PyrenomYcetse, Sphferiacese, PhaeosporEP, Xylaria. 507 



Cookei, Grev. XI, t. 168, iig. 91, perithecia in X. spathulata sunt 

 monosticlia, nec 3-4-sticha, ut in specie javanica. 



9. Xylaria axlfera Mont.-Syll. I, p. 343. — Var. per«xigua Penz. i9k!i 

 et Sacc. Malpighia XI, 1897, pag 499. — Stipitibus capillaribus 



4 mm. altis, clavula cum mucrone vix 1 '/^ mm. excedente ; ascis 

 immaturis. 



Ha^. in foliis coriaceis, Tjibodas, ins. Java. 



10. Xylaria OOCephaia Penz. et Sacc. Malpighia XI, 1897, pag. 500. 1922 

 — Gregaria, stipitata, capitata ; stipite simplici, rarissime furcato, 

 cylindrico, basi vix incrassata insititio, nigro, fusco-puberulo ; ca- 

 pitulo globoso V. subeUipsoideo, l,B-2 mm. diam., ostiolis punctato- 

 asperulo, glabro, atro-fusco, mucrone apicali brevissimo v, nullo; 

 ascis cyiindraceis, apice rotundatis, breve stipitati^, paraphysatis, 

 75-80 V 6, octosporis; sporidiis monostichis, ovato-cofPeiformibus, 



9 V 3-4, fuligineis. 



Hdb. in ramulis dejectis, pra3sertim in filiceto Horti botan. Bo- 

 goriensis, ins. Java. — Affinis X. aristatce, sed dignoscitur mu- 

 crone apicali nullo v. obsoleto, sporidiis paullo minoribus. 



11. Xylarla Readeri F. Miill. Grrev. 1893, p. 17. — Nigra; capitulo 1923 

 globoso V. late elliptico, 5-8 mm. longo, apice in mucronem bre- 

 vem producto; stipite 7-10 cm. longo, pro parte majore in terra 

 infosso, deorsum dense velutino, simplici, erecto, e rhizomate al- 

 bido, horizontali oriundo; peritheciis paucis, magnis, prominentibus; 

 ascis cylindraceis, breve pedicellatis, octosporis; sporidiis monosti- 

 chis, subcylindraceis, leniter curvulis, utrinque obtusis, 14-15 ^ 6-6, 

 pallide purpureo-brunneis. 



Hab. in terra sabulosa, Victoria Australiae (F. Reader). 



12. Xyiarla nulans P. Henn. Fungi camerun. I, in Engl. Jahrb. i924 

 XXII, 1895, p, 79. — Stromatibus clavatis, clavulis plerumque 

 nutanlibus, clavatis v. snbglobosis, intus camosis, farctis, pallidis, 



in medio lougitudinaliter atro-strigosis, extus atro-griseis, reticu- 

 latis, transverse sulcato-impressis, apice subacuminatis v. submam- 

 miilatis, 1-2 cm. longis, 5-7 mm. crassis; stipitibus teretibus, cur- 

 vatis, farctis, atris, glabris, ca. 1-2 cm. longis, 2-3 mm. crassis; 

 peritheciis subglobosis, monostichis, sub cortice nidulantibus et 

 ostiohs minimis conoideis vix prominuhs; ascis cyhndraceo-clavatis, 

 8-sporis, 90-110 « 5-7 (pars sporif.), longe pedicellatis hyalinis ; 

 sporidiis monostichis, oblongis, naviculariformibus, utrinque obtu- 

 sis, primo l-2~guttulatis, fusco-brunneis,. dein atris, 15-18 k* 5-6. 

 Hoh. in truncis emortuis, Kamerun (Zenker et Staudt). 



