12S Sphaoriacecc, Pliseodidyma^, Melanconiella. 



1. Otthia Spireae Fuck. — Sacc. Syll. I, p. 7oo, Winter hi liedwigia 278' 



1<S86, pag. 104. — Asci 175-190^17-18; .«^poridia meilio paruin 



constricta, opaca, 28-30^12; paraphyses filiforrnes. 

 *18. Otthia Monodiana Sacc. et Roum. in Rev. Myc. 1883, tab. 39, 6fi25 



f. C. — Peritheciis subcutaneo-erumpentibus, in c.^}spites minutos 



collectis, globosis obtusis, atris, rugulosis, '/., mm. diam.; ascis cy- 



lindraceis, 160-170^18, paraphysatis, breve stipitatis, octosporis ; 



sporidiis oblique monnstichis, ellipsoideis, constricto-l-septatis, 23- 



25::; 12-14, rnligineis. 



Ilad. \n ramis Salicis caprejie. — Aftinis 0. Alni. 

 *20. Otthia Pteleae Rab. in Fungi Europ. n. 1810. — Peritheciis s-'.2( 



gregariis, epidermide tectis, globosis, atris; ascis cylindraceis, octo- 



sporis; sporidiis exacte mono-vel distichis, oblongis, vel ovoideis, 



uniseptatis, fuscis, 10-18^:8-9. 



Hab. in raniis emortuis Ptelea3 t r i fo 1 i atir, Schlossgarton 



zu Salem IJaden (Jack). 



MELANCONIELLA Sacc. Syll. I, p. 741. 



^'1. Melanconieila biansata (EIl. et Ev.) Uorl. et Vogl. Mdanconis mi 

 hiamala EIl. et Ev. in Torr. bot. Club. 1883, p, 118. — Peri- 

 theciis in stromate M. MescJiullii siniili circinatis, globosis, 0,75 

 ram. diam., mox collapsis, 0-10; ostiolis brevibus, quadrangulari- 

 bus vcl apice imperfecte pertusis, in discum acute ellipsoideum 

 vel orbicularem, sordide brunneum, epidermidem perforantem et 

 ea rupta cinctum, collectis; ascis 190-200:; 30, evanidis (octospo- 

 ris?); sporidiis oblongo-ellipsoideis, uniseptatis, mox brunneis, sa;- 

 pius utrinque appendicula brevi, tuberculiformi, obtusa oruatis, 

 35-45 s 15-19, sine appendiculis. 



llab. in ramis Hetulre, Plainfield Amer. bor. 



■■'•2, Melanconiella acrocystis (Peck) Iserl. et Vogl. Valsa acroni/siis ms 

 Peck in 33 Rep. St. Mus. p. 34, tab. 2, fig. 19-22. — Puslalis 

 niinutis, epiilermido tectis et eam leniter olevantibus atque in la- 

 cinias acutas transverse rum})entibus, perithuciis srepius 4-12 in 

 (lua([U(! pnstula circinatis, coi'tice interiore insidentibus, tomeuto 

 griseo-brunneo tectis, ostiolis brevibu?, nigris, obtusis, soriatim dis- 

 positis; ascis oblongis; sporidiis latis, stipatis vel distichis, oblou- 

 gis, coloi'atis, uniseptatis. 40-02 ^; 12-20, utrinque appendicula hya- 

 lina, subglobosa vol spha^roidea pra^ditis. 



Jfab. in ramis cmortuis Betuhc lenta\ North (Ireenbusch 

 Amer. bor. 



