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<;loii<>ato(l-('lavate, 100-112 x 10-12 /^. with filifonu paraitliyscs. Spo. 

 ridia lllironn, nearly as loii^f as tlie asci, niultiiiuclcato, liocominsr 

 inultiscptato, alioiit IJ n thick, hyaline. 



On (Jeail wuixi {){' Abies niyni, Santllake, N. Y. (Peck), <»n ih'ciiv- 

 in<>; wood of white cedar {Cuprenstis thyoiden), Newfield, N. .1. 



Diflcrs from CI. ihgeuerans in the i)lack, crustose sul»icnhnn iiimI 

 spoi'idia thickened at the apex. 



II. Kmpetri, (Rostr.) 



Sporomi'aa Kmpitri, Rostr. Fungi Orocul. p. 543. 



Perithecia epi|»liyllons. hrown-Mack, elon<rated. straifrht or llcxn- 

 ons, rather thick, openinji' with a lontritndiiial cleft: lips finally iciuuti'. 

 Asci davate, attenuated towards tin; ajx'x, SO-'.)OxlS it. S-s|)oii'(|. 

 Spoi-idia liliforin. hyaline, simple. Joined at thi^ l)ase. ()(>-r»4x2 //. 



On dry leaves oi" Empetvinn nigrum, Kiredesminde. (JreeiiiMinJ. 



CI. gi'isea, (Sclnv.) 



Ilystniiim f;i isiiim, Sclnv. Syn. N. Am. 2097. 

 Spoionifna liiisiit, Ckc. Disc. l'. S. p. 36. 

 Kxsicc. KlI. & Kvrht. N. A. I*. 21I Ser. 2377. 



Perithecia at first entirely covered, l>ut visible thronuh the trims- 

 parent ej»ideiinis, jj.rayish-idack, elliptical, Hat, olttnse. alionl 1 iiini. 

 loui:, at lenirtli openiiiir with a longitudinal lissnre. Asci chiviitc- 

 cylindrical, ()')-T;") x (i-T ,«, with fdilorm paraphyses lon<i'er than tiic 

 asci and l)ranched al>ove. Sjioridia S in an ascus. filiform, 3(»-;jo x 1 //. 

 multinucleate. 



Connnon on dead stemsof^/z/iyt/a*, Pennsylvania and New .Icrscv. 

 ri. Aiidi'onie(lH>, (Scliw.) 



Hyslryium .Itidiiinu'diT, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 2ik)<). 

 Spuxtmefra Andtomcita, Uuby, Hyst. p. 4^, tnb. II, fig. 24. 

 Kxsicc. EH. N. A. H. 15s. 



Perithecia lanceolate, f)vat(> or sultorhicular, often eIon<rated tti 

 \ cm. in len<rtli, lyinti' in various directions on the matrix, at first cov- 

 ered l»y the t'pidermis which is raise<l int(» elonjrated swellintfs, as il 

 some larva had hurroweil Itcneath, .-^oim splittiiiir in a narrow crack 

 alon^ the apex of the jK-rithecium. : I finally jiartially openin«r so as 

 to ex|»ose the waxy-white disk wliic h'nirth l»ei;omes black. Asci 



nai-row-clavate, 7')-8')xM-10 //, s ed, with paraphy.ses sliulitiy 

 thickened and often liraiidu'd at the lips. Sporidia filiform, nearly n< 

 lonj? as the asci. 



On dead stems and hranches of Azufca visrosa and Aii(lrom<*lii 



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