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754 



oj)i(leniiis, nt length donudcMl, scattoi'cd, Imt tliiokly covoriiig tlio 

 stems. Ostiola ohtuso, suhpiomincnt. Peiitliocin l»lack, obovato, rugose, 

 minute, liaie or surrouiidod at Itaso liv tlio e|)i(lormis. WIioii voiiiin', 

 l>ro\vii. stiltj>clliici(l, sui'i-oumlod l)y a wliitisli-pulveruleiif mass wliicli 

 linally disappears. 



On dead stems ol' Ruhiis vt'/hmis. 



Siibtcrta'. 



168!). Spha't'ia upho'i'orc'ithula, Scliw. Syn. Car. \C)(\. — Peri- 

 tliecia innate and rising with tlie yellowish epidei'inis to wliioh thoy 

 are closely attached.snlterumiient, of medium size, lilaek; wlieu empty, 

 cinereous and obsoletely cellidose. Ostiola I'ormed of n any crowded 

 tubercles, one of which exudes pellucid globules as in JSj)/i(i'roneiint. 



On branches oi' IIi/dra>t(/ea, Carolina. 



1700. Sphairia rrtccv'/i/ZcoZa, Schw. — Scattered, covered. Peri- 

 thecia depressed-globose, subrugose, emjity or filled with flai'k-colored 

 spermatic gelatine, visilde through minuti; ciacks in the ejtidermi<. 

 scarcely ]>apillate, black, very minute. 



On small branches of Vaccinlum. 



1701. Splui'via Kahnkirum, Schw, - Scattered, very black: 

 when inmiaturc, swollen and l»rown, rarely exuding short, simple 

 white cirrhi. Perithecia hemispherical, innate. 



On fallen leaves of Kalmia and lihododemh'on. 



1703. Sphairia minurm. Schw. — Scattered; at first covered by 

 the epidermis which is soon stellately ruptured. Perithecia o1)tuse. 

 subastomous, punctate-rugose, dark l)rown. nucleus white: sometimes 

 extruding a small, straight, dark brown cirrhus. 



On samara; of i^raa)(!"««.s. A|)parently diflerent from PI eosponi 

 namarcti, Fckl. 



1704. Sphmria Jasmlid, SclnV. — Scattered, minute, brown, 

 white at the apex, covered l)y the raised epidermis. Perithecia elliit- 

 tical or subrotund, at Icngtii collapsing with the epidermis still adherent, 

 the collapsed disk subrugose. 



On shoots of Jastnmus (cult.). 



Ganliiicolce. 



1731. Sphmria tecta, Schw. — Permanently covered, scattered 

 extensively over the slightly blackened stems. Perithecia depressed- 

 elliptical, crowned with a gloliose, deciduous papilla. 



On large, herbaceous stems. 



