Pyrenomycetffi, Sphseriacefe, Sphferella. 135 



cinerescentibus subcallosis subdefinitis ; peritbeciis centro macula- 

 rum solitariis v. pauci-gregariis erumpentibus lenticularibus, 80- 

 90, (j,. diam., minute ostiolatis, glaberrimis, coriacellis, atris, con- 

 textu minute denseque parenchymatico subindistincto, atro-fuligi- 

 neo; ascis aparaphysatis, antice obtuse rotundatis crasseque tuni- 

 catis, postice rotundato-cuneatis, minute stipitatis 50-60 «10-14, 

 octosporis; sporidiis oblique distichis v. polystichis, clavulatis, re- 

 ctis V. leniter curvulis, parum supra medium septatis, loculo su- 

 pero elliptico ovato, infero, cylindrico-conoideo, acutiore, 18-20 « 4, 

 hyalinis. 



Hah. ad foha languida MutisiaB sp. cuiusdam prope Sao 

 Paulo, Brasilia (Usteri). 



55. Sphaerella Balsamorrhizae (Earle) Sacc. et Trott., Mycosphcerella 3763 

 Balsamorrhizce Earle, Bulh of the New York Bot. Gard. (1904) 



p. 292. — Peritheciis per latas areas densiuscule sparsis innatis, 

 nigris lenticularibus, non collapsis, 200-225 \i.. diam., contextu 

 laxiuscule celluloso, cellulis 10-12 ti. diam., ostiolo minuto, perfo- 

 rato ; ascis anguste ellipsoideis, breviter stipitatis, 60-70 « 14, apa- 

 raphysatis ; sporidiis distichis anguste ovoideis, intequaliter 1-sep- 

 tatis, leviter constrictis, 18-20 ^ 7-8. 



Hah. in caulibus emortuis Balsamorrhizte sp., King' Ca- 

 non, pr. Carson Nevada Amer. bor. (C. P. Baker). 



56. Sphaerella Pereziae Speg., An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires t. XIX 3764 

 (1909) p. 354. — Maculis nullis, matrice arescente fragili sordide 

 cinerescente ; peritheciis laxe gregariis coriacellis, parenchymate 

 innatis, epidermide tectis adnatisque saepius epiphyllis lenticulari- 

 hemispbericis, 100-120 [x. diam. , minute umbilicato-ostiolatis; 

 ascis, subcylindraceis apice crasse tunicatis, aparaphysatis octospo- 



ris, 55-65 « 10-12 ; sporidiis elliptico-didymis, medio modice 1-sep- 

 tato-constrictulis, 14-15 *? 5, hyalinis. 



Hah. ad folia arida putrescentia Perezise patagonicae in 

 aridis secus Rio Santa Cruz Rep. Argent. Amer. austr. 



57. Sphaerella Proustiae Speg., An. Mus. Nac Buenos Aires t. XIX 3765 

 (1909) p. 363 cum icon. — Maculis nullis sed matrice tota cine- 

 rescenti-arescente ; peritheciis parenchymate innatis confertis, udis 

 subhemisphsericis 100-120 [a. diam., siccis minute ostiolato-perfo- 

 ratis, membranaceis ; ascis subclavatis 60-70 >:« 11-12, octosporis 

 aparaphysatis ; sporidiis subacicularibus subcurvulis, l-septatis ad 

 septum non constrictis, 32-38 =* 3-4, hyalinis. 



Hah. vulgata ad folia dejecta arida P r o u s ti cC i I i c i f o li ae in 



