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Iflo'i. !^pli<i'r!a Itiv/f/afa, Scliw. — l-'ni'iiis m foiifiimoiis. siiHiotli, 

 hiack I'liist widely clViisod (fi iiic'cH), (Ictcniiiiiatc. siiiToiiiKlinii- tlic 

 liiiili. IVrilliocia scattered, larg'e. «>'l(»lins('-de|ire.--('d. dee|(ly iniiiieised. 

 their ostioln appearinii' as mere ])(iiiits on tlie siiifaee oC the crust. 



On sol't. rotten wood, Uetldeheni, I'a. (Schw.). 



1033. Sph(t'i'/'i\ i/ni/t(f(ifonit)t. Sehw. — (ireuiii'ioiis, oovercil hv 

 a widely ell'used, riniose enist, so that the wood appears charrcih 

 Poritheoia scattered, hni-ietl in the wood lioneath the crust, ,irh)lioso- 

 depix'ssed, witliout any distinct neclv, liut with flntteiied-<i-lohose ostioln 

 erunijtont tiiroiiiih a cmstaceoiis tubercle, and finally pezizoid-umhili- 

 cate. 



On wood lyiiiti' in the Melaware, at Kaiu'hu's Point. X. . I. (Schw. j. 



1634. Sphaiiia excuum, Scliw. — Perithecia larii'c, thickly scat- 

 tered under tlie partially loosened epidermis, immersod in the inner 

 hai'k. Ostiolinn punctifbrni, l)arely |)iercinf>' the e})idermis, l)nl liiially 

 elon,<>'ated into a distinct lieak jxMibi'atcd at the aj»ex. The lar^'o, 

 llask-shaped ruuose jx'i-ithecia surrounde(| with a distinct liii'i'ow. also 

 emerge, and when mature, easily fall out, leaving pits in the liark two 

 lines across. 



Frequent on young l>ra-.jhes o{ Pyni>< Maluft, JJethlohem, I'm. 

 (Schw.). Allied to Maamrki fo'dans, i^v-)- 



lG2o. Sphwria fhmudaiis, Schw. — Scattered and aggregated, 

 ohlong-glohose, depressed. P(>rithecia inimer.-;ed. at length sul>pi'onii- 

 nent, inner cavity elliittical. enclosed in a kind of ciiieiascent nieiii- 

 hrane ilnally black, Ostiola very small, jiapilliform, situated in ii 

 slight dei)ression in the top of the perithecium, sometimes hysteriiionn. 



On liml)S, Bethlehem, I'a. (Schw.), 



1G3(). Sp/ut;)'hi liondi, Schw. — Scattered on a dai'k Iti'own ciust 

 widely efluscd under the e])iderniis, finally denuded. Perithecia suii- 

 immersed in the crust, hemisj)heric-prominent, oblong-globo.ae, I'ugose. 

 black. Ostiola at lirst scarcely piercing the epidermis, at lengtli 

 short-conical. 



On tender branches of I'ose l)ushes. New .Fersey (Schw.). 



1637. Splucrla ampeloK, Schw. — Minute, distantly seriately 

 scattered, circumscissile, Itrownish, tiattened-globose. Ostiola jiroaii- 

 nent through cracks in the bark. 



On much decayed shoots of grape vines, Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). 



