144 Sphgeriaceas, PhBeophragmiae, Leptosphasria. 



mitus occiiltatis, postrerrio eruinpGntibus, sTibglohosis, atris, stru- 

 ctura3 parenchyiiiatosa3 flaccidre, simplicitor perforatis (i. e. ostiolo 

 nullo vol vix prominente), 180-250 y.. diam. ; ascis brevissime pe- 

 dicellatis, parum curvatis, paraphysatis, 90-95^30, inembrana 

 ubique a^quali, 8-sporis; sporidiis tristichis, oblongo-fusoideis, rec- 

 tis, utrinqiie obtusatis, mellei coloris, 5-septatis, ad septa levis- 

 sime constrictis, 30 s 0, loculo quarto omnium maximo. 

 llab. \\\ foliis Hierochloa^ alpinne, Novvaja Semlja. 



"230. Leptosphaeria praBClara Karst. in Hedw. 1884, n. 1, p. 2. — Rev. 66( 

 atque Synop. Ascom. fenn. p. 54. — Peritheciis sparsis vel sub- 

 gregariis, depresse spha^roideis, subcutaneo-erumpentibus, contextu 

 parenchymatico, tenui, dilute olivaceo-fuscescente, glabris, ostiolo 

 vix prominulo pertusis, circ. 150 y.. lat. ; ascis elongato-vel oblon- 

 gato-subclavatis, sessilibus, curvatis, 56-10.0 i? 13-26; sporidiis octo- 

 nis, distichis vel subtristichis, oblongato-fusoideis, curvulis vel inne- 

 quilateralibus, 5-, raro 3-septatis, loculo tertio subinde crassiore, 

 ad septa leviter constrictis, Isete luteolis, 20-32 ^; 8-9; paraphysi- 

 bus haud bene discretis. 



Hah. in caulibus emortuis Asparagi officinalis ad Mu- 

 stiala Fenniae, 



*237. LeptosphaBria clavicarpa E. et E. in Jour. of Myc. I, p. 43. — 668 

 Peritheciis ))Ierutnque seriatis, in lineas Y^-l cm. longas dispositis, 

 epidermide nigrefacta tectis, dein prominentibus et epidermidem, os- 

 tiolis vix conspicuis, perforantibus ; ascis latis, oblongo-cylindraceis, 

 75-100 ::; 22-25, obtusis, basi constrictis, paraphysibus filiformibus; 

 sporidiis stipatis, polystichis, clavato-oblongis, leniter curvatis, apice 

 obtusis vel rotundatis, basi abrupte constrictis, 7-9-septatis, ma- 

 turis luteo-brunneis, 25-40 =: 8-10, ad septa leniter constrictis ; sper- 

 matiis in peritheciis similibus, oblongo-cyliudraceis, leniter cur- 

 vatis, hyalinis, "^-h^V!^. 



Hah. in culmis emortuis Phragmitis commnnis, Spirit 

 Lake, Jowa \\\\oy. ([^kof. S, C. Arthur). 



*247. Leptosphaeria asparagina Karst. in Iledw. 18SI, n. 1, p. 1. — (cs 

 Rev. atque Synop. Ascom. fcMin. p. 55. — Peritheciis subsparsis 

 Yol gregariis, hinc inde in series dispositis. sph«}roideis vel s?n- 

 pius spha^roideo-applanatis, hyphis repentibus, fuligineis obsessis, 

 epidermide velatis, nigris, papilla conoidea, sa^pe perithecium di- 

 midium a?quarite, prominula pra^ditis, circ. 2 mm. Kit. ; ascis cy- 

 lindraceo-clavatis, 95-l<>5 =; 9-10; sporidiis octonis, distichis, elon- 

 gato-fusoideis, ut plurimura curvulis, 7-septatis, ad septa leviter 



