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cooiis, n)ioiiiiiL;' al tlic ;t]u'.\ witli a iiciirly nimid ui' siiliclnnnnicil. 

 liillicr liiruc opciiiiiii'. liiiiilly ilcciiliioiis. Asci <'lii\iitc-cyliii(|ii(iil. .-Ikhi. 

 >ti|)itat(', para|iliysiilc. S-?;|inic(l, ,s(M)()x '2(» it. S|puri(lia 'lisi'riiitc, chi- 

 v;it('-ulil()iiu'. y('ll«»\visli-li_valiiR'. iiiiisr|iliil<'. lu'comiiiu' ."t-sciiliit*' (|im'ii(|ii- 

 -t'|ital<'). sliiilitly roiistricliMl ;it the inidtllc st')itiiiii, 'JO-24.\7-> //. 



On liviiiii' liraiiclics ol' QmrciLs nlhti. (J. rocf/z/r^/, A'c, cuiiiiiinn. 



Till' (liajiiiu,-;!,-; is liitiii llic .<|i('ciiiii'iis (li.-trilnilrd in N. A. F. 'I'lir 

 asi'i ami spoiidia dilVcr coiisiilcraltly iV<»ni Dr. liflim's li^iiiiv in hie 

 I'ilzc: llic lurinci', <'S|i(TialIy. lirinu' lonticr and nairuwcr. 'I'lir -|mi- 

 I'idia remain a lonu' tiMi<> witli only one si'|iluni. 



I), til ji!;i Ilea, (IVis,) 



iipiXiti/tlni fiiKiiiia. IVrs. in Aiiiuil Itdt. VII, ]>. s,i 

 llyslii iiim fai^iiiiiiDi. Kal). Til/A', p. iss 

 Schr.nJi't ma fiii;iiifii»i, Cliev. I'lor. I'lir. |>. .(.?''. 

 C>/>i;i;mfi/ni c/'//>/;c.i,'''. Acli. Mclli. I, it'll, p. 2,|. 

 /lysl,t iiiDi t iigoMim, Kr. Siiinnia Vi'r. Scaiiit. p. 402 

 liiihcrua mgnsa. Kali. I'ilzf. p. .172. 

 JJiclurna /ii,i;inea. l"i. lUimli. II. p. 111. 

 Rxsicc. I'ckl. !•■. Kh. i.sf.i — kali. lUil). Mycol. )v. Kav Cai. II f/v Kav I- Am s.Vi 

 Sydow. M. Maiih. .l^(l.— KU. & l-:vrlit. N. A. l'. Jil .sir. .x/.;. 



I'oritliecia as in D. (/iicrchni. \mt more clonvfatcd and liystriii 

 loriii, i)]i(>iiiiiu' iiltovo l»y a more distinctly clontiatcd clcri. crmiiipciii. 

 as in tliat species, on sharply dcliiied. itiack. ciiistaceous spots wliicli 

 ai'e usually traiisvcr.<ely elonuated, ')-(! x 1 cm., or ol'ten loiiycr. 'I'lic 

 innei' surface of the perithecia is liiietl with stoni liasiilia \^)-'2'> /ihnvj:. 

 iiearin<r al their tips elliptical, hyaline sporiiles r2-l")x7-S /<, witli 

 •rranular contents. 



Coiiimon on trunks of living: lieccli trees. 



D. stiiimo.sa, Fi'. Nov. Symli. p. 13'J. 



Rxsicc. Kav. FiiiiKi Car. II, ('y. 



Perithecia about as in D./iitjiuea. crowded on orlticiilar. rai.-cd 

 spots al>oiit 1 cm. iliam. 'I'he hymenial cavity is lined with stmit 

 sporopliores 1 ')-'2") n lonjr, l»earinir. as in the precedinu' species, ter- 

 minal, elli|>tical, hyaline sporulcs 20-20x12-1") ji. with <j;iaiiiihir 

 contents. 



CoiiiiMon on liinlis and tniiiks (»!' livintr Qncrrns rofti/icti and 

 Q. nigra, Carolina (Uavenel). Mexico (liieltmaii). New .Jcr.sey (KIlis). 



This species is verv common around Newiii-ld, N. .1., on Qitcrviif 

 cocci it('a,'A\\i\ very injurious, finally killinu' the trees on which it urow^. 

 The round, Idack spots on which the perithecia are seated are at iirst 

 only sliiilitly raised aliove the hark, l»ut each siiccoodiii<«; year they 

 increase in circumference and rise liii>lier, soon formiiiu- irloltose. knnli- 

 like swellintis, at Hrst l>ul<«;in<>' out on one side of the limit, luit fiuallv 



