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APPENDIX. 



In the following Sclnvoinitzian species tlie frnctification is un- 

 known. The (liaunoses arc from Schwoitz' Synoj)si3 of North Aiin'ii- 

 can Funcji. 



Sphcerice Villofice. 



1513. Sphceria penicillata, Schw. — Perithccia scattoi-cd, lnif 

 forming extensive groups and arranged in snhflexuoiis series, super- 

 ficial, the l)ase tinuly fixed to the epidermis, rarely fasciculate and siili- 

 confiuent. Perithecia ohovate-globose, flattened, densely villose, tlie 

 hairs towards the l)ase shorter and dark green, from the middle up, 

 dense and longer, penicillate-divergent and vei-y white, hiding tlic 

 minute, obtuse, black ostiola. Walls of the perithccia l)lack and tliiii, 

 sometimes collapsed, resembling a whitc-villose Peziza. 



On fallen twigs oi' Hibeft aureian, Bethlehem, Pa. 



1531. Sphmna Intotisa, Schw. — Gregarious, black, erumpeiit, 

 subhemispherical, apex ol>tuse, ostiohim indistinct. Perithecia snuiU. 

 clothed with short, rigid hairs like a recently shaven beard. 



On decorticated |)ickcts oi' Robinia, Bethlehem, Pa. 



1532. Splunrla involuta, . :liw. — Densely aggregated, loosely 

 attached. Perithecia smooth, subglol)ose, subpapillate, sometimes sul)- 

 corrugated, dark l)rown, shining, entirely envclojjed in a dense coat oi' 

 white wool which can be rubl)ed oft'; apex only slightly denuded. 



On old, decaying truidis, Bethlehem, Pa. Reminds one of Jli/r/- 

 ococcuni, (M. Evei'hartii)? 



1536. Sphceria cccspitulans, 8chw. — Cespitulosc-concresceiit or 

 fasciculate in elongated-linear strijis. Perithecia very small, ovate. 

 l)econn'ng irregulai', acutely nai-rowed into the ostioluni, very black, 

 rugose, covered all over with minute, short, thick (almost tuberculi- 

 foi-m) hairs, often irregularly collapsing, not cespitose, substance soft. 

 The smallest of the trilie. 



On branches o\ Ruhus Idams, Bethlehem, Pa. 



1537. Sphceria viriiUatra. Schw. — Scattei-ed or subcespitose. 

 Pei'ithecia minute, globose or ovate, carbonaceous, rugose, obtuse, 

 scarcely ostiolate, I)are below, densely covered above with a short. 

 yellowish-green villose coat. Parasitic on various old com])OUHd 

 Sphauias, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Reminds one of Galonectria chlorinella, OI<e. 



