PLATE 14. 



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Hypocreaceae. 



Fig. 1. iMelaiios|ioi'a('liioiiea. (Fi.) on (lecavinfr leal. 



" 2. Portion of tlio same enlarged. 



" 3. Sectional view of'a peritlieciiini highly magnified. 



" 4. Three asci, one of tliein mature. 



a. .>iatiire spoiidinm. 



<). Eleiithei'omyoes siibiilatiis, (Tode) natural size on decay- 

 ing Agaric. 



" 7. A Iragment somewhat magnified. 



" 8. Section of a peritheciuin highly magnified. 



" ;». Several asci. one mature, with the peculiarly Jointed par- 

 aphyses. 



" 10. Thi-ee sporidia. 



" 11. A stout jointed Itristle from the outside of the ostiolum. 



" 12. A }»ortioii of one of the hair-like filaments composing tlie 

 inner lining of the ostiolum. 



NoTK. — Figures on this plate not drawn to any scale. 



