60 Splipcriacefe, Hyalosporse, Lfe^tadia. 



saepe adnatis, lenticulari-globosis, 150-200 y.. d., atris, glabris, mem- 

 branaceis, coriacellis contextu subindistincto: ascis clavatis sursum 

 o!)tusissime rotundatis crasseque tunicatis, deorsum breviter attenua- 

 lo-stipitatis, 75-85 ^ 15-lS, octosporis aj)araphysatis; sporidiis disti- 

 chis, ellipticis, medio tumidulis, utrinque subtruiicato-rotundatis, 

 rarius acutatis, 18-20^:8, non v. vix in;equilateralibus, granuloso- 

 farctis, hyalinis. 



Hab. ad ramulos dejectos putresceates Ricini communis 

 prope Guarapi Bras. — Species eximia, distinctissima,- an huc Bo- 

 frt/osp/in:)'iri Delilei ? 



"10. Laestatlia celata Harkn. New Calif. Fungi p. 23. — Peritheciis 6 

 hypophyllis, onniino immersis, sparsis ; ascis clavatis, longe sti- 

 pitatis, 45-15; paraphysibus nuUis ; sporidiis hyalinis, turbinatis, 

 nitentibus; endochromate in parte acutiori sporidii diviso, 12c;G. 



Uab. \\\ foliis emortuis Quercus densiflorae, Tamaipais in 

 California. 



^ll. Laestadia Orontii (Ellis et Ev.) Berl. et Vogl. 'Phymlo^pora g 

 Oronlii Eli. et Ev. in .Jo\irn. of Myc. 1885, p. 150. — Maculis 

 elongatis, siccis, 3-4^1 cm.; peritiieciis erumpentibus, orbiculari- 

 bus, depressis, 150-180. y.. diam., centrum macularum occupanti- 

 bus, poro minute pertusis, raembranaceis; ascis oblongo-cylindra- 

 ceis, basi abrupte attenuatis, sessilibus, apice truncatis; sporidiis 

 distichis, granulosis, 14-1G::;C,7 subhyalinis. 



llab. in foliis vivis Orontli aquatici, Newfield Amer. bor. f.: 



"12. Laestadia fusispora Sacc. et Berl. Miscell. Myc. p. 26, n. 115, 

 tab. VIII, f. 3. — Maculis epiphyllis vagis, subochraceis; peritiio- 

 ciis sul)sparsis, globoso-lenticularibus, breve papillatis, tectis dein 

 erumpentibus, 100-110 y.. diam., menbranaceis; ascis cylindraceis, 

 aparaphysatis, breviter stipitatis, 80-90 s 8, octosporis; sporidiis 

 1-stichis, fusoideis, 20-22 ^ 4-5, subindo ino^quilateralibus, hyali- 

 nis, eguttatis. 



Uab. in foliis putrescentibus Quercus ped u n cu 1 a ta', Cer- 

 varese prope Padova lial. bor. — • Al) affini Phi/salospora fusi- 

 spora differt perithociis minoribus, ascis aparaphysatis et dimidio 

 angustioribus. 



*14. LaBStadia auripunctum llarkn. New Calif. Fangi p. 23. — llypo- r, 

 phylla ; peritheciis sparsis, 5-20 in inaculis flaveolis, orbicularibus. 

 2-5 inm. diam., linea obscure brunnea marginatis; nucleo auran- 

 tiaco; ascis 8-sporis, fusiformibus, 54-10, longe stipitatis ; sporidiis 

 liyalinis, ovatis vel clavatis, 10 -G. 



