104 Spli£eriacea3, Hyalotlidymse, Melanconis. 



culis subaequalibus non v, 2-guttulatis, episjfbrio piimo levi, dein 

 transverse rugoso, rugis minute tuberculosis. 



Hab. ad culmos emortuos Bambusacetc scandentis cujusdam 

 in silva subvirginea Caa-guaza Bras. 



GIBBERA Fr. — Sacc. Syll. I, p. 599. 



"2. Gibbera guaranitica Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 222. — Peri- G.-i?g 



tlieciis superficialibus, dense lateque caispitoso-stipatis, plagulas 

 1-10 cm. diam., granulosas, sordide rubiginosas efficieiitibus, ob- 

 ovatis, nigro-fuscis, levibus, parvulis, GOO ::: 300-350, primo ferru- 

 gineo-pruinulosis, dein glabratis, ad basim tantum subtomentosu- 

 lis, hyphis repentibus, parce ramosis, septuhxtis, gracilibus 3-4 v.. 

 crass., fuligineis donatis, ostiolo minuto, umbilicato, radiato-rugu- 

 loso, coriacellis ; contextu parenchymatico-indistincto, fuligineo-oli- 

 vaceo, subopaco; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis, apice rotundatis vel 

 acutatis, basi longiuscule attenuato-pedicellatis p. sp. G-j-TO ^^ 10- 

 12, ped. 25-30:; 3; paraphysibus filiformibus, longioribu?, simpli- 

 cibus v. parce ramulosis, densis obvalLatis, 8-sporis ; sporidiis obli- 

 que monostichis v. recte distichis, ellipticis, saBpius insequilatera- 

 libus, medio 1-septatis, constrictulis, utrinque acutato-rotundatis, 

 15-18 :iG-7, loculis crasse 1-guttuIatis, perdilute olivascentibus. 



Ilab. ad truncos dejectos pulrescentes in silvis prope Guara- 

 pi Bras. 



MELANCONIS Tul. — Sacc. Syll. 1, p. G02. 



*1. Melanconis Aceris Phill. et Plowr. in Grevillea XIII, p. 77. — i' 

 Stromate valsoideo, atro, suborbiculari vel conico-truncato, 2-5 

 f/. diam., corti-vel lignicolo, linea atra circumscripto; peritheciis 

 Vs^Vs "^'"- diam., 5-15 coacervatis; ostiolis minutis; ascis clavatis 

 65-70::; 10; sporidiis hyalinis, uniseptatis, nucleatis, ad septum le- 

 niter constrictis, ellipsoideis, 12-15^4-5, muticis. 

 llab. \n Acere in Britannia (W. B. Grove). 



*3. Melanconis Everhartii Kll. in Bull. Torr. bot. Club. 1883, p. 117. c.mi 

 — Peritiieciis globosis, 0,25 mm. diam., in stromatibus compactis, 

 4-18; ascis clavato-cylindraceis, 114-120:^19; paraphysibus cras- 

 siusculis, remote septatis, granulosis; sporidiis distichis, oblongo- 

 ellipsoideis, uniseptatis, subhyalinis, 34-38^11. 



Ilab. in ramulis delapsis Aceris, West Chester in Amer. bor. 05i2 



*7. Melanconis dasycarpa Fllis et Kellerm. in Journ. of Myc. 18SG, 

 p. 3. — Stromate corticali, 1 mm. diam. vel paullo latiore, linea 



