Splircriacefo, nyaloiliilym.p. Spli.orelln. Tl 



teriore insidentibus; ostiolis brevibus, nigris, discuni niinutuiii, pal- 

 lidum perforantibus, raro leniter ratliato-sulcatis; ascis brevibus, 

 62-70 y. longis, subcylindraceis, tetrasporis; sporidiis simplicibus, 

 nioiiostichis, subliyalinis, ovato-ellipsoideis, 15-20^10-11. 



llah. in ranuilis emortuis A Ini, North Greenbush Amer. bor. 



Sect. 4. n\al()(li(lvm;i' Sacc. 



SPH/ERELLA Ces. et l)e Not. — Sacc. Syll. I, p. 47G. 

 "2. Sphaerella fraxinea Peck in 35 Hep. St. Mus. 1884, pag. 145. ca\2 

 — Peritheciis numerosis, minutis 75 a. diam., nigris, epiphyllis 

 vol hypophyllis, saepe in maculis suborbicularibus coacervatis; ascis 

 oblongis, sjepe sursum leniter attenuatis, 35-40; sporidiis stipalis, 

 oblongo-ovoideis, uniseptatis, 10-12^4-5, inaequalibus, parte majo- 

 re tripla vel quadrupla. 



7/aZ/. in foliis Fraxini americannc in montibus Hehlerberg 

 Amer. bor. 



*5. Sphaerelia Evansiae Pat. in Rev. Myc. 188G, pag. 83. — Peri- (mi^ 

 theciis brunneis, minutis, 120-150 y.. diam., sparsis, primum epi- 

 dermide tectis dein emersis; ascis subsessilibus, aparaphysatis, 50- 

 90 =r 18-22, 8-sporis; sporidiis distichis, bilocuhiribus, altero rotun- 

 dato, altero vero attenuato, septo parum constrictis, hvalino-vi- 

 ridulis, 15 s 4. 



Hab. in foliis emortuis Evansia^ fimbriat;p, Thibet (Ab. 

 David). 



*18. Sphaerella aclcola Cooke et Hark. in Grevillea XIII, p. 20. — g^j^ 

 Sparsa, minuta, subinnata ; peritheciis globoso-depressis, membra- 

 naceis, fuscis; ascis breviter clavatis, octosporis,- sporidiis clavato- 

 ellipticis, uniseptatis. hyalinis, flavidis, loculis altero suttgloboso, 

 altero angustiore subconico. 7^3. 



Hab. in acubus Pini in California (Harknrss). 



*10. Sphaerella conigena Peck 38 Rep. Stat. Mus. p. 104. — Peri- fHi5 

 theciis minutis, sparsis vel gregariis, vix prominulis, erumpenti- 

 bus, nigris; ascis subcylindraceis, 60-85 :; 12; sporidiis stipatis, ob- 

 longo-clavatis, uniseptato-constrictis, 10-12 ::; 4-5, loculis i!ia?quali- 

 bus, inferiore acutiore, superiore crassiore rotundatoque. 



Hab. \\\ conis dejectis Abiotis canadensis in montibus Hel- 

 derberg Amer. bor. — Differt a .S'. Pinsapo longitudine ascorum 

 et fabrica sporiiiiorum nec non matrice. 



"20. Sphaerella Sassafras Ell. et Ev. in Torr. bot. Club 1883, p. 08. — ,,^,^. 

 Perithociis minutis, seniiimmersis, in superficie inferiore foliorum. 



