecouiinu' l)lack: lips thin, sulillexuous. 

 lorminfi' a narrow ridtre alouir the ai)ex of the perithecium. 



On dead steins o\' Jfonofropa. \(»rth Carolina (Schw.). 



DilVers from //. roniiiiiiiK' in its elonu'ati'd torm: the loiiu'. narrow 

 lips slantiuti' upwai'ds like the roof of a house. The specc. in llerli. 

 Schw. are without fruit. 



ami 



LOPHOnKKMIIM. ( liev. 



I'loif de Paris, I. p. .136. 



I'eritliecia mostly on pale spttts on the stems or leaves, innate- 

 erimipent. eloniiate<l. mostly simple, sometimes forkeil. openinii' l)y a 

 loiitiitudinal cleft alonir the mi(Mle. Asci clavate, mostly subacute at 

 the apex, S-sp(»red. with the paraphyses mostly hooked or spirally 

 coiled at the tips. Spuridia liliform. c(»ntinuons. nucleate, hyaline, 

 lyinj; parallel, nearly as ionjr as the a.«ci. 

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