'if 



ill: 



7r)() 



siciii. Pontliccia u'liiln'oii-^ or odIv nppnrontly ])iim'tiito Irom the liis- 

 cliai'u'cd sjioicH. 



On cabliaae stciiis in (.'ollars. 



1741. Sp/ifcria Citnimhis, Sclnv. — Scattered or Heriari'. at leiiutli 

 liiirstiiiii' tliroiii>-li tlio tliin cjtidoriiiis. very iiiiimte, flatteiied-ii'lolMisc. 

 rugose. Ostioluui indistinct. Pei'itlioeia easily deciduous. 



Under tlic epidermis ol' stems u^ Caiiiaihi)<. 



1742. S])h(i'fl(i lacfcsceiitiiii/), Scliw. — Densely aggreiiiited. 

 I'atlier large, iit (irst covered by the ejiidei'mis, lying among tlie lilicrs 

 of tlie stem and easily deciduous, at length Tree. Perithecin lil.ick. 

 rugose, suhconliuent, suboonical and iri'egular. linally sulicollapsiiiu', 

 but always crowneil with n white, sp(>rniiitic gloltule. 'I'lie stems miv 

 often covered with the perithecia I'or a foot in length. 



On the lower ])art of the stems ol' Asrfejiias Si/r/'f/ctis. 



1 743. Sphwr/'d AKeIepi<f(h's. Schw. — Sciittere(l, covered, shiniiiii- 

 l>lack and visible through the epidermis, oblong-itpplanate, oidy a little 

 raised, sulicouduent, rougii, astomous, nucleus lihick. Although there 

 are no bi-istles, Schweinitz thinks this mny belong to the uviiu- 

 '£Jxospor/')i.)n. 



On the ujiju'r pnrt of stems of AscIe/)/(is St/r/'arns. 

 Ditferent from Diapot'thc Ascfcp/'ad/'s. (See j». 4.")!)). 



1744. Spha't'ia Datvni', Schw. — At fii'st covered, minute. Iviim 

 scattered and hidden under the epidermis, hardly ever entirely de- 

 nuded. Perithecia flattened, rugulosc,suIicollaj)sed, papillate-ostioliit(\ 

 dark brown. 



On stems, capsules and spines of Datum, Salem, N. C, mid 

 Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.), New York (Peck). 



1745. Sphceria scdpiiicohi, Schw. — Very minute, orl)iculnte. 

 scarcely covered, a])])earing as minute, l>lack specks thickly scatten>d 

 over the thin e|)i(lermis, llattened, sul)collapsed, niguloso, with a veiy 

 minute central point or jjajiilla scarcely visilile. The niinut(! peri- 

 thecia arc scattered over the entire length of the scape. 



On scapes of Yucca Jilamentosa. 



1746. Spho'i'/a Uiiiplfota, Sclr.v, — Cuv<;red, broadly effused on 

 a sul)cuticular sj)ot. Perithecia compressed, nestling among the fibers 

 of the stem, in which little cavities are left after the perithecia have 

 disap})eared. Ostiolum thick, cylindrical, perforated at the enlargeil 

 ape.v. 



On stems of UinheU Ifene. 



