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jusus; the perithecial appendage erect, short and stout, ottonatin^ of about ten cells, distalh curved out- 
ward, tapering from its broad base to the bluntly pointed tip. Appendages (broken) and n ecptmii much 
as in C. confasus. Perithecium sOO-850 x 66 /<, its appendage 125 pu Total length to tip of pcrithn ium 
more than one millimeter. 
On the inferior surface of the abdomen (near the middle) of TropisU ///.v sp. San Piciclio, Brazil 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, No. 133S. 
This species is remarkable for its great length and large size, the number <>l ((lis in each << II -row of 
the perithecium being greater than in any other species. In general habit it resembles (\ filifonnlx Imt 
differs in possessing a perithecial appendage. 
Ceratomyces curvatus Thaxter. Plate I A IX, fig. 1. 
Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci., Vol. XXXVII, p. 43. June, 1001, 
Amber-brown. Perithecium relatively large, inflated toward the bast- the distal half up to tin 
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apex more pointed; the perithecial appendage about nine-celled, the distal half pale, curved or i urved, 
broader below, shorter and stouter. Receptacle much as in C. tmjusn.% the basal cell Mack, th. further 
suffusion somewhat less extensive. Appendage consisting of about six or seven cells, tap- ring distill] 
roiW sWfc. Snores ahtmt 70 Y 4 u. Perithecia 500-615 X 75 a (below) X <>0 it (distally), the api>end- 
G00- 
On Tropistcrnw Caraci?ius N. on inferior surface of abdomen near the tip. Conn-as? Berlin 
Museum, No. 1057. 
Although one of the very largest of the genus, this species is not distinguished by any very striking 
Dentin I 
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Ceratomyces cladophorus Thaxter. Plate LXIX, fig. 2, 
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April, I '.«M*. 
Perithecium very large with a slightly sigmoid curvature, the lower half cwwpicttoualy inflate. I al ve 
the rather narrow base, the outer margin of the inflated portion strongly convex, the inner llightly eoneav. 
the distal half or third more nearly isodiametric, bulging subterniinally on the innerside, the margm eurv- 
ing thence abruptly outward to the short broad beak-like tip; the apex sometimes apiculate; aboul the 
fortieth cell of the outer row of wall-cells forming the base of a subtermmal append; which is curved 
upward, geniculate at its base, rather long slender and tapering, amber-brown becoming blackish beta 
1 the perithecium at first pale yellowish, the inflated portion becoming rich amber-biw n, the distal pori.on 
much paler except in the region of the more deeply suffused subtern.inal elevation on the inner sm 
The narrowed base nearly hyaline, not differentiated from the receptacle. Receptacle eonmttog ol Uuve 
superposed cells, short, narrow below, abruptly very broad above; the foot relatively small, the 1,,-al c 
small, at first hyaline, later becoming tinged with smoky brown; the two distal celfa relatively *ery small 
and broadly blackened except along the nearly hyaline anterior margin, the opaque area extending obliquely 
so as to involve the geniculate base of the appendage. Appendage relatively very lar , and stent, tapenng 
in very young individuals to a slender apex and consisting of from fifteen to twenty snp-rp, ,| edh, 
J J 6 .. , i . • i„- n^™^ mi utp cc beuiir separate-! 
from the 
branchle 
which may be once longitudinally divided, a sui.mangm... , yr - 
inner side, or also from the outer distally; the branches numerous with verj lc 
s which may be several times branched. Spores 95 X 4 fL Per.thee.a 4, .>.>., 
^„x w ™ ,j. *_, „^:„^ I>— rool* inelndinir foot So fL Total length t 
rv long and s! aler 
IK I 
550 
side. 
i congest ) 0.50 «. Appendage zro--t(o a w,«, ■« 6- , . , . . . f t 
On TrojLten,,, nillt,, Sav. Eus.is, Florida. On the inferior m*> „f tl thorax on the kft 
