Pyrei>.omycerEe, Sphaeriacese, Phaeodictvae, Cueurbitaria. 607 



stmote paraphysatis ; sporidiis snbdisiicliis, fusoideo-ovatis, 4-5 

 transvcrse septatis constrictisque, loculis centralibus septo loiigi- 

 tudinali donatis, griseo-fumosis, pellucidis, 16-18 ^ 7-9. 

 flab. in iigno Quercus Mirbeci?:ii in Tunisia, 



CUCURBITARIA Gray — Syli. II, p. 307, IX, p. 9i5, XI, p. 348. 



1. Cucurbitaria Eiiisii Sacc. et Syd., Oucurhitaria Astragali Ell. et 2a29 

 Ev. Bui'. Torr. Bot. Cl, 1897, p. 127. — Peritheciis gregariis v. 

 confer+is, eruinpenti-superficialibr.s, globoso-hemisphaericis, minute 

 asperatis, 500-650 a. diam., superne denique coilapsis, ostiolo nigro, 

 conico-papilliforrri; ascis clavato-cylindraceis, stipitafcis, })araphy- 

 satis, 85-100 « 9-10; sporidiis monosticlii.s, oblongo-fusoideis. in- 

 feme subacutis, superne obtusis, 3-sepfcatis, medio leniter constri-- 

 '.•tis, primo liyalinis, dein pallide tiavis, vulgo 1-2 celluiis lon- 

 gitudinaliter septatis, 15-20 -^ 6-8; styiosporis oblongo-ellipticis, uni- 

 septatis, vix constrictis, sabhyalinis, 6-8 v 3-3 '/^. 



Hah. in caulibus emortui?-' Astragali spec. in .Kansas Amer. 

 bor. (Baktholomew). 



2. CucuPbitaria RetamaJ Pat. Enum. Chajnp. Tunisie 1892, p. 15, 2330 

 tab. II, ng. 8. — Peritlveciis e corticis rimis erumpentibus, in 

 csespitulos nigros c^llectis, coTjfertis, distinctis, globosis, nigris, 

 sicepe depressis, ostiolatis, opacis. intiis albis, basi fibrillis paucis 

 brunneis cinctis; ascis clavatis, brevissime stipitatis, ootosporis, 

 120- 140 «15; paraphysibus linearibus, hyalinis; sporidiis monosti- 

 chis, e luteo brunneis, transverse 3-septatis, ?d sept-a constrictis, 

 ovalibuS; obtusis, ioculis 2 niediis in longitudine septatis. 



Hab. in caulibus Retamae Betam, Tunisia. 



3. Cucurbitaria stfinocarpa Ell. et Ev. Proc. Acad. Phiiad. 1895, 2331 

 p. 420. — Peritheciis 2-6 consociatis, per rimas epidermidis lon- 

 gitudinales breves B.nguste ellipticas erumpentibus, subglobosis, 

 350-400 y.. diam., brunneoio-nigris, asperis, coilaijentibus, ostiolo 

 minuto papiliiformi; ascis cyiindraceis, breve stipitatis, 100-110 ^ 

 8-10, paraphysatis, octosporis ; sporidiis monostichis, oblongo-elli- 

 pticis, 3-5-septatis, medio plerumque constriotis, 1 vel pluribus 

 oellulis in longitudine uniseptatis, ex "hj^aiino demum paliide Juteo- 

 brunneis, 15-20-6-8. 



ffab. in rarais emortais Rhois di versiloba?, Califomia (Mc 



CLATCHfK), 



4. Cucurbitaria subcaspitosa Otth, Bern. Mittheii. J870, p. 103. — -^se 

 Pentheciis erumpentibus. soiitariis v. saepius paucis eaespitosis cou- 



