152 Sphaeriaceae, Hyalophragmige, Metasphseria. 



MELOGRAMMA Tul. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 144. • 



*5. Melogramma Meliae Curtis in Herb. (nec Scliweinitz.) Cooke in Gre- 7015 

 villea XIII, p. 103. — Acervulis erumpentibus, atris, subdiscoideis 

 vel oblongis; peritheciis prominentibus, demum subliberatis, rugo- 

 sis, apice applanato ; ascis clavatis, majusculis octosporis; sporidiis 

 sublanceolatis, triseptatis, nec constrictis, rarius quinque-septatis, 

 38-42 ^ 10, fuscis. 



Hab. in ramis Melire in Amer. bor. 



*7. Melogramma platyroum (Berk. et Curt.) Cooke in Grevillea XIII, 7016 

 p. 103, IIypoa-ylo7i plaiyrown Berk. in Herb. — Peritheciis bo- 

 tryoideo-aggregatis, erumpentibus, subeffusis, rarius liberis, pul- 

 vere griseo subtus conspersis; ascis clavatis, octosporis ; sporidiis 

 fusiformibus, triseptatis, hjalinis 20-22 ^ 4. 



Hab. in ligno denudato in Pensylvania America3 borealis. 



Sect. 7. Hvalopliragmiie Sacc. 



MASSARINA Sacc. Syll. II, p. 153. 



1. Massarina eburnea (Tul.) Sacc. Syll. II, p. 153. Var. Sallcis Karst. 7017 

 in Hedw. 1884, n. 6, pag. 1. — Rev. atque Synop. Ascora. fenn. 

 p. 40. — Peritheciis sparsis vel subgregariis, initio cortice innatis, 

 dein emergentibus vel erumpentibus, spha^roideis, papilla obtusa, 

 poro ovali pertusa, atris, 3 mm. lat. vel paullo ultra; ascis cy- 

 lindraceis, breviter stipitatis, 185 s 15; sporidiis monostichis v. sub- 

 distichis, fusoideo-oblongatis, eguttulatis, chlorino-hyalinis, circulo 

 gelatinoso, 2 y.. crasso circumdatis 30-33(sine muco) ^ 9. 



Hab. in latere inferiore corticis Salicis cinereas ad Mu- 

 stiala Fennise. — A typo recedit peritljeciis sparsis, exacte sphae- 

 roideis, non annulato-impressis sporidiisque vulgo rectis. 



METASPH/ERIA Sacc. Syll. II, p. 15G. 



*3. Metasphaeria rothomagensis Roum. in Rev. Myc. 1885, p. 23, 7018 

 tab. 4, fig. 6. — Peritheciis sparsis, minutis. Vfl-Vs ram. diam, fu- 

 ligineo-nigris, epidermide tectis, demum erumpentibus, rotundatis 

 conoideis, ostiolo laliusculo, vix papillato; ascis clavato-cylindra- 

 ceis, breviter stipitatis. paraphysibus filiformibus, tortuosis, coali- 

 tis obvallatis, 95-100 =; 15 octosporis; sporidiis oblongis, utrinque 

 acutis vel obtusis, leviter curvulis, 28^0, triseptatis, hyalinis. 

 Uab, in caulibus Lythri Salicari», Seine Inf. Gallise. 



