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PLEURAGE 85 
tum which becomes less conspicuous upward, about 0.7 mm. x I 
mm.: asci 8-spored, cylindrical-clavate, slightly contracted above 
and narrowed below into a long stipe, 200-300 م‎ (p. sp.) x 34- 
40 H^: spores obliquely uniseriate or irregular, ovate-elliptical and 
tipped at each end with one or more hyaline fugacious, curved 
appendages, dark brown and glossy, 20-30 #x 42-55 [4: para- 
physes delicate, filiform, agglutinated. 
No specimens of this have been seen. It was reported by Dr. 
Harkness on stems of Lupinus arboreus from California. The 
description is after Rehm and the figures of ascus and spores after 
Brefeld. 
4. Pleurage multicaudata sp. nov. 
Perithecia ior half-sunken, about 600 x 900 ,م‎ slightly 
coriaceous, greenish below when young, but finally becoming 
black and opaque, pyriform to globular with papilliform to cylin- 
drical black curved beak, bearing bunches of long straight dark 
brown sparingly septate hairs on its convex side; the lower por- 
tion uniformly clothed with long flexuous brown septate hairs. 
Asci 8-spored, clavate, straight or curved, contracted and 
rounded above and tapering below into a narrow short stipe, quite 
persistent, 42—58 u. x 225-260 p: paraphyses wide, tubular-ven- 
tricose and but little longer than the asci. 
Spores biseriate, ellipsoid to oblong, rounded at both ends, 
20-25 4 x 40-55 p: ranging from hyaline when young through 
olivaceous or yellow to dark brown and opaque; primary ap- 
pendages entirely absent; the secondary forming short awl- 
shaped gelatinous very fugacious hyaline projections covering the 
entire spore; these are shortest about the equator and gradually 
increase in length toward the ends of the spore, but never reach a 
length equal to it. (PL 6. f. 7-9. 
Distinctive characters: The tufts of hair on the beak of the 
perithecium and the short appendages covering the entire spore. 
Cultivated specimens: On cow dung, Highmore, S. D., Aug. 
1899 (Carter) ; cow dung, Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 1899 (Tracy). The 
Biloxi specimen was sent to me under a number and contained 
good material when received, but the number was lost during 
cultivation. 
In order to appreciate the beauty of this species it must be ex- 
amined at maturity, for the appendages lose their identity to a 
large extent and become irregular homogeneous masses attached 
to the spore at various points or disappear entirely. It will be 
seen that the transition from this species to one which has a 
