THAXTER. — MONOGRAPH OF THE LABOILBENIACEK. II 
latter is unusually prominent below the insertion-region, though not cfev<»lo|M*d in the ahimniial fa* 
seen in L. anomala, which is perhaps its neaivst ally. Hie material examined n noi abundant! or in good 
condition, but, as far as can he determined, the characters are constant. 
Laboulbenia anomala Thaxter. Plate LXVI, figs. II 15. 
Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci., Vol. WW, p. i:,7. I> 1880. 
Perithecia nearly symmetrical, free except at the base, tapering distally, the tip one*- hat lightei 
subtruncate, with one (or more ?) of the lip-edges modified to form i prominent large somewhat pilar 
blackish brown median projection, which cause- the tip to appear notched on the inner ndi R» |>tadc 
dirty olive-brown, finely punctate, the whole curved almost to a honeshoc form : cells I and 1 1 ul*ml equal 
in length and diameter, the base of the perithechim opposite cell III, insertion-eel] uni lifted i rt mal 
subtriangular, cell V similar to it, about twice as large and occupying a corresponding position on th. 
inner side; the two together with the terminal portion of cell IV, on either side of which tl y lie, form th 
free broadly clavate terminal portion of the receptacle above the narrower i id also wholly h basal l„ 
or more of cell IV. Basal cells of appendages not distinguishable, giving ris- lo a nn.nl r of prominent" 
(about twelve) each forming the base of a branch, the branches simple or rarely branch 1. hyaline, ofta 
kinds, the one with long slightly inflated basal cells, the otherclo.se 
in which the septa are more remote; all the septa brownish purple. 
rmcdiate forms w i iirrmjl 
40 "■ Total length 
150 
On elytra of Orcrtocjijrm mlurali* Reg., Paris, No. 102, Zambesi River. Africa; of 0. glow Km* 
ape 
This species, of which only scanty material has been examined, is distinguished by ite ronftortod form 
and the anomalous development of the distal part of the receptacle, the insertion-* gum being can I up 
and out free, even beyond the tip of the perithelium. Thongh similar in some respects to /, "**•*■. 
it seems abundantly distinguished from this species. 
lophok 
M 
Proc. Am. Acad. Art 
Dec, 1W». 
Perithecium relatively small, its upper third, only, free Iron, the receptacle, teansh* n « - 
the tip prominent, not abruptly differentiated, its up, r half hyaline, Hat, I, large and l,n • 
cate or irregularly sulcate, the lower half blackened, the lips black-tipped^ somewhat *■»!"» ^ 
of two (or moicT) basal cells from which several protrusions arise tearing group. « ™ 
several times branched, forming a dense tuft not as long as the outgrowth from , 
gtfl tO lip «f 
brown or blackish, between the short cells. Perithecia l ^»*J?^ * o^^hs from cell 
„ -a •.„ „n ooa ... *~ ;..^.fw„ 1 .,,»U nsn-810 «: cell II about 425 ft long. wuifci 
880 «; to insertion-cell 680-810 fi; 
V, 58 fi. Appendages 50 
Sharp 
Muse,,,,,. No. .00, Gold <' l*J^£*T£r 
t „i,;,.n «; v have been examined, all din. r iron u. 
type form from Africa (fig. 4, Paris Museum) in that the *T*-*£^ ^ ]M ^„ 
the appendages are much shorter, while the receptacle lacks tin chara b^ .li.tingni^hd. and 
cell I, which occurs in all the other specimens. The specie. i> neven - / ^ ^ ^ {] 
cannot be confused with any other at present known. 1 he figure o •« i ^ ^ ^ ^ 
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